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Students and faculty members in nursing and health professions had an opportunity to say "thank you" to the federal government when a Washington administrator visited the Cook-DeVos Center for Health Sciences.
Marcia Brand, deputy administrator for the U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration, toured CHS on April 11. HRSA has awarded several million-dollar plus grants to the Kirkhof College of Nursing and College of Health Professions.
During Brand's visit, grant administrators explained to Brand how the money was being used, and students told her how receiving scholarships or stipends made advancing their education possible and easier to balance multiple roles in their lives.
Mary Stayman-Schenk was working as a registered nurse after earning an associate's degree. One day she had an opportunity to work with a Grand Valley nursing student who made an impression on her.
"She had this confidence and I knew that I wanted a piece of that," Stayman-Schenk said. "I had wanted to come to Grand Valley but I was not sure if I could afford it."
Stayman-Schenk was among the recipients of scholarship money from an HRSA grant devoted to increasing the diversity among the nation's nursing workforce. Elaine Van Doren, associate dean for undergraduate nursing programs, received the grant that allowed an agreement with Grand Rapids and Muskegon community colleges to ease the transition for nursing students to complete a bachelor's degree by offering stipends and scholarships. Stayman-Schenk and others each received $5,000 to be divided between tuition and other related expenses.
"It took away a lot of the anxiety of starting school again," she said.
Andrew Booth, assistant professor and program director of physician assistant studies, explained how the department was able to expand the class size in PAS from 35 to 48 since 2011 because HRSA grant money was used to offer student scholarships and hire additional faculty members.
Brand said she was impressed with the collaborative and interdisciplinary approach to health care education present at Grand Valley's nursing and health professions programs.
"As we dialogue about health professions training, it's so different today from what it used to be," said Brand. "Going forward, it will become more prevalent that team practice in primary care is necessary and vital to helping revise the health care system."
A second HRSA grant was awarded to KCON to increase the number of primary care advanced practice nurses through the Advanced Nursing Education Traineeship program. Lucy Ledesma represented the Doctor of Nursing Practice students and expressed appreciation for HRSA funding. Cynthia Coviak, associate dean for nursing research and faculty development, oversees this grant.


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If it's true I would love to see a picture of Little Miss Perfect's face when she finds/found out.ReplyCancel
yanno, I fucking hate Goopy, but it's shitty to do this to the kids.
Either divorce and move on, or get back together, but make a choice that suits the kids.
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There are rumors floating that Martin bought Chung a house.
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Time for a Major League Intervention
Okay, I'm through dancing around this touchy subject, folks. I'm ready to face it and call it what it is: MLB is obsessed with "recovering" drug addicts and their attempts to get [back] into the big leagues.
If you're like me (intelligent, charming, full of yourself) then you are decent enough to realize that yes, the Josh Hamilton story is important. It proves that that we, as human beings, do have the ability to overcome adversity and reach the highest levels of success despite our shortcomings if we're determined, disciplined, good hearted and humble. That much is true.
However, when a player such as Josh Hamilton can no longer be recognized as anyone other than an ex/recovering junkie who just happens to be a successful baseball player, that's when I have a problem.
And the problem is growing…
Because now Major League Baseball, realizing that the Hamilton story may be losing some of its saleability due to overuse, is desperate to find its next "Josh Hamilton" in Marlins' prospect Jeff Allison.
Jeff who?
Yeah, that's what I thought too.
And as we find ourselves down to the last six weeks of the regular season, where heated division races are made and/broken, where teams break away from the pack while others fade to black, MLB.com's front page today ignored all of that and featured a prospect no one has ever heard of — solely because he's a "recovering" drug addict — "like Josh Hamilton."
Dear readers, fear not, for I do not belittle the feats of these gentlemen in any way. Honestly, having battled my own personal demons, like Hamilton and Allison, I am no stranger to overcoming the obstacles of addiction. Indeed, I applaud them for their perseverance, their humility, their spirit. They are not the ones to blame here.
We should be shaking a finger at Major League Baseball, the media and every other story-hungry leech out there who can't see Hamilton (and now Allison) as anything but a story to sell.
Google Hamilton's name and see how many entries pop up that don't mention his drug addiction. Watch a Rangers game without hearing about Hamilton's "incredible comeback". Bring up Hamilton's name in any place in Anytown, USA and see what the discussion centers around. His talent? His numbers? No.
His drug habit.
That's all you'll hear. That's all anyone cares about. But let me tell ya somethin'…
Addiction is not a character trait.
Addiction is not a reason to judge.
Addiction is a disease. And just like leukemia, multiple sclerosis or pneumonia, this disease does not define the afflicted. It is merely an obstacle: a hindrance to be overcome, defeated and moved passed but never one to ultimately define the character, the nature or the existence of the one who was chosen to endure its pain.
Don't hate me, 'cuz I couldn't be any more right on this one.
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It's a serious problem that we can only see them in this light. Unless you've been under a rock or in a coma for quite a while, you've heard this story. So we need to get over the "incredible story of Josh Hamilton" and focus on his athletic prowess, which is pretty impressive too. Plus, what the hell is a minor league start by no one that matters yet and this blog doing on the front page of MLB.com? Just kidding about the last one, congrats on having that silly quote on the front page.
I see your point, but I don't really blame MLB. Baseball has become synonymous with steroids. The only way MLB can clean up the "image" is by promoting stories such as that of Josh Hamilton. Though one should not be defined by their addictions or past mistakes, in Ham's case, it doesn't hurt if his story can inspire people, even other ballplayers to play clean. Hambone himself is using his story to help people not make the same mistake as he did. However, yes, as you said, the guy isn't just a former drug addict. He's a great ballplayer who deserves to praised or criticized for his performance on the field like next ballplayer.
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Well said. Reading the article it actually implies that his problems began due to his early success and fame. So let's put him on the front page of MLB and see how he deals with that! I think it's unfair to put this kind of pressure on a fairly average minor league player just becasue MLB wants a feel good story.
My mouth just dropped as I read your easy flowing words and then a big smile covered my face. When will the big shots at MLB finally see this talent and call you up to the big leagues and make their site that much better?????
Agree on most of that – I prefer to think of how jaw-dropping Hamilton's numbers are in the context of him simply being out of baseball for so long, regardless of the reason, instead of the addiction. However, addiction as a disease? That's simply your body craving something (harmful or not) you put in it far too often for your own good. Perhaps you might have more of a genetic predilection to "need" a certain drug or activity or whatever, but that's still not really a disease. Regardless, good entry.
Good comments, all.
Neal — It might not be such a silly comment if it comes true. Both the Yanks and Sox have a way to go.
V — Yes, Hamilton can use his story to help educate and prevent similar cases; my problem is when that's all he is known for despite his fantastic on-field achievements. We won't remember Kobe Bryant as being that guy who was accused of rape; we'll remember him as that guy who was magical on the court. You feel me?
Russell — Couldn't agree with you more.
Babba — Ah, how sweet. Get on the phone and call your people. Let's make it happen.
Nate — Thanks for the compliments and yes, I agree that the bigger story is how Hamilton managed to be so good after such a long absence. We've seen others in sport: Clemens, Michael Jordan, Foreman (a couple of times) do less than stellar jobs after returning to their respective games. However, I have to correct you (with a friendly gesture of course) and let you know that addiction is indeed a disease. Why I know this may be hard to understand if you have no personal or tangible experience with it, the medical community definitely considers addiction a neurological disease. And so do I. Not only is it a disease; it's a serious disease that needs the same amount of treatment and monitoring as any other: why? because it kills people. While my instinct is to write a 5000 word essay on the topic so that you fully understand why I take this so seriously, I instead ask you to check any medical journal or website or talk to anyone who is involved (somehow) with drug rehabilitation and/or education. For a more scientific explanation of why addiction is a disease and why it is often overlooked or considered "somebody's inability to say 'no'", please check out the following link:
Pay special attention to the third paragraph and I think you'll see why I seem so quick to set the record straight. It has nothing to do with you personally. I just feel that I have a duty to help squash any stereotypes that may exist in this context. As always, I appreciate your comment(s) and respect you as a writer/blogger who loves the game just as much as I do.
Now, let's go out and drunk! (Just kidding, maybe tomorrow)
Good post.
Although I blame MLB for just about everything, and no doubt they are following the Army's Pat Tillman playbook on Hamilton, but society at large tends to focus excessively on such issues. It is kind of "the bigger the sin, the bigger the salvation" syndrome you hear in evangelical churches when congregants give dueling testimonies.
AA is kind of like that. I went for a short time in my early thirties, thinking I had a problem (I've now convinced anyone who drinks has a problem). After listening to the endless "can you top this" drunk stories, I realized I was nothing like those crazy ********. I only screwed cattle with my hat on.😉
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Is there anybody that cares a lick about Curt Schilling and his views anymore? I truly could care less, much like I couldn't give a hoot as to what presidential candidate Oprah Winfrey endorses or who Tony Romo is dating this week. That is completely irrelevant – much like Curt is nowadays. I guess he figures since he is washed up and on his last days, he's gotta make headlines through running his mouth since he can't get them thru pitching anymore. He is and always was a malcontent loudmouth that picks up the pompom's and rah-rah's whatever team he is currently with. He is boring and dull in interviews, perhaps he realizes that and needs to bash others or spread accusations about people to get the attention he obviously craves.
Who really cares about Curt anymore? He is a has-been, over-the-hill player who has tainted his future reputation and legacy by running his mouth endlessly. Ok Curt, nobody cares, just go away!
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Dress in drag, take a walk: Jason Householder, 23, and John Stockum, 21, were sentenced in 2001 in Ohio to dress in women's clothes and wigs and walk the main street in Coshocton, Ohio for an hour for throwing beer bottles at a woman's car. The sentence was cut short when a spectator threw a soda bottle and hit one of them.
A night alone in the woods: Michelle Murray, 25, was sentenced to a night in the woods with no food, water or entertainment for abandoning 35 kittens. She had a choice of the night in the woods, or 90 days in jail, 15 days house arrest, or donations to either the Humane Society or park rangers who found the kittens.
One night homeless: Salvation Army worker Nathen Smith, 28, of Painsville, Ohio, was sentenced in 2008 to spend a night homeless for stealing a holiday kettle containing about $250.
Stand at courthouse with sign admitting guilt: Western Pennsylvania residents Evelyn Border and her daughter, Tina Griekspoor, 35, were sentenced in 2009 in Pennsylvania to hold signs in front of the courthouse saying "I stole from a 9-year-old on her birthday! Don't steal or this could happen to you!" for stealing a gift card from a child at a Walmart.
Friday night with Barry Manilow: Fort Lupton, Colo. noise ordinance violators are sentenced to one hour of easy listening music on a Friday night that includes Barry Manilow, Captain and Tennille and other old time favorites. The music nights have happened four times a year since 1996, and have a repeat offender rate of only 10 percent.
Tweet an apology 466 times: Fluzin Baptiste, of France, was sentenced in 2012 for insulting two politicians via Twitter. He had to send the same tweet 466 times in 30 days: ""I have severely insulted Jean-Francois Cope and Nathalie Kosciusko-Morizet. I regret and apologize," or face severe fines for each tweet missed. The number of apologies appears related to the number of followers Fluzin had at the time of his original messages.
Admit you are a fool: Natasha Latrice Freeman, 38, was sentenced in Georgia in 2012 for getting on a school bus a hitting her 11-year-old cousin and pulling the girls hair. She chose to wear a sign saying "I made a fool out of myself on a Bibb County Public Schools bus" at a bus stop every morning for a week rather than spend four weekends in jail.
Go stand in a kiddie pool: Bruce Crawford and his girlfriend Grace Nash, of Ohio, took a raft trip down a flood-swollen river without wearing life-preservers prompting a search by emergency workers and helicopters. They were sentenced in 2011 for misconduct during an emergency to 90 days suspended to 60, worked off in part by spending a day standing in a kiddie pool passing out safety pamphlets at a food festival.
Sport a confession on your T-shirt: Chronic exhibitionist Russell Teeter, 69, was sentenced in Delaware in 2006 to wear a T-shirt with the words "I am a registered sex offender" for 22 days, after completing a 60-day sentence for exposing himself to a child.
40 days in slummy house: Oliver Lawrence, a Virginia landlord convicted of 180 property maintenance violations, was sentenced in 2009 to 30 days in jail followed by home detention in one of his small rental properties. He was also fined $177,000.
Parade a donkey through town: Jessica Lange, and Brian Patrick, both 19, were sentenced in 2003 in Ohio to walk a donkey through their town before serving a 45-day sentence for defacing a statue of baby Jesus stolen from a nativity scene on Christmas Eve.
No mall shopping for a year: Jeremy Paul Olson, aka Jeremiah Wobbe, was sentenced in 2010 to community service and banned from the Mall of Americas in Minnesota for a year for throwing tomatoes at former Alaskan Gov. Sarah Palin during a book signing in the mall.
2 years and no more preaching: Philip Caminiti, a Wisconsin pastor, was sentenced in 2012 to two years in prison for advocating that parents spank their young children with wooden spoons and rods.
6 years of humiliation: Daniel Mireles, of Texas, was sentenced in 2010 for stealing $250,000 from a crime victims' fund. He was sentenced to stand on a busy street with a sign admitting his guilt for five hours every weekend for six years. His wife was also convicted, and got the same sentence once she was released from jail.
4, 10 and 12 years in prison: Three writers in Vietnam, one who is a former police officer, were sentenced in 2012 for posting to Internet blogs. One of the three agreed to plead guilty and to stop blogging, so his sentence was only 4 years.
Read Old Testament, write a book report: Cassandra Belle Tolley, 28, of Rock Hill, S.C., seriously injured two people in a DUI crash, and was sentenced in 2012 to eight years in prison, five years of probation, substance abuse counseling and reading the Old Testament book of Job and write a book report.
10 years of attending church: Tyler Alred, 17, of Oklahoma, was sentenced in 2012 for manslaughter for a DUI crash that killed his friend. The judge gave him probation that includes avoiding alcohol drugs and tobacco, finishing high school and attending church on Sunday.
25 years: Smalltime criminal Jerry DeWayne Williams was sentenced in 1995 in California for stealing a slice of pizza from a group of children. His sentence was eventually reduced to five years.
25 years to life: Duane Silva, who has an IQ of 71, was sentenced in California in 1994 for stealing a VCR and a coin collection from a neighbor he thought owed him money. He was sentenced under the three-strike law because when he was 19, he committed a robbery and then got caught shoplifting.
50 years to life: Leandro Andrade, 37, an Army veteran with a drug habit, was sentenced in California in 1995 for shopping lifting videos from a Kmart twice in two weeks.
247 years: Darryl Robinson was sentenced in 2010 for robbing a New Orleans Burger King while in drag. The sentence was under Louisiana's habitual offender statute.
624 years: Mark Anthony Beecham, 25, of Alabama, was sentenced in 2012 for repeat sex-related crimes including kidnapping, rape and sodomy.
26 life sentences: Juan Corona, of California, was given 26 life sentences for killing 25 migrant workers in one year.
28 life sentences+: Bobbie Joe Long, of Florida, was 28 life sentences plus 99 years and one death sentence for raping 50 women and killing more than 20 of them.
845 years: Shalom Weiss, of New York, was sentenced in 2000 for his part in the theft of pensioners' life savings in the collapse of the National Heritage Life Insurance Corporation.
7 life sentences + 265 years: Ryan Brandt and Jeffrey Kollie, of Georgia, were sentenced in 1996 to seven consecutive life sentences plus 265 years each for armed robbery after turning down a plea deal.
2,200 years: Darron Bennalford Anderson, of Oklahoma, was sentenced in 1994 for rape, sodomy, kidnapping, burglary and robbery. The sentence was given as the result of a failed appeal.
10,000 years+: Dudley Wayne Kyzer, of Alabama, sentenced in 1981 for killing his wife. He got two additional life sentences for killing a college student and his mother-in-law
30,000 years: Charles Scott Robinson, of Oklahoma, was sentenced in 1994 for multiple counts of child rape. When advised they could not give a life sentence without parole, jurors recommended 5,000 years on each of the six counts.
384,912 years: The longest sentence in the world was given in Spain to mail carrier Gabriel March Grandos, 22, in 1972 in Spain for not delivering more than 42,000 pieces of mail. The requested sentence was 384,912 years. The actual sentence ended up being 7,109 years.
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Skip to comments.City to open shelter if FEMA asserts hotel deadline
Posted on 02/05/2006 11:31:40 AM PST by Ellesu
LAKE CHARLES, La. -- The city of Lake Charles will open the Civic Center as an emergency shelter if the Federal Emergency Management Agency puts out hundreds of Hurricane Katrina and Rita victims from area hotels and motels by a Feb. 13 deadline.
FEMA extended the deadline for evacuees to be out of their rooms by six days, from Feb. 7 to Feb. 13. Those who wanted to remain after Feb. 7 had to call FEMA by Jan. 30 to receive an authorization code that would extend their stay.
FEMA has said it won't pay for rooms after Feb. 13.
City administrator Paul Rainwater told the American Press last week that the city would not allow evacuees to be put out of local motels and be left homeless.
"If we see a need, we are going to open up shelters. We are not going to let people sit out on the streets," he said.
"During Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, we have acted and responded regardless of what the feds or the state were going to do. We will continue that aggressive response to people's needs."
People in hotels or motels who find they must leave by the deadline should call City Hall if they have no place to stay, Rainwater said. "Once we start getting calls we will put together a needs list, and we will make a request to the American Red Cross like we have done before."
The city has asked top FEMA officials to extend the deadline so some of local apartment complexes being repaired can be completed to help alleviate the area's current housing shortage, Rainwater said.
"We have made it clear to them that they (FEMA) need to give us until April," he said. "We are hopeful that some of the apartment complexes will come back online, so they have to extend the hotel assistance at least through April, if not a little bit further."
Mayor Randy Roach has asked FEMA several times to let evacuees stay in hotels and motels until more permanent housing can be found but to no avail, Rainwater said.
Mary Breaux, of Lake Charles, said Thursday that she is being evicted from her apartment next week. She has until Feb. 10 to relocate.
"I don't know what I'm going to do. I have called all over, and there is no place for me to go. There are no apartments or hotel rooms," she said. "The worst thing of all is that I know I'm not the only one who is going through this. There are a lot more like me who are being evicted and will be homeless."
Breaux said she is on the list for a FEMA trailer at a new trailer park under construction. But it will be the end of February or early March before anyone can move in, Rainwater said.
FEMA reported last Wednesday that evacuees in Louisiana occupy 10,708 rooms in 501 hotels or motels statewide. Since Hurricane Katrina made landfall last August, FEMA has paid more than $522 million for hotel and motel rooms as part of the more than $6 billion in financial and housing assistance provided to nearly 1.5 million victims.
Editors Note: Those who must leave hotels or motels by Feb. 13 and have no alternative housing can contact Lake Charles City Hall at 337-491-1200.
Wonder how many will finally go back to work once the free housing plays out?
Puts out??? Those whiners should have been out ages ago. Sitting around hotel rooms living off the taxpayers should have gotten them kicked out on their rears a long time ago. And I'd be writing the newspaper complaining I'd vote for no current city commissioner or mayor if the city continued to house those low lifes.
If free housing is provided forever, there's little doubt that free housing will be used forever.
It's amazing these people haven't made an effort to find permanent housing after all this time!
It would violate their Constitutional Right to Room Service.
It's about time the local govt did something instead of relying on the Feds to babysit them.
We're STILL paying for these people? When/where does it end?
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Semper Fi
But were used to Gov. handouts,we don't want to change.
Send in the heliocopters and airlift them out, as we did in September. That worked.
Well, at least now the hotel owners can finally start cleaning and repairing their hotels that have no doubt been trashed.
Wonder if the government will pay for that too.
I live here. There is no available housing at the moment. Most of the apartment complexes were severely damaged. It's just taking time to get them finished.
I have family members living with me now who lost their homes. My cousin owns an RV park and let's just say that he is really happy right now because he has a waiting list of over 100. Several buildings were severely damaged from the storm so he just plowed them down to put more spaces. There's about 200 right now. That's not counting the trailer park he also owns with as many fema trailers as he can legally put there.
Most of the people in Lake Charles are tax paying contributing members of society. It's not New Orleans. Randy Roach is an excellent leader and has done a phenomenal job before, during and after Rita.
Lake Charles had a rainy day fund from the gambling industry that has allowed them to stay solvent even with the huge hit in the economy. We are not completely recovered. We are well on our way but the lack of housing is the critical kink in people getting back on track.
My neighbor had to bulldoze his house. He's not alone.
Lake Charles is not New Orleans. Most of the people here are hardworking, tax paying, conservative people. The problem is that a major metropolitan area was severely damaged from Katrina then three weeks later another highly populated area was severely damaged from Rita and there is simply a severe housing shortage.
The only thing they have to compare it to is tornadoes, or (for an imaginative few) maybe the hurricanes that hit Florida and tear up a lot of roofs.
One of the things I found most gratifying about Katrina was that the news personalities from Fox who actually went there, got it. You could see it in their faces.
From that, I infer that most decent people, if they were actually confronted with the facts, would get it, too.
What we have here, on the attack, are the outliers, mostly, the antisocial and the sociopaths who use the Internet as a way of channeling their vitriol. Most Freepers aren't like that, but they don't like to confront the loonies so they just get out of the way.
They will be living in these hotels and motels in 20 years. FEMA is never going to pull the plug on funding these loafers. There are too many limp wrists in the country that will rally to their cause and the heat on the administration would be just too great. We would be listening to comments from Nancy Piglosi, Je$$e Jack$on, and Reparations John Conyers about all the money being spent in Iraq, and the contrasting racism in America exhibited toward these victims of America.
The only thing they have to compare it to is tornadoes, or (for an imaginative few) maybe the hurricanes that hit Florida and tear up a lot of roofs.
They need to understand that the damage is more like the tsunami along the coast and flooded areas while the damage is like tornadoes inland. It's just that the path zone is a few hundred miles wide not 1 or 2 as in a tornado.
One of the things I found most gratifying about Katrina was that the news personalities from Fox who actually went there, got it. You could see it in their faces.
From that, I infer that most decent people, if they were actually confronted with the facts, would get it, too.
What we have here, on the attack, are the outliers, mostly, the antisocial and the sociopaths who use the Internet as a way of channeling their vitriol. Most Freepers aren't like that, but they don't like to confront the loonies so they just get out of the way.
I agree. It's just frustrating trying to convey those facts when all that is posted is vitriolic rage. Anyway, here is a follow up story with a little more information.
Lake Charles Mayor Randy Roach is the anti-Nagin. He is thoughtful, well spoken, was able to get Blanko to sign on the dotted lines, and he got the President's attention regarding how the evacuation was handled. Instead of a cursory 10 minute meeting before the POTUS viewed the damage he got the ear of the president for nearly 2 hours. That right there says more about how SWLA handled the storm. Remember Houston's evacuation had many kinks. We had no deaths related to Rita, Texas had over 100, mostly from the evacuation.
I am guilty of seeing "FEMA" and "hurricane" and immediately focusing on New Orleans and responding based upon the anger that I feel toward the political leaders in N.O. and in Louisiana who constantly tell me that I can never do enough for N.O. and those "victims". I meant you or honest people no offense.
I understand they're not the same but it is time for FEMA and the gov't to stop paying for hotel rooms and rentals.
That's okay. We feel the same way most of the time too. It's like Rita did not happen. As far as damage goes Rita damaged the infrastructure more than Katrina over a greater area. The *entire* electrical grid had to be rebuilt in SE Texas and SWLA.
It's really a shame that the media quickly forgot us and went back to the shenanigans of NOLA. Our mayor addressed the evacuation plans about a week after Katrina when we had thousands upon thousands of evacuees without transportation. That was a good thing because in two weeks we had to put them into place.
Randy Roach was smooth in getting rid of our Katrina evacuees too. After Rita slammed us he basically said not to come back because there were no services available. If they left their belongings they would be sent wherever they were. Granted there are still a few here but they are mostly working in the area.
Agreed. We still need somewhere for people to live. It doesn't matter who is paying. Housing needs are critical here.
How many of these evacuees have been working while on the federal dole?
Jobless claims plummet as fewer workers here
By CityBusiness staff report
BATON ROUGE Hurricane-related weekly unemployment benefit claims continueto plummet, according to the Louisiana Department of Labor.
As of Jan. 28, the number of active claims resulting from hurricanes Katrina and Rita was 125,895. In November, active claims reached 284,717. Active claims have continued to fall since Nov. 27 when the Labor Department reimposed a federal requirement that claimants call the department weekly to report they have looked for work and are available for employment. The requirement had been waived since September for Katrina victims and subsequently for Rita victims.
We requested an executive order from the governor to waive the reporting requirement immediately after Hurricane Katrina. We felt that it was important to get benefits to displaced workers as quickly as possible,Secretary of Labor John Warner Smith said. Since that time, we have been holding job fairs, offering training programs and using whatever means available to us to get people back to work.
Unemployment insurance claims show 64,209, or 51 percent, of all active claims were filed by people living in Louisiana. The rest, 61,686, or 49 percent, have been filed by evacuees living in other states.
A breakdown of the 64,209 claims in Louisiana shows:
Rank, City Number
1, Baton Rouge 14,097
2, New Orleans 9,523
3, Lafayette 7,799
4, Alexandria 5,300
5, Shreveport 4,779
6, Monroe 3,077
7, Other areas 2,494
Benefit claims are divided into two categories unemployment insurance and disaster unemployment assistance. Weekly UI and DUA payments range from $10 to $258 a week. The UI payments are paid from the state Unemployment Insurance Trust Fund. DUA is federally funded.
Department officials said key factors causing the decrease include:
· Claimants return to work.
· Benefits are lost because claimants fail to meet the weekly reporting requirement to look for a job and are ready and available for a job.
· Some simply chose to forego the smaller weekly benefits, which can beas low as $10.
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JR Smith makes my head hurt.......
C'mon y'all it's the Sunday Showcase and our Knicks are off to a great start. Stop listening to these donut negative posters and get behind this squad. Melo, Chandler, Stat: out. Copeland, Kmart, Kurt Thomas:in. Old school in effect. My pick to click is Shump. Need a big game Go Knicks!!!
JR Smith makes my head hurt.......
Judging by the activity on KOL, the Knicks are dead.
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2 PGs on the floor and JR still controls the ball. What the hell does Woodson want out there??
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Just got home, how are the Knicks doing? Woody just praised their defense so far
JR has no respect for Kidd. Doesn't even allow him to run the offense. Smh
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What are you supposed to do without your 3 star players on the road against one of the top teams in the NBA? Hope for the best I suppose. Let's go Knicks!
Hahahaha Kidd hollering for the ball, doesn't get it and instead JR forces a bad shot. Woodson has lost all control. Don't care if we're missing 2 key players, you still need to play smart basketball.
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Jr with the flush!!!! Knicks hanging around
knicks hanging in there. hoping for a better second half.
Back in the Starbury days everyone agreed the Knicks were a mediocre team, one playoff appearance, and a sweep by the nets. There were certain hopes but we never climbed to be an elite team. I guess it's depressing to see a team go from title contender to delusional in just a couple of months.
Well at least the Clippers suck tonight and they don't make look us look so bad.. Any other day, this would have been a massacre
Knicks "defense" taking pictures
Jr building "a house of bricks" dang this game is fixin to get out of hand in a hurry


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If the closest you've come to a pumpkin is carving a jack o'lantern for Halloween or spicing up a can of puree for Thanksgiving pie, you might be intimidated by the prospect of transforming a big, gnarly one into dinner. Take heart, because a world of luscious discovery awaits you, and it all starts with this humble, thick-skinned vegetable. It's as easy as roasting a whole one in the oven. At 375 degrees, it takes an hour or two for a big pumpkin to collapse into a soft heap of tawny flesh. Some varieties exude quite a bit of water, and it's not a bad idea to let those drain in a colander after roasting. But whipped well or sliced and caramelized under the broiler, all it needs is a slick of peppery olive or a pool of good butter and a shower of flaky sea salt to make a satisfying side dish.
To transform this into a main event, thin it with stock and perhaps a little buttermilk, add curry and a few sprigs of cilantro, and you have a very nice, warming soup. Or combine it with flour and eggs to make tender gnocchi, perfect with a wild mushroom ragout. Or stir it into risotto with sage and butter, the ultimate comfort food. Or add cream, eggs and honey, pour it into ramekins and steam it in a water bath for a very luxurious pudding. Or bake it into your favorite quick bread with plump raisins and chunks of crystallized ginger. The possibilities are myriad and mouth-watering.
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Some Sunday Lovin'
I just threw up. On myself! Tastes like chalk from all those chalky heart candies.
Do you know hearts are not really shaped like that?
Okay. Good.
Now, in spite of my distaste for this putrid 'holiday' designed to remind me I ain't gettin' any tonight, I've decided to spread some love anyway — RSBS style, of course.
Yesterday marked the two year anniversary of RSBS' virgin birth (yeah, it was virgin so don't ask no more questions), and I think it's pretty clear that we wouldn't have lasted this long without some strong support from our dear readers and fellow paupish writers, so to celebrate that, I'm just going to point out some great blogs that I feel should get some more attention:
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Baseball, Apple Pie, and Lobster
Jonestein is the king of not pulling punches. He hits and he hits hard, often sending me into helpless bouts of laughter. Anti-big-government, anti-religion, anti-antics-in-general, BAPL has something for everybody. Okay, maybe not everybody. Still, his thoughtful articles have never disappointed moi… I only wish there were more.
URL: http://jonestein.mlblogs.com/
Loose Change
Okay, this one has nothing to do with baseball or politics or anything at all remotely close to the amorous RSBS, but for some reason it always gets me thinking, smiling, feeling. You may see it as girly (lots of fashion photos, motifs, vocab), but I don't. I see it as soulful. And the sky gods know I need something to fill this soul. This is it.
URL: http://loosechangeoldloves.blogspot.com/
And don't hate me, 'cuz I'm right… and I know when I'm right.
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The Filibuster is baaaaaaack! To celebrate pitchers and catchers reporting this week, Mr. Krause and I will once again be taking your questions for the Filibuster segment, posted every Sunday! If you have a burning question, thought, plan for world domination, etc., please email us at email@example.com or leave us a comment mentioning the Filibuster.
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now i for one love vday. its my birthday eve! plus it jumpstarts pitchers and catchers week!
I wish you endless love in the future so you don't have to spend V-day well… with yourselves! lol just joking🙂
happy valentine's day!! And anniversary to your amazing blog!
I should know better than to be drinking something reading this blog! LOL. You made me spit some of my apple cider.
Thanks for the Sunday Luvin!
Thanks for the kind words and blog plug! You managed to peer-pressure me into writing a new entry this evening…LOL.
Thanks, Austin! Back atcha!
Matt — What a treat, man! Happy Birthday!
Mimi — Thanks… I am okay not having someone. Truly.
Emma — LOL. You know what to expect and that is very cool🙂
Jonestein — No pressure man. Just wanted to give some shout outs, that's all (but you better get to writin', lol).
BTB — Indeed… how else ya gonna satisfy the sky gods with sacrifice? LOL
Props to you guys on two years! Has the sky god confirmed that the ball Pujols hit off Lidge has landed yet, or is it still in orbit?😉
LOL, Greg, you crack me up. The Sky God is still out to lunch… hahaha! That homer would've been way sweeter had the Redbirds won the series. Oh well. THIS year, eh?!


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I. Office of Safe and Healthy Students
The Office of Safe and Healthy Students (OSHS) administers, coordinates, and recommends policy for improving the quality and excellence of programs and activities that are designed to:
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Monday, September 26, 2011
Temporary Ruffled Pumpkin Shirt Tutorial
Hello, FALL! To celebrate the first day of fall I decided to make my daughter a new pumpkin shirt that was 1.) TEMPORARY 2.) FREE. Two very important elements for me.
My daughter is very picky about clothes (this is an understatement). When she has a shirt that "fits" her I can not just go and put an applique on it for a holiday. Nope comfy clothes for Lawson are too rare!!! I have come up with a solution that is a win-win for us both. Today I will show you how I did it with felt!
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Instructions how to make…
With your orange stripes or material put a gathering stitch in the middle.
Pull one thread to gather and create a ruffling effect. Circle gathers around and around to create a pumpkin shape.
Pin gathered orange strip onto black felt. DO NOT TRIM FELT!
Stitch the ruffles to felt sewing down the center again.
Cut two green pieces of material (I chose felt and jersey knit) for the stem and a leaf.
To give it a little more interest I sewed it down and made stitches to look like the lines on the stem
I did the same for the leaf.
Once everything is sewn down trim your black felt. Leave approx. 1/8"
Position the applique where you so desire and with black thread and a sewing needle sew the applique down with a simple running stitch. One that can easily be snipped and pulled.
FINISHED!! Simple as that. Now when the fall is over I can cut the black threads and my daughter will have a plain black shirt again. Until then we have this…
You might be wondering about washing. I washed this shirt this weekend and it washed beautifully!!
Temporary and Free Fall shirt!! Projects like this make me happy!!!
I am sharing this at these wonderful parties.
12 comments:
- Jill said...
You are so talented and I love this shirt for Lawson!
- September 26, 2011 at 2:56 PM
- Melissa said...
Very clever.
Sweet photo of your girl (today or tomorrow, I will share sewing - just a heads up because I haven't sewn in ages and I LOVE what I made). ;)
- September 26, 2011 at 3:17 PM
- Tasha said...
That is darling!! I love it Maridith
- September 28, 2011 at 11:34 AM
- Amy said...
That is totally adorable! And I love how it's just temporary too...you can save it and re-use next year. Which is especially great since kids outgrow their clothes sooo fast from one season to the next! Hope you'll link this to my pumpkin craft challenge; it would be a hit!
- September 30, 2011 at 8:38 PM
- andie jaye said...
i'm a new follower. saw info on your party at kissed by a frog. some cute links to check out! link up to you this week!
- October 1, 2011 at 12:34 AM
- Lindy@Itsy Bitsy Paper said...
Really Cute! I would love for you to link up to my Wickedly Creative Halloween Ideas Party.
- October 1, 2011 at 7:45 PM
- Aurie{OurGoodLife} said...
This is so clever! I love that it's simple and free :)
- October 5, 2011 at 1:26 PM
- Jennifer said...
This is so cute! I wish I had a girl to make one for. Maybe for the nieces. :)
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- October 6, 2011 at 8:34 PM
- Kelli- AdventurezInChild'Rearing said...
what a wonderful idea! I love it- I have boys- but I can do something similar without the ruffles (not nearly as cute)- maybe I'll make them for my goddaughters!
- October 8, 2011 at 10:09 PM
- Rachel said...
Love it! I've never made my kids clothing for specific holidays before because it seemed like such a waste to only wear it for a few weeks. I'd never thought about making them removable - Genius! I'll be trying it for sure now.
- October 9, 2011 at 7:27 PM
- LeAnn-The Modest Homestead said...
I love this idea!! I'll be giving this a try for my girls!
- October 12, 2011 at 1:43 PM
- Theophanie said...
What a great idea!
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'This Town' Takes Aim At The Washington Establishment
Washington, D.C. gets a bad rap: politicians love to run against it, voters love to complain about it — but New York Times Magazine correspondent Mark Leibovich says he's actually an optimist about our nation's capital.
Leibovich's new book is This Town: Two Parties and a Funeral — plus plenty of valet parking! — In America's Gilded Capital. It's a lively account of the sometimes incestuous mix of media and politics in D.C., and unlike many books about politics, it doesn't have an index.
"There's something called the 'Washington Read,' which is the habit of many locals to go into a bookstore, pull a book off the shelf, rifle through the index to see if they're in there," Leibovich tells NPR's Rachel Martin. So This Town's cover proudly notes its lack of an index — though, Leibovich says, The Washington Post has put an unofficial version.
Interview Highlights
On what he wanted to accomplish in the book
"It is a profile of a city that I think is widely misunderstood ... I think what people don't have a full appreciation of is just the full carnival that Washington has become. The way in which the city has been completely revolutionized by money, by new media, by the celebrity madness that's sort of engulfed the rest of the culture. And really, this has become really a gold rush in the nation's capital, at a time when the rest of the country has really been struggling economically, and I think that that's a part of the disconnect that I wanted to bring to bear here."
On depicting the funeral of Meet the Press host Tim Russert
"Tim Russert, this giant in Washington, I call him the mayor of Official Washington, he dies in the prime of his life. And there was a state-funeral-like scene where all of the brand names, all of the tribes convened. You had the Democrats, the Republicans, the Clintons, the newscasters, Barbara Walters, I mean everyone was there. And I remember sitting there, and I was struck by how this memorial service for a beloved newsman could so quickly degenerate into a networking oppportunity. People were throwing business cards around, people were trying to get booked on various shows. The funeral as cocktail party."
On claiming to be an optimist about Washington
"When you live in Washington, D.C., you do get a sense, in a very direct way, of the durability of our government and really, the greatness of the American system. Having said that, I think one of the important things for a journalist to do is hold a mirror to a culture, and I think that this is probably as good a time as any to hold a different kind of mirror, maybe a more cinemagraphic mirror towards Washington than what the city is used to having."
On profiling Kurt Bardella, former press secretary to Republican Congressman Darrell Issa
"This was a chapter in the book that I was very much a part of. As part of my agreement to follow Kurt around for a few months, Kurt and I decided that he would forward me a dozen or so emails a day that he was getting from other reporters, or from members of Congress, or whoever, to try to give me a realtime window into how he was spending his time. So every day a whole bunch of emails would come in, and eventually, he, I guess, told a few too many people, 'hey, I got this New York Times reporter following me around, and I'm sending him emails,' and a reporter for Politico eventually got wind of this, and wanted to do a story on it.
"And all of a sudden, I think, not surprisingly, the people who were having their emails forwarded without their knowledge were a little bit upset. There was a big investigation, Darrell Issa wound up firing Kurt for this, it was written about to death throughout the capital ... eventually Kurt got a job at the Daily Caller, which is a website, sort of a conservative website, he stayed there a few months, he was rehired by Darrell Issa a few months later ... he survived, the story came full circle pretty quickly, and that is also emblematic of the notion that there's really not a fall from grace. I mean, people have very short memories. Any taint of scandal was sort of quickly forgotten and sort of gave way to a neutral sheen of notoriety. And if you're in the news, if you're famous, it's all good for the brand. And I guess the take-away everyone was saying at the time was, well, this will be good buzz for the book! And what could be more important than that?"
This is WEEKEND EDITION from NPR News. I'm Rachel Martin.
Our nation's capital has a complicated reputation. For some people it is first and foremost a place of inspiration.
UNIDENTIFIED MAN #1: Freedom. History. Pride.
UNIDENTIFIED WOMAN #1: It shows everybody kind of almost our history and our journey from where we started out.
UNIDENTIFIED MAN #2: It's a place that every American should come see at least once in their lifetime.
MARTIN: Those are responses from some folks we caught up with in one of the most inspiring spots in D.C., the Lincoln Memorial. But when we asked people what they thought of the U.S. Capitol at the other end of the National Mall, we got decidedly different answers.
UNIDENTIFIED WOMAN #2: Stagnation.
UNIDENTIFIED WOMAN #2: Disappointment. Do you want one word or the ones you can say on the radio?
UNIDENTIFIED MAN #3: Bureaucrats.
UNIDENTIFIED WOMAN #3: It's in bad shape right now.
MARTIN: And that is the Washington New York Times magazine correspondent Mark Leibovich writes about in his new book. It's called "This Town: Two Parties and a Funeral - Plus Plenty of Valet Parking in America's Gilded Capital." More than 300 pages of inside-the-Beltway dirt-dishing. But Leibovich says at its core this is a brutally honest reflection of Washington culture.
MARK LEIBOVICH: I think what people don't have a full appreciation of is just the full carnival that Washington has become. The way in which the city has been completely revolutionized by money, by new media, by the celebrity madness that sort of engulfed the rest of the culture. And really, this has become really a gold rush in the nation's capital at a time when the rest of the country has really been struggling economically. And I think that that's a part of the disconnect that I wanted to bring to bear here.
MARTIN: It begins at the funeral for the much beloved host of "Meet the Press," Tim Russert.
LEIBOVICH: Mm-hmm.
MARTIN: Which is kind of in odd place to start at this memorial service, but it was significant for you in what you were trying to illuminate. Describe the scene.
LEIBOVICH: Tim Russert, this giant in Washington, I call him the Mayor of Official Washington, he dies in the prime of his life. And there was a state-funeral-like scene where all of the brand names, all of the tribes convened. You had the Democrats, the Republicans, the Clintons, the newscasters, Barbara Walters. I mean, everyone was there. And I remember sitting there, and I was struck by how this memorial service for a beloved newsman could so quickly degenerate into a networking opportunity. People were throwing business cards around, people were trying to get booked on various shows. The funeral as cocktail party.
MARTIN: You were at the funeral. I mean, you don't hide the fact that you are part of this club that you write about when we talk about the pundits, politicians, journalists who make up this elite group.
LEIBOVICH: Right.
MARTIN: You don't claim to be an outsider? You think that it's still OK to write this, that people should pay attention to what you have to say.
LEIBOVICH: I mean, I hope so. I mean to pretend I was an outsider or I am an outsider would just be dishonest. I mean, I am part of this world, maybe a part of this problem. But I also think that when you live here you do see things that others don't, obviously. And there has been some push-back towards me because no one likes to have the secret handshake revealed. But I - no, I thought that Washington had reached the tipping point of self-celebration, of self-perpetuation at a time when the rest of the country didn't fully understand this.
MARTIN: So let's dig into the book a little bit. There is a lot of gossipy stuff that's getting a lot of buzz and headlines, that people who follow the personality of politics will find interesting probably, maybe. But there are also some longer profiles of individuals and characters who you see as representing something fundamental about how this place, this town works.
LEIBOVICH: Yeah.
MARTIN: Can you tell us about Kurt Bardella? Not a name most people would recognize.
LEIBOVICH: Right, I mean, Kurt Bardella is the press secretary - the former press secretary to Congressman Darrell Issa. He was someone who watched "West Wing" as a kid and became enthralled with the idea of Washington as this thrilling screen game. And he said, look, I'm not so much as a D or an R, I'm an O, I'm an opportunist. And essentially, he wanted a ticket to Washington because this game was so thrilling to him. And Kurt was very good at his job. He got Darrell Issa a great deal of press and I started following him around. And he was rather blunt about his own ambitions. He really flouted the ethic in Washington that you're supposed to cloak your own ambitions in nonchalance.
MARTIN: But you're even smiling now. There's something about that that to you find endearing.
LEIBOVICH: Absolutely, I mean, look. I have a bias towards transparency. I mean, Washington is a city of poses and posturing and very few people are willing to talk about how ambitious they are, to show their demons as nakedly as Kurt did. I mean, I think some of the characters that come off best - according to some readers - people like Harry Reid and Tom Colburn, who were two Senators from completely different sides of the spectrum and who can't stand each other, but there is a transparency about them and there was a transparency about Kurt that I was very, very enamored of because it's just much more out-front.
MARTIN: It's not your business to proffer up solutions. Inevitably, I would imagine that in writing this and researching, you had to have given it a little bit of thought when you are articulating the layers and layers of these challenges.
LEIBOVICH: I think you never can underestimate the power of shame over a long period of time. You also can't underestimate the power of the American electorate. It doesn't move as fast as you think. But there is a period of foment going on now. I mean, you've had three or four change elections. I'm making quotes with my fingers.
MARTIN: The air quotes. Yeah.
LEIBOVICH: The air quotes. Right. Meaning, that, you know, you have the Democrats sweeping out the Republicans in 2006, and then you have Obama coming in and 2008, and then you have the Tea Party in 2010. I mean, there is definitely a great impatience with business as it's done in Washington. And I think politicians will do things when it serves their interest. I mean, you know, the populist does have an ability to shape change, to sort of shape Washington, and I think, you know, again, that system is not going to go away. But, no, I mean, I guess I'm hedging on the grand solutions because it's just not - first of all, I'm not that smart.
LEIBOVICH: But, again, I mean, I'm just sort of trying to tell a story.
MARTIN: The book is called "This Town: Two Parties and a Funeral - Plus Plenty of Valet Parking in America's Gilded Capital." Mark Leibovich joined us in our studios in Washington, D.C.
Mark, thanks so much.
LEIBOVICH: Thanks, Rachel. Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright NPR.