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Skip to comments.Woah!! ARMED DHS GUARDS Meet Tea Party Protesters Outside IRS Rally in St. Louis
Posted on 05/21/2013 1:58:49 PM PDT by Nachum
ARMED DHS GUARDS GREETED TEA PARTY PROTESTERS TODAY AT THE ST. LOUIS IRS RALLY No sign of the Light-Armored Tanks yet
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Enough is enough.
Don't forget the DHS classified the Tea Party as a terrorist organization
///heavy sarc
Armed Federally empowered union members.
No need for the /s tag ;(
Were these same guards sent to inspect the Boston reservoir trespassers and Chicago's Magnificent Mile looters?
No sarcasm, sadly you are probably right.
Just a matter of time ...
"Dont forget the DHS classified the Tea Party as a terrorist organization"
Catholics, too!
We can't "afford" to protect our embassy but we can do this?
Same here in Greenville, SC...Homeland Security was there as well!
That thought occurred to me right before I saw your post — we might be in for another Kent State moment before this thing blows over.
Have any pictures of the Greenville event?
And I bet they are dying to release, in the direction of the Tea Party Patriots, some of those .40S&W rounds the gummints been hording.
Abort DHS. Enough is enough.
Abort Janny Nappy too, along with her boss.
Obamanation is proving to be "A government that is
1.) For the Tyrant,
2.) By the Gullible, and
3.) Against the People."
Look like future deserters to me.
This has to be the worst time politically in the history of our country. It has to be stopped.
I guess that goes without saying.
A show of farce from Dear Leader Buckwheat.
Needs to be highly publicized. Show the rest of America what awaits them if they use their God-given, Constitutionally-protected rights against the government.
What everyone else said. Nice photos of protestors at the link.
Because tea partiers are known to be violent and uncontrollable, unlike the peaceful Wall Street Occupiers.
Civil War was worse.
Oh, gosh! I wonder what the IRS could be afraid of!
Like the IRSS graphic. Outstanding.
The pics tell a story. The tea partiers are a nice friendly bunch of people. I remember the people from the FR rallies during Clinton's impeachment - another very nice friendly crowd. Sarah Palin - very nice and friendly... and yet we're all quite fearsome as far as the federal government is concerned.
The protestors were fortunate that the DHS guards did not open fire upon them.
Are you serious?
Fu o. Er FYI. First was a typo. Really. That's my story and I'm ....
Whoa! Who ordered them to be there? Nappy?
That is a great cartoon.
Is this IRS building on Federal Property; it might be? Otherwise, there is _no_ federal police power. This is a well established legal principle. Implying there should have been state law enforcement only unless this ground is federal. Period. USG may be establishing brand new, lawless, operations right in front of y'all.
I _knew_ when _homeland_ security was formed that it would move to this. Read about the same in the history of Nazi Germany. This department needs to be closed; should never have been established.
Have we just stumbled upon the reason why our govt has been buying up ammo?
How long have they known?
Yeah, that looks like a mighty dangerous set of folks, doesn't it? BTT
Did they have bandeleros of spare ammo and sonic weapons too?
War is Heck.
Ask Assad
Test. I keep getting "this thread is locked" when I try to post. Again, this is a test.
Go, Gladsen Flag!
Or is it that DHS supplied the vehicles to local cops?
The rules regarding DOD installations are different than those regarding post office so you'd want to check before shooting someone in the lobby, right!
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By R. Clifton Spargo, author of Beautiful Fools, The Last Affair of Zelda and Scott Fitzgerald
In Greek mythology, muses were goddesses, otherworldly women who inspired the mind. In recent history, muses have been real life women full of complexity, passion and, quite often, their own creative genius. From Zelda Fitzgerald, the original "It girl" muse, to Kate Moss, these muses emboldened great artists while remaining artistic forces in their own right.
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Admired for her bob and beautiful round-cheeked face displayed on magazine covers, Zelda Fitzgerald was the darling of the Jazz Age, vibrant, clever and prone to gorgeous, free-associative bouts of conversation. She also proved herself a talent extraordinaire on many fronts—ballet dancer, author, painter—a woman blessed (or cursed) with too many gifts.
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No writer ever made closer study of his beloved, even at the risk of plagiarizing her words. A young F. Scott Fitzgerald raided Zelda's diaries, pilfered love letters, read his own in-progress works aloud to her, even depended on her sketches to envision his most famous hero, Gatsby. Zelda's emotional breakdown in the 1930s nearly brought wife and husband to ruin, but their trials inspired one of literature's most wondrously sad love stories, Tender Is the Night.
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Gala Dali was an olive-skinned Russian beauty with high Slavic cheekbones and intense black eyes. A part of the surrealist movement of the 1920s and '30s, she was known as a brilliant experimental fashion designer, who dressed to show her curves and underscore the sexual pulse of everyday life. Her lovers? Paul Eluard (poet of surrealism); Max Ernst (German Dadaist and surrealist painter); André Breton (author of Surrealist Manifesto); and many, many more.
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Salvador Dalí began an affair with Gala while she was married to her first husband. Later, as Dalí's wife, she became his obsession, muse and collaborator. As his business manager, she urged him beyond surrealism, marketed him madly, and hastened his bizarre and often religious dreamscapes. Front and center in many a masterpiece, Gala appears as the Virgin in "The Madonna of Port Lligat" and as mythic muse in "Galatea of the Spheres."
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An avant-garde artist and activist, Yoko Ono was an icon of androgynous style—think clean lines, black clothing, men's jackets and funky hats. In a 1960s piece of performance art—recently rebooted as part of the exhibition "Off the Beaten Path"—she sits motionless as audience members snip off her clothing with oversize scissors, hence questioning our complicity in art, fashion, celebrity, voyeurism and violence in her becalmed silence.
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One of the most demonized women in rock—aside from maybe Courtney Love—Yoko Ono earned a tribute in a Roger Waters song: "Did you understand the music, Yoko, or was it all in vain?" John Lennon himself never entertained doubts about his true love and muse, and regretted failing to credit her co-writing of his inspired solo hit "Give Peace a Chance."
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In the 1960s, Edie Sedgwick helped popularize the fashion of the Youthquake movement. With her bleached blond hair, black leotards, skimpy dresses, and chandelier earrings, the stylish socialite and model inspired several of rock's greatest songs, including Bob Dylan's "Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat" and "Like a Rolling Stone" (rumors linked her romantically to Dylan), as well as The Velvet Underground's "Femme Fatale."
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While Sedgwick held several musicians in her thrall, she was the ultimate muse to Andy Warhol. The avant-garde artist and filmmaker was so smitten with Sedgwick upon meeting her that he created bit parts for her in two in-progress films, then set to work on Poor Little Rich Girl as a proper vehicle for her physical charms. "One person in the '60s fascinated me more than anybody I had ever known," Warhol later said of her. "And the fascination I experienced was probably very close to a certain kind of love."
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Famous for her beehive hairdos, babydoll lashes and shimmery gowns, Diana Ross fashioned herself into the music industry's ultimate diva. She scored 12 No. 1 Billboard hits with Motown's The Supremes. As a solo performer, she went on to score hits through the '70s, '80s and '90s.
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As founder of Motown records and the Detroit sound that pulsed the nation's soul, Berry Gordy advanced the careers of everyone from The Jackson 5 to Stevie Wonder, but none so successfully as The Supremes. Other Motown acts soon complained that his interest in Diana Ross was more than professional. Though Gordy denied it at first, he later admitted that he was madly in love with his greatest talent.
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Patti Smith moved to NYC on bus fare money, slept on the streets, shared apartments and aspirations with drug-addled geniuses such as writer and musician Jim Carroll. Outfitted in tight leather pants contoured to boyish hips and handcrafted jewelry, she commanded the stage at the city's downtown punk rock clubs. On the jacket art of the 1975 punk classic Horses, she dresses like a guy, jacket tossed over her shoulder.
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Patti Smith was there when Robert Mapplethorpe discovered photography. She was his lover, model, and after he embraced his homosexuality, lifelong friend. "Robert was concerned with how to make the photograph," she recalled in her 2010 memoir Just Kids, "and I with how to be the photograph." Today, mention of Mapplethorpe brings to mind S&M themes and his controversial "Perfect Moment" exhibition, following his death from AIDS, but Smith's Mapplethorpe was achingly innocent, "a good boy trying to be bad."
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A fashion designer and icon, Loulou de la Falaise pioneered "Left Bank bohemian chic" in Paris in the 1970s. Long before unpredictability became, well, so predictable in the fashion world, there was Loulou, celebrated for her brocades, her velvets, all the fabulous and sometimes awkward-in-scale jewelry, and even (not that we approve) a monkey-fur bolero.
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The man soon to reign as the world's most renowned designer was overwhelmed by the glamour of de la Falaise. When Yves Saint Laurent brought her on board at his salon, her role was undefined but their collaboration brought great success in the world of haute couture. Whatever you do, though, don't call her a muse. "A muse is someone who looks glamorous but is quite passive," she once insisted, "whereas I was very hard-working."
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An unorthodox beauty, Rossy de Palma has been described as Picasso-esque in appearance, full-bodied and sensual, hair tied up to accentuate her long, angular face. This Spanish actress started out as a singer before earning fame on the silver screen. As a fashion icon, she inspired Jean-Paul Gaultier, and caught the eye of American filmmaker Robert Altman.
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Pedro Almodóvar discovered Rossy de Palma in a café in 1986 and cast her in his Woody Allen-esque breakthrough hit Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown, and roughly half a dozen films thereafter. Rossy's unconventional beauty suited Almodóvar's frenzied, high-camp cinematographic style, which pilfers Hollywood melodrama in grandly tragicomic themes as old—and as Spanish—as Don Quixote.
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Most renowned as a sculptor, Rachel Feinstein debuted on the art scene in 1994 and was soon celebrated for her controversial work. Her personal fashion runs often to the fantastical, displayed in themed, free-flowing dresses. Her artistic style runs to the baroque, riffing on themes from religious iconography (she's explored crucifixions and Puritanical motifs) to Disneyfied renderings of traditional fantasy lore.
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As contemporary American painters go, not many produce works that command as much attention and money as John Currin's. His figurative paintings of scantly clad women tend toward the satirical and provocatively sexual. After falling in love with Rachel Feinstein in the mid-1990s, who thereafter appeared in his work, the art took a less sardonic turn. He felt released, in his own words, "from the petty things in my own personality."
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With her rail-thin, angular limbs, limp hair and wide-set eyes, Kate Moss embodied the waifish anti-supermodel look of the '90s. She partied infamously throughout the aughts, but possessed enough staying power as a fashion icon that even today she can't leave the house in a new pair of jeans without starting a trend.
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Pete Doherty honed an ethereal jazz-crooning vocal style. He also developed a bad drug habit that effectively dissolved his band, The Libertines, the princes of the post-punk revival. Doherty took up with Moss in 2005 while constituting his next act, The Babyshambles, and the troubled glam couple soon fell into a cocaine scandal. The song "What Katy Did Next" is written for Moss (the similarly titled Libertines hit isn't). Moss sang a hauntingly thin line of melody on "La Belle et la Bête" in 2008.
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Boosting Restraint Norms: A Community-Delivered Campaign to Promote Booster Seat Use." Traffic Injury Prevention. 2012."
Before and after the trauma bay: the prevention of violent injury among youth." Ann Emerg Med. 2009;53(4):490-500."
Booster seats for children: closing the gap between science and public policy in the United States." Traffic Inj Prev. 2003;4(1):5-8."
Belt-positioning booster seats and reduction in risk of injury among children in vehicle crashes." JAMA. 2003;289(21):2835-40."
Best Practices in Culturally Appropriate Education Approaches." Ethnicity,Health, and Well-Being . 2013."
Build it, and will they come? Unexpected findings from a study on a Web-based intervention to improve colorectal cancer screening." J Health Commun. 2012;17(1):41-53."
The Broader Impact of Friend to Friend (F2F): Effects on Teacher-Student Relationships, Prosocial Behaviors, and Relationally and Physically Aggressive Behaviors." Behav Modif. 2016;40(4):589-610."
Birth outcomes among offspring of women exposed to the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks." Obstet Gynecol. 2010;116(4):917-25."
Breathing difficulty and tinnitus among children exposed to airbag deployment." Accid Anal Prev. 2007;39(3):624-8."
Barriers to booster seat use and strategies to increase their use." Pediatrics. 2002;110(4):729-36."
Biomechanical epidemiology: a new approach to injury control research." J Trauma. 1996;40(5):820-4."
Buckle up! Is not enough: enhancing protection of the restrained child." JAMA. 1999;281(22):2070-2."


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September 11, 2013 —
In reiterating some of the pressing goals that should be addressed by Sullivan County officials if possible, legislator Kitty Vetter said one of her priorities was expanding broadband internet throughout the county.
When asked about the county's transportation needs, Edward McAndrew, commissioner of the Division of Public Works, noted, "We need to pave approximately 200 miles of county roads right now, out of 385 miles."
Legislator Gene Benson, who was chairing the meeting of the Strategic Plan Subcommittee at the government center on September 3, said one of his goals would be the creation of an industrial park at the Sullivan County International Airport in Bethel. He said there are shovel-ready sites there now because of the recent addition of a municipal water supply.
But the conversation soon turned away from specific goals of a strategic plan to the question of whether the committee was pursuing the creation of the plan in the best and most efficient way.
Legislator Cindy Gieger said before setting goals, the group should first formulate a "mission." She said that she had studied the comprehensive 2020 Plan that was created by the county planning department seven or eight years ago, and she thought the committee could benefit from the presence of a facilitator at the meetings, someone who could guide them through the process.
Benson said that he was attempting to reach an expert on the process, but he said he didn't know what the cost would be.
Jill Weyer, the acting commissioner of planning, said, "This is what, I would say, the planning department is for: to help you with that strategic process, I mean we do it for the towns."
Gieger, who said she had done some research on the matter, responded, "Are there steps to the process that are spelled out like in this document?"
Weyer answered, "Those are all standard planning techniques...."
Benson said, "You have to have a goal before you can get to that process. You need a goal so you can figure out the exact process you need to get to that goal."
County legislature chairman Scott Samuelson said, "I think what Cindy is referring to is a facilitator to get us to the appropriate goal, to identify the goals that would be good and attainable for us."
Gieger said, "The strategic planning process itself is not just us coming together and saying we need to fix roads and bridges, and do sewer and water at the airport. It's a process where we gather the information that the county has already collected and… then we need to set a vision and mission going forward."
Benson reiterated his goal of an industrial park at the airport.
Vetter said, "That's a short term goal… we need to establish our mission, to make use of natural resources of a beautiful county while allowing for economic growth. You need to have a mission statement."
Gieger referred to her notes about strategic plans and said, "In step five you're developing goals, but there are four steps prior to that." Those steps involved gathering and analyzing information and determining critical issues and challenges. She said following the process would "make it easier for us to get through these meetings without getting too frustrated."
Samuelson said, "I think a facilitator at this point would be a really big help."
Benson said he would check with various organizations to see who might be available, but he also asked, "Why do we always need to bring somebody from the outside in to tell us how to run our county?"
Samuelson said, "I would vote to say let's give it a shot and let Jill (Weyer) put a program together for the next strategic plan meeting, with a white board or flip pad, and start putting all the information down and try to get to a resolution."
The next meeting of the subcommittee is on September 17. A video of the meeting can be viewed at tinyurl.com/l8zf4uo.


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Experience Report: Scheme in Commercial Web Application Development
Our paper "Experience Report: Scheme in Commercial Web Application Development" is online. As the title suggests, it describes our experiences over the past year developing a number of web-based applications in PLT Scheme. If we'd chosen a language like Java or Ruby we could have used a large number of libraries developed for web apps, whereas PLT Scheme has relatively few libraries in this area, and they haven't been tested under high load. So we were gambling that Scheme would make us so productive we could develop our own libraries and the applications we were contracted to produce in the same time it would take to develop just the applications in another language. It was a gamble that paid off. You'll have to read the paper for all the details, but suffice to say we delivered the applications on time (and more are in development) and our libraries already compare well against big names like Ruby on Rails and J2EE.
On thing that got cut from the paper was our use of Flapjax is parts of the interface. If you write complicated Javascript to take a look at it. It really does simplify event handling, and our code using Flapjax is half the size of our original code without it.
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NEWS RELEASE from the office of State Senator Judith Zaffirini
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 12, 2012 Contact: Will Krueger, (512) 463-0121
(AUSTIN)—Senator Judith Zaffirini, D-Laredo, today pre-filed the first 30 Senate Bills of the 83rd Texas Legislative Session that will convene on Tuesday, Jan. 8.
"Filing legislation early is critical to advancing the priorities of Senate District 21 families," Senator Zaffirini said. "Count on me to continue to champion early and higher education and health and human services, including for the very young, the very old and persons with disabilities. Job creation, transportation and public safety in the Eagle Ford Shale also will be key issues during our next session."
Of the 30 bills filed Monday by Senator Zaffirini, 13 relate to health and human services; 7, higher education; and 7, public education. Her bills include the following:
Bills are numbered chronologically as they are filed, though 1-25 were reserved by Lt. Governor David Dewhurst for his priorities.
Because hers were the first Senate bills filed for 2013, Senator Zaffirini's are numbered 26-55.
"Working purposefully to reach out to our 18 Senate District 21 counties," she said, "my staff and I collaborate with stakeholders and constituents to craft a legislative agenda that reflects the needs and interests of our district. We will file additional legislation, especially as we finalize reports developed by the Senate Government Organization Committee, which I chair, and the Joint Oversight Committee on Higher Education Governance, Excellence and Transparency, which I co-chair."
Senator Zaffirini has passed 725 bills since 1987, including 79 during the 2011 session. She also has sponsored and passed 52 substantive resolutions and co-sponsored and passed another 384 bills.
"Constituent feedback is essential, especially because some of my best bills were suggested by constituents," she said. "Accordingly, I urge anyone interested in the legislative process to contact me or my staff so that we can consider any suggestions for improvement or additional legislation. Effective communication enhances my ability to advocate effectively for constituents."
Senator Zaffirini also is a member of the Legislative Budget Board and of the Senate Higher Education, Finance, Economic Development, Health and Human Services and Administration committees.
"Senate District 21 is a microcosm of our great state, and its needs and priority issues are equally diverse," she said. "Because of my committee assignments and as the second-highest ranking state senator, I am uniquely positioned to continue to have a positive impact on the issues that matter to SD 21 families."


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BAC would like to highlight the transportation connectivity deficit at its Fiscal Year 2011 Oversight Hearing, Friday, March 2, 2012. It is important that those who live in Penn Branch, Marshall Heights, Fairfax Village, Deanwood, River Terrace, Fort Dupont and the other communities in these two Wards help determine how to best get to where they want to go by bike. While you may leave comments below, we also encourage residents of these Wards either attend or testify before the D.C. Council at the Oversight Hearing next month about ways to correct historical transportation problems.
To clearly show the recommendations you suggest, we will create a web-based map to catalog your ideas, which will eventually presented to DC Council and the District Department of Transportation. Ideas could include more bicycle parking, dedicated bicycling routes, better bike-related signage, additional Capital Bikeshare locations, better / safer access to Metrorail stations, etc.
If you use twitter, please post your thoughts using #EOTRbike so that we can follow your suggestions.
Last year, the Facilities Committee held rides to determine the impacts of the Far Northeast and Far Southeast Livability Studies. BAC found that contrary to some reports, bicycling in these wards is relatively strong despite road, rail and natural barriers. BAC made the following observations:
- Determining the optimal bicycle routes across the Wards and routes across the Anacostia River and in the Maryland
- More Capital Bikeshare options and better signage identifying where stations are locally.
- Change curb cuts on the downstream side of the Sousa bridge to facilitate bicycling across the ramps
- Improve lighting and wider sidewalks that on streets that travel beneath 295 / Kenilworth Avenue
- Work with the Community prior to installing signs
- Improve bicyclist and pedestrian connections on the west side of the Benning Road bridge that crosses Kenliworth Avenue NE and the freight railroad tracks
- Improve bicyclist and pedestrian connections on East Capitol Street, which is essentially a freeway from Benning Road to just east of RFK stadium, particularly along the East Capitol Street Bridge over the Anacostia River since it has no sidewalks.


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Intel Corp. on Monday expanded its family of low-voltage Intel Xeon processors with reduced power consumption aimed at applications that require low amount of heat and minimal sizes.
The new processors are dual-core Xeon LV chips 5128 and 5138 that operate at 1.86GHz and 2.0GHz, respectively, and feature 4MB level-two cache. The exact power consumption of the chips was not clear at press time, though, the previously released Intel Xeon LV 5148 had thermal design power of 40W. The new Intel Xeon 5100-series dual-core processors are intended for 2-way servers.
Intel also announced recently that in the first quarter of 2007 it would launch two more quad-core Xeon processors: a low voltage version for ultra-dense deployments with thermal design power (TDP) of only 50W and a processor designed for single socket workstations and servers.
Separately, Intel unveiled on Monday Intel NetStructure MPCBL0050 single board computer for AdvancedTCA (ATCA) blade server.
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I love candles! I enjoy having the fragrant smells permeate my home and make it feel oh-so-cozy. What I don't love, though, is the nasty leftovers left in the jar when the candle is burnt down to the end. I have jars and jars of candles like this. Instead of throwing yet another jar away, I decided to take action and make those babies sparkle again!
What to do:
Preheat oven to 250 degrees.
Peel off stickers and labels. {yeah, I obviously got a C- on this part}
Line baking tray with foil or wax paper.
Place candles upside down on tray.
Bake until all the wax drips out… warning: your house will smell FANTASTIC!
Let the jars cool, then handwash or run for a cycle in the dishwasher.
Use your new spotless jars to hold all your household treasures, craft supplies, beauty products, etc!
Why didn't I think of this sooner?
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|Pre-service training will probably be the most intense period of your Peace Corps service, as you will need to gain the knowledge and experience necessary to successfully serve as a Volunteer in just 10 weeks. While the training period will be extremely busy, it should also be a time of excitement, discovery, and self-fulfillment. The effort and challenges of adapting to a new culture will draw on your reserves of patience and humor but will be handsomely rewarded with a sense of belonging among new friends.
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Pre-service training provides you with solid technical, language, health, safety and security, and cross-cultural knowledge, skills, and attitudes to prepare you for living and working safely and successfully in Thailand. Pre-service training is rigorous and demanding, and sometimes not all trainees qualify for Peace Corps service.
Peace Corps/Thailand's training program is split into two parts. Part one (10 weeks) is community-based and prepares you to live and work safely and productively at your site for the first three to six months. We have successfully used a community-based training design since January 1997. In this training model, four or five trainees live and study in villages located a few kilometers from a central "hub" site in a larger town. Most language, cross-cultural, and technical sessions and activities occur in the training village. Throughout pre-service training, you will primarily ride bicycles to the hub site and small group training, where you will study with the larger group for one or two days.
You will live with a Thai host family in your training village, which will help you learn about and adjust to Thai culture and practice your Thai language skills. You will also take part in various cultural activities and excursions, visit a current Volunteer's site, and visit your future permanent site.
Part two of pre-service training (10 days) occurs after you have been at your site for approximately three months. This is a time for Volunteers and their Thai counterparts to explore and share their initial experiences of working together.
You will be asked to identify technical, language, cross-cultural, and other topics about which you would like further training. Thailand Volunteers feel that the timing and structure of this part of training are invaluable.
Technical Training
Technical training will prepare you to work in Thailand by building on the skills you already have and by helping you develop new skills in a manner appropriate to the needs of the country. Peace Corps staff, Thai experts, and current Volunteers will conduct the training program. Training places great emphasis on learning how to transfer the skills you have to the community in which you will serve as a Volunteer.
Technical training will prepare you and your Thai partners to accomplish project tasks and achieve project goals. This component will include sessions on your technical area as well as sessions on the environment, economics, politics, gender, youth, and community development in Thailand and strategies for working within such a framework. You will review your project's goals and will meet with the Thai agencies and organizations that invited the Peace Corps to assist them. You will be supported and evaluated by experienced trainers, and Peace Corps staff throughout the training to build the confidence and skills you need to undertake your project activities and be a productive member of your community.
Language Training
As a Peace Corps Volunteer, you will find that language skills are the key to personal and professional satisfaction and effectiveness during your service. These skills are critical to your job performance, they help you integrate into your community, and they can ease your personal adaptation to the new surroundings. Therefore, language training is the heart of the training program, and you must successfully meet minimum language requirements to complete training and become a Volunteer. Experienced Thai language instructors teach formal language classes six days a week in small groups of four to five people. The Thai language is also introduced in the health, cross-cultural, and technical components of training.
Your language training will incorporate a community-based approach. In addition to classroom time, you will be given assignments to work on outside of the classroom and with your host family. The goal is to get you to a point of basic social communication skills so that you can practice and develop language skills further once you are at your site. Prior to being sworn in as a Volunteer, you will work on strategies to continue language studies during your service.
Cross-Cultural Training
As part of your pre-service training, you will live with a Thai host family. This experience is designed to ease your transition to life at your site. Families go through an orientation conducted by Peace Corps staff to explain the purpose of pre-service training and to assist them in helping you adapt to living in Thailand. Many Volunteers form strong and lasting friendships with their host families.
Cross-cultural and community development training will help you improve your communication skills and understand your role as a facilitator of development. You will be exposed to topics such as community entry, Thai versus American social values, gender and development, and political structures.
Health Training
During pre-service training, the Peace Corps will give you basic medical training and information. You will expected to practice preventive healthcare and to take responsibility for your own health by adhering to all medical policies. Session topics include preventive health measures and minor and major medical issues that you might encounter while in Thailand. Nutrition, mental health, safety and security, setting up a safe living compound, and how to avoid HIV/AIDS and other sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) are also covered.
Safety Training
During the safety training sessions, you will learn how to adopt a lifestyle that reduces your risks at home, at work, and during your travels. You will also learn appropriate, effective strategies for coping with unwanted attention and about your individual responsibility for promoting safety throughout your service.
Additional Trainings During Volunteer Service
In its commitment to institutionalize quality training, the Peace Corps has implemented a training system that provides Volunteers with continual opportunities to examine their commitment to Peace Corps service while increasing their technical and cross-cultural skills. During your service, there are usually three training events. The titles and objectives for those trainings are as follows:
- In-service training: Provides an opportunity for Volunteers to upgrade their technical, language, and project development skills while sharing their experiences and reaffirming their commitment after having served for three to six months.
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- Close of service conference: Prepares Volunteers for the future after Peace Corps service and reviews their respective projects and personal experiences. The number, length, and design of these trainings are adapted to country-specific needs and conditions. The key to the training system is that training events are integrated and interrelated, from the pre-departure orientation through the end of your service, and are planned, implemented, and evaluated cooperatively by the training staff, Peace Corps staff, and Volunteers.


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The third game of the NLDS between the Phillies and the Reds was not terribly action packed. Both teams pitched well and hits were at a premium. But while the game was not super exciting, the outcome certainly was. With a victory, the Phillies swept the Reds right out of the playoffs.
As the chosen starter for game 3, Cole Hamels was anxious to show what he could do after an unbelievable no-hitter by Roy Halladay in Game 1. Hamels pounded the strike zone all night and sent Reds back to the dugout one by one. He allowed 5 hits while striking out 9 batters for a complete game shut-out. No quite a no-hitter, but Hamels was amazing. Plus, the final out was made by ex-Phillie Scott Rolen; icing on the cake.
As for the offense, the Phillies got off to an early lead thanks to another Reds error. As a team, the Reds have committed 7 errors in 3 games of this NLDS. Tonight it was an Orlando Cabrera throwing error after Jayson Werth put the ball in play that cost them a run. Cabrera had a sore rib cage and was not supposed to play. But after some magic massages today, Cabrera was in the line-up.
About the massages, Cabrera said, "The guy's name is Andy. I don't know his last name." Do you think afterwards Cabrera left a few dollars on the bedside table and left? Poor Andy must feel cheapened by the encounter ;o) But we are all thankful that Cabrera felt well enough to play. Thanks, Andy…you deserve some credit as well.
The other run for the Phillies came off the bat of Chase Utley who sent the ball to right center; it snuck over the wall for a homer. Replay was used to verify the homer as the Reds claimed a fan interfered but ultimately, the run counted.
With Hamels holding down the Reds, the two runs were all they needed. With the 2-0 win, the Phillies will advance to the NLCS against either the Giants or the Braves, depending on the outcome of that series. The Giants currently lead the series, 2-1.
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Congratulations on another trip to the NL Championship!
It seems like a really long wait till the NLCS begins, i just hope they dont relax too much…
That was a three game nightmare for the Reds. HALLADAY and Coles schooled 'em! Wow. Halloween came early for Cincy. They got tricked and treated to a lesson in pitching. I suspect Oswalt will pick it up also.
Congrats!! It's a hell of a run you guys are on.
First congrats on a complete humbling of the Big Red small ball Machine. Great series, and it shows that the Phillies are warming up fast by pushing the Reds to the side in 3 games.
Worst thing is that now there are a few days of liesure in between the beginning of the next series.
But it is also time for guys to get healthier, in-synch and rested to bring the Roy Boy factor out quickly in the NLCS.
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COngrats on advancing to the NLCS! Tonight we'll see who your opponent will be and then it's off yet again! Looks like the 2008 WS champs are looking pretty strong!
Not a big surprise that you swept. A little bit of a surprise that you worked a no hitter into the mix. Didn't seem very nice. You guys are certainly the favorites of the NL, and deservedly so.


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We read with great interest in this week's Goliad Advance-Guard about a large amount of drugs seized after suspected illegal immigrants bailed out of a vehicle Sunday.
The vehicle came to a stop in a pasture after running through a fence and an estimated 16 individuals fled into nearby brush.
After recovering large bales of marijuana totaling 107 pounds, sheriff's officers eventually apprehended four men – from Honduras, Mexico, Guatemala and El Salvador.
Hmmmm. Apparently all those undocumented immigrants from Central America are not coming to America solely to escape poverty and violence in their countries.
Many of our newspapers continue to report bailouts of illegal immigrants on country roads. One visitor to our office this week told of one such recent incident at their ranch, in which a vehicle with a heavily enforced front grill, being chased by officers, crashed through the gate and several fences before escaping apprehension.
What's worse is when high-speed accidents occur, leaving people injured. These human smugglers don't care about their cargo; just their next payday.
Bee County Sheriff Carlos Carrizales Jr. will address the issue of immigration and its effect on our county at the next Tea Party meeting Aug. 5 at 6 p.m. at the Joe Barnhart Bee County Library.
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A stretch 4 who lacks defensive and rebounding intensity.
Sounds like D'Antoni to me.
Unless Melo opts out, the draft pick isn't a big deal. The Knicks had little wiggle room and when an opportunity like this presents itself, to transform a few DNC-CD players into the former #1 pick (with recent success), whose game compliments our star... Well, you have to roll the dice... even if that means giving up something like a #1 pick. As mentioned, we have tons of cap space being cleared so that pick wont really mean as much in terms of obtaining talent. Just means that we better develop Shump & Hardaway and find something in 2014. NOw, to make this a true gem of a trade... Knicks need to keep it going... B/C this cannot be our "biggest" move this offseason. We need a viable backup PK, another banger (rebounder) and a shooter, along with bringing back either Copeland or Smith, and keeping Prigs.
A stretch 4 who lacks defensive and rebounding intensity.
Sounds like D'Antoni to me.
This is a great trade.. We gave up basically nothing.. Camby doesnt play.. and Novak is a very 1 dimensinal player who needs a perfect assist to drain his shots.. And it seemed that Novak lost his minutes to Copeland at the end there anyway.. The 1st round pick will probably be a late pick anyways and will probably not be better than Bargs anyway.. We got Gallo back!
lol but seriously .. From an offensive standpoint this is great news.. we can start Bargs at the 4 and bring STAT to come off the bench.. Bargs doesnt occupy the same space on the floor as Chandler and Melo and he stretches the floor because defensders have to respect his 3 point shooting.. Melo is gonna have alot more easy looks now If the rumors are tru about Tony Allen, That move can put us over the top
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Great Trade????? 7 footer that's averaged 4.8 RBs over his career, always injured and soft as hell. He was considered untradeable because of his production and salary, Ujiri got the Knicks not only to bite but to throw in another player when the trade didn't meet league salary rules.
I guess Grunny has to find some scoring if the worse case is we lose JR, Cope and Prigs in free agency but Bargnani is what he is after 7 years A Bust.
We all have our own opinions that are relevant to our expectations concerning this trade.
I'm comfortable being a 2nd round team, only 8 teams get to play in the 2nd round.
But we aint seeing the Bulls, Pacers, and Heat
Those are elite defensive teams and I accept it as a fact that they are all better then us, most likely regardless of what we do the rest of the way
Our only chance is if Shump continues to improve and if Amare somehow resurrects himself. I cant wait to watch Shumpert next year, but I expect another often injured season from Amare and Bustnani will be a nice addition offensively. He will also be an embarrassment on defense
Bargnani is not the answer but he makes us better.
Having him stretch the floor and fitting into a starting lineup with Melo and Chandler may finally provide us with a solid set rotation with Amare coming off bench as a 6th man.
JR really killed us in the playoffs, he changed momentum away from us and Tyson really did nothing averaging 6 pts and 6 rb against Indiana...SAD.
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We were terry cloth against the Pacers in the paint. Our defense was good against Boston but not great. They're not a good offensive team so our opponents points per game might be a little misleading
I do agree that we had no reliable offensive options aside from Melo and Shumpert, mainly Melo though. We needed to go to Shumpert more
Im not really sure how Barngani makes us any better, or worse for that matter, considering we lost Novak (not a big deal after his underachieving year) and we're about to lose Copeland.
We are clearly better with this deal.
Camby played 24 games and had little impact in those games since he didn't even play significant minutes.
Novak had games when he wen 0-8 and Novak having a game like that is ZERO production because he does nothing else.
Both players were getting paid above mini mid level exception at 4 Mil a year. that is 8 million wasted for players that are DNP material right now...for someone that can start in a 54 win team lineup and help spread the floor for our stars
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the biggest upside of this trade will be in 2015 when the knicks will be positioned to add a lot of young but still proven talent and this time keep most of their own talent. Even if the knicks havent drastically improved they are still a playoff team.
The reason the Heat got to be the Champs was Wade was already on the books and they just needed money for 2 free agents.... same goes for the knicks come 2015.
They will have Melo, and a core of roleplayers. All they need to add is some Lebron/Durant Stoppers (why I focus on Hibbert, and Leonard) and we even get our draft pick that year to add to our core. Hell even signing JR is smart cause at 5 a million he would be a steal as a 4th or 5th best scorer.
By that point the Heat will be arguably older (sh*t wade's knee's might not even make it) and who knows if the thunder will ever recover from losing Harden.
Gave up not much to get less in return. The first round pick hurts in 2016.. I hate giving up picks, especially for guys that aren't producing. A first rounder, even in the later picks can turn out to be great players.
Barni is a chucker, a weak post player and lumbers up and down the court. He's like STAT but softer and without the athleticism. Coming from a Raptors organization that was terrible on defense and had a losing culture I don't see value outside of potentially making room for another roster spot for a summer league guy or something.
As a canadian who watched the raptors pick this guy and develop him into a poor player I am not especially happy with this deal. It was moot because Camby wasn't getting PT and novak had cooled off some, losing PT to copeland and JR. Barni does the same things (hit 3's, get injured) as camby/novak so it doesn't really matter. The raptors had been looking for someone to take this contract off their hands and found the Knicks willing to give up more then they should have. A box of Primo Pasta and a DVD of the Coach D'antoni show circa 2010 would have gotten us Barni.
i swear people dont understand the value of expiring contracts. please stop girling about out pick...we will trade, stats bargs or t.c. expiring and get a pick. maybe 2 of there contracts and land a big fish... dolan isnt into rebuilding. so come 2015 he'll snag another big name to play with an older melo and young shump. stop worying about the pick. it can had back if needed. now that thats out of the way is bargs not better then novak? thats an obvious yes so from a talent standpoint we clearly upgraded. and idk about yall but bargs actually plays post defense. problem is he was point on the wing alot in toronto...stop crying..ny fans are never satisfied. if we would have stood pat yall would be whining about how we stood pat. this last decade of futility has really tarnished all of our perceptions and expectations... the roster...I REPEAT THE ROSTER WAS UPGRADED! with a long summer to go.
Trading away the draft picks is always dangerous. If Raptors draft an impact player, it will haunt for 5+ years just like all the other draft picks we missed (hell, look at what not drafting Rondo did to us)
Plays post defense? Are you kidding? Barni is a cardboard cut out. At best he will put his hands straight up in the air and not jump to meet the defender. I honestly wondered how many posters this guy is on, but then realized it's not that many because he's soft like pasta sauce and doesn't protect the rim. at all.
A pick is a pick. It is what it is. After years of sending picks away for high-priced, over hyped, under-performing players, yeah I'm a bit weary of giving up multiple picks for a #1 pick that has never produced and never will. Maybe we move him sooner in a package for something better... maybe we don't. The trade makes us better in 2016, unless that 2016 pick turns out to be a better player then Barni, which is highly likely (2016 will be a talent loaded draft, David Lee was the 30th pick, Rondo was #21, Tony Parker was #28)
I'm not saying we should have stood pat, but I'm not happy with this trade as our "major upgrade" of the off-season that makes us a title contender. Think about it, is having Barni on the team going to make a difference when we face Hibbert and the pacers again? I'm not saying it was a terrible deal and we got fleeced but I have doubts that Bargni will be healthy next year and contribute to a team that has championship aspirations.


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eMAS – Web-based medical alert system. It helps keep track of medications, identifies potential drug reactions and can alert your health care provider with details from reports.
American Geriatrics Society Updated Beers Criteria for Potentially Inappropriate Medication Use in Older Adults
Instruments for the Assessment of Dementia Among People with Intellectual Disabilities – Information regarding where to order dementia assessment documents for individuals with ID.
5 Wishes – Booklets written in simple everyday language help to start and structure those important conversations and hard to ask questions. Resources are provided that help voice the individuals end-of-life wishes, how you'd like to be treated, who should make your health care decisions, etc.
Aging and Down Syndrome – A health & well-being guidebook to common conditions and issues faced in adulthood and later in life.
CDC's Healthy Aging - Provides information on issues impacting individuals as they age.
A Snapshot: Diabetes in the United States - CDC fact sheet regarding data, related health issues, and prevention methods for developing Type 2 Diabetes.
2014 CDC National Diabetes Statistics Report – Scientific data and statistics on diabetes and its burden in the United States.
Flu Prevention Flyer – Flyer that can be posted to remind individuals about the steps they can take to help prevent the flu this season.
FLU.gov - Information regarding everything you need to know about the flu and the flu vaccine.
Feet and Falling
The Diabetic Foot
Obesity and The Feet
Foot Care and Prevention
Administration for Community Living - Website with information about how to deal with worrying behaviors. Funded by the Administration on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (AIDD)
CDC Disability and Health - Information for family caregivers to help them and those they care for stay safe and healthy.
Closing the Gap: A National Blueprint to Improve the Health of Persons with Mental Retardation: Report of the Surgeon General's Conference on Health Disparities and Mental Retardation, 2002: This national Blueprint drew the attention of the Nation to the longstanding health disparities experienced by people with intellectual disability and identified goals and action steps for improving their health. The Blueprint took the essential first steps needed to bring together self-advocates with intellectual disability and their families with the scientists, health care providers, professional training institutions, advocacy organizations, and policymakers who can make a difference in the lives of individuals with intellectual disability.
Florida Center For Inclusive Communities - Materials and resources to help self-advocates and health professionals learn more about effective communication of health care needs and health promotion.
Public Health is for Everyone - An inclusive online planning toolkit to increase the capacity of public health professionals to create programs that benefit entire communities, including people who have disabilities.
Where in Health is Disability? Public Health Practices to Include People with Disabilities. This session of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) Public Health Grand Rounds webcast focuses on disability and health. The work of NCBDDD's Division of Human Development and Disability and its network of partners will present data on health differences and risk factors of poor health in individuals with disabilities, demonstrate physical activity programs implemented by CDC's Arthritis program and reveal best practices for the inclusion of disability in national public health organizations.
Wyoming Family to Family Health Information Center - online portal to high-quality, research-based information on improving the health your family and children with special health care needs.
NDNRC's What to Know When Assisting a Consumer with Intellectual Disability Fact Sheet - This fact sheet is intended to help Navigators identify what issues are unique to consumers with Intellectual Disability so that they can assist them as they make decisions related to their healthcare coverage.
CDC Health Status Location Summary Charts
A Blind Spot in the System: Health Care for People with Developmental Disabilities: This report presents findings from in-depth key informant interviews with 20 health care providers and representatives of county health departments, county health plans, and community-based organizations. Stakeholders identified a number of barriers to health care for adolescents and adults with developmental disabilities and made a number of recommendations with regard to improving health care access and quality of care.
Left Out in the Cold: Health Care Experiences of Adults with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities in Massachusetts This report from the Arc of Massachusetts focuses on the health care issues faced by those with intellectual and developmental disabilities and covers a variety of subjects, ranging from knowledge to health care access.
Person First Health – ACHIEVA (The Arc of Greater Pittsburgh) recently launched a brand new website under their Disability Healthcare Initiative that provides resources and information for individuals with disabilities, families, medical professionals and others interested in healthcare for people with disabilities. As the healthcare of people with disabilities and chronic medical issues becomes more of a focus for healthcare professionals and policy makers, it is important that all stakeholders have available current information and resources. This site was developed to meet that need and provide a comprehensive reference to increase healthcare access and promote the health and wellness for people with disabilities.
Healthcare for Adults with I/DD – Toolkit of best practice tools for primary care providers.
Tips for Healthcare Professionals - Nicole LeBlanc of Self Advocates Becoming Empowered (SABE) discusses various tips for healthcare professionals in working with people with autism and other developmental disabilities.
Healthcare Related Issues for Individuals with Disabilities - This webinar features 3 speakers from the APHA Disability Section. The moderator for this session is Dr. Willi Horner-Johnson. The first two speakers, Victoria Stoneman and Sarah Long, focus on their research regarding specific standards of care for adults with ID and the relation to hospital-acquired infections to reduce the numbers of infections and improve overall care. The second half of the webinar features Lisa Voltolina's research on examining the experiences of parents of children with Autism in obtaining a medical diagnosis. Many parents report a negative experience due to inconsistent information and many barriers with professionals and communication issues.
The State Medicaid Integration Tracker© - published each month by the National Association of States United for Aging and Disabilities (NASUAD).
CDC State Disability and Health Programs - Programs that ensure individuals with disabilities are included in ongoing state disease prevention, health promotion, and emergency response activities.
Strategies for Successfully Including People with Disabilities in Health Department Programs, Plans and Services
National Assessment of the Knowledge, Awareness, and Inclusion of People with Disabilities in Local Health Departments' Public Health Practices (PDF)
Treat Me Right! Better Healthcare for People with a Learning Disability
NACCHO Health Department FactSheet: The Arc's HealthMeet program supported NACCHO to conduct key informant interviews with local health department administrators. These interviews aimed to better understand how people with intellectual and developmental disabilities can be included in local health department programs, products, and services. The findings from these key informant interviews are highlighted in the following fact sheet.
Disability and Health in the United States, 2001-2005: This Report from the CDC examines health-related differences between disabled and non-disabled non-institutionalized adults aged 18 years and over including education, income, and employment, health status, health risk factors, access to care and clinical preventive services.
The Current State of Health Care for People with Disabilities: This report from the National Council on Disability identified a broad range of recommendations for reforms that are required to address some of the most significant obstacles to health, health care, and disease prevention and health promotion for people with disabilities. Recommendations are directed to key stakeholders, including Congress and the Administration, accreditation and professional medical organizations, states, and non-Federal organizations concerned with disability, health, and health care policy and research.
The Surgeon General's Call to Action to Improve the Health and Wellness of Persons with Disabilities: This report describes the particular challenges to health and wellbeing faced by persons of all ages with disabilities and emphasizes that health and wellness is a key component to equal opportunity, workforce engagement and full access into daily community life for people with disabilities.
Rural disparities in receipt of colorectal cancer screening among adults ages 50–64 with disabilities: Study done to determine whether urban/rural disparities in colorectal cancer screening exist among people with disabilities, similar to the disparities found in the general population.
Medical Care: October 2014 - Volume 52 - Issue 10, Supplement 3, Healthcare at the Intersection of Disability, Race, and Ethnicity - Free online supplement focusing on the examination of the unique patterns of health care inequalities experienced by racially and ethnically diverse patients with disabilities.
Barriers to cancer screening for people with disabilities: A literature review
Intellectual Disability Mental Health First Aid Manual 2nd Edition - The purpose of this manual is to provide guidance on how to support people with an intellectual disability who are experiencing difficulties associated with mental health problems. There is also information in the manual that will help those with little or no experience interacting with someone who has an intellectual disability.
Branded Food Products Database - US Department of Agriculture (USDA), Agricultural Research Service: This is a free online resource for families, the food industry and researchers containing nutrition details on more than 80,000 name brand prepared and packaged foods available at restaurants and grocery stores.
CDC Nutrition Resource Center - Online resource center providing a host of tools to helping to improve knowledge and access to affordable healthy foods.
Good Nutrition Is a Key to Health - The National Resource Center on Nutrition & Aging presents an hour long presentation during March's National Nutrition Month featuring Kathy Greenlee, the Assistant Secretary for Aging with the Department of Health and Human Services. Ms.Greenlee discusses the importance of good nutrition in healthy aging to maintain independent living in the elderly. She also provides her thoughts on the future sustainability of senior nutrition services as part of the larger aging network.
Fresh vs Frozen Foods
This is 200 Calories
NCHPAD Directory of Accessible Exercise Programs by State
Exercise Connection - Exercise program tailored for individuals with Autism
CDC Resource Center on Physical Activity - Online resource center providing a host of tools to helping to encourage physically active lifestyles.
CDC Resource Center on Obesity - Online resource center providing a host of tools to help reduce obestity rates.
The National Center on Health, Physical Activity and Disability (NCHPAD) has a 14 Week Health Promotion Program - a free, personalized, web-based physical activity and nutrition program for people with disabilities.
The Rehabilitation Research and Training Center on Aging with Developmental Disabilities (RRTCADD), HealthMatters™ CAP has collaborations between community-based organizations and academic institutions to support people with developmental disabilities (DD) in our communities throughout the lifespan. HealthMatters™ CAP engages community partners to find practical solutions to improve health through a variety of training, research, and service learning initiatives, including the HealthMatters™ Train the Trainer Program - an evidence-based 6-hour training that provides structured information on how to organize and start a tailored physical activity and health education program for people with intellectual and/or developmental disabilities (I/DD).
CDC Health Weight Issue Briefs - considerations that people and organizations can do to help combat obesity among people with disabilities. Briefs include obesity prevention in the workplace and schools, Health Dept Strategies, and Healthcare professionals accessibility.
CDC Vital Signs: Adults with Disabilities, Physical Activity is For Everybody - Data regarding physical activity levels of individuals with disabilities and resources to help encourage activity.
Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders Lead To Excessive Weight Gain And Obesity Later In Life
Commit to Inclusion – A campaign that supports the implementation of guidelines and programming to empower people with disability to lead healthy, active lifestyles.
Finding Balance: Obesity and Children with Special Needs
Mall Walking: A Program Resource Guide
Brian Armour, PhD is an economist with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). He has spent over 15 years in health services research, including work on helping design the CDC Disability and Health Data. We asked Brian to discuss findings from the study he led, entitled "A Profile of State-level Differences in the Oral Health of People with and Without Disabilities, in the U.S., in 2004" (Armour BS, Swanson M, Waldman HB, Perlman SP. Public Health Rep. 2008 Jan-Feb;123(1):67-75).
Oral Healthcare for Children with Developmental Disabilities - This clinical report from the American Academy of Pediatrics describes the effect that poor oral health has on children with developmental disabilities as well as the importance of partnerships between the pediatric medical and dental homes. It also provides a basic overview of the oral health risk factors affecting children with developmental disabilities.
Special Care Dentistry Association - Resources and helpful information regarding oral health care for patients with special needs.
American Dental Association Study: Caregivers of adults with developmental disabilities need more support, training
Dental Care Every Day: A Caregiver's Guide
Overcoming Obstacles to Healthcare: Transportation Models that Work
American Association on Health and Disability: (AAHD) The mission of AAHD is to contribute to national, state, and local efforts to prevent additional health complications in people with disabilities, and to identify effective intervention strategies to reduce the incidence of secondary conditions and the health disparities between people with disabilities and the general population.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: (CDC) The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention'sstate-based disability and health programs inform policy and practice at the state level. These programs ensure that individuals with disabilities are included in ongoing state disease prevention, health promotion, and emergency response activities. CDC supports 18 state-based programs to promote equity in health, prevent chronic disease, and increase the quality of life for people with disabilities. Each program customizes its activities to meet its state's needs, which broadens expertise and information sharing among states.
Disability.gov - Find health information/resources by different search criteria, such as national and state/local resources, health related topic areas, types of disabilities or audience type.
National Center on Health, Physical Activity and Disability: (NCHPAD) is positioned to effect change in health promotion/obesity management among people with disabilities through its existing 13-year history of providing advocacy, services and programs to numerous organizations and people throughout the country. The primary focus of the Center's approach is to collaborate with the nation's leading health advocacy and disability organizations in linking them to the hundreds of program initiatives ongoing across the nation, and using this framework to build inclusion and integration into these existing programs.
Rehabilitation Research and Training Center on Aging with Developmental Disabilities Lifespan Health and Function (RRTCADD): As persons with intellectual and developmental disabilities are living longer and their presence in the community increases there is a growing need for information on ways to support these adults and their families. The RRTCADD seeks to enhance the health, function, and full community participation of adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities (I/DD) across the lifespan and bolster family caregiving capacity through a coordinated set of research, training in evidence-based practice, and dissemination activities.
Familylink is a unique technology that monitors in-home motion and uses a simple easy-to-use interface to connect families to their loved ones. It gives you, your family and caregivers the peace of mind that your loved one is safe when you are not around. It allows for your loved one to live independently while still being able to be easily connected at any time through simplified tools on the touch screen display. Through built-in motion detectors located in the room, Familylink can track activity levels in each room and set notification alerts that will be triggered based on the user's normal routine.
SeizureTracker.com - Innovative website with comprehensive tools that allow you to track seizure activity to help understand the relationship between seizures and anti-epileptic medications. Reports can be created and used as valuable communication tools with doctors.
CDC Resource Center on Tobacco Prevention - Online resource center providing a host of tools to helping to reduce tobacco use and esposure to secondhand smoke.
Disparities in Cigarette Smoking among Adults wtih Disabilities - Report from the CDC revealing the prevalence of cigarette smoking in adults with disabilities broken down by state. Specific state smoking cessation programs are highlighted along with linkages to resources for other state-based programs and tips for quitting.
Smoking and Tobacco Use - Tobacco use is the leading preventable cause of death in the United States killing almost 1 in every 5 adults each year. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) Smoking and Tobacco page provides programs on how to successfully quit smoking, cessation materials, fact sheets, and links to local resources. They provide data and statistics on the percentage of individuals with an intellectual or developmental disability who smoke compared those individuals without a disability.
I can Quit - Guidebook to help facilitate tobacco cessation program for individuals with disabilities. Created by Monish University in Australia.
Access to Healthcare for Women & Girls with Disabilities - This report from one of The Arc's Chapters and HealthMeet pilot sites, Achieva, is a review of the findings of why women with disabilities have difficulty accessing healthcare. It focuses on 4 main categories 1. Lack of accessible equipment, 2. Communication barriers, 3. Financial barriers, 4. Shortage of providers. In order for women to receive quality healthcare it needs to be accessible and respectful. Solutions are presented at the end for ways to help improve this process in Pennsylvania and throughout the U.S. for all women and girls with disabilities.
Women Be Healthy - Provides information about health care for women with IDD. You'll find information about breast and cervical cancer screenings, HPV, and how to talk with your nurse or doctor.
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"It is not an easy decision for me because I have absolutely enjoyed serving the county for 11 years," Aduddell said.
The commissioners will advertise for applicants. Should the court choose to appoint someone to fill the job, the elected position will appear on the ballot in the general election in November.
Judge Rene Mascorro said the applicant selected by the court may or may not choose to run for the position. Each party will select the candidate to represent their party.
The court also agreed to continue the burn ban. Though rain showers have fallen regularly in some parts of the county, the precipitation has been spotty. Some parts of the county remain dry with dead vegetation.
"We need to get the information out to the people," said Commissioner Stanley Tuttle. "Just because we have had a little rain, people think they should start burning."
The judge said prescribed burns by ranchers and farmers can continue through the ban; however, applications must be submitted through his office.
Chief Deputy Sheldon Wiginton advised the court to "let the burn ban run itself out until August."
In matters regarding a public road in Tivoli, the commissioners once again tabled a request from a landowner to reroute River Road. The road is on Larry Landraf's property and provides access to property owned by other people near the Guadalupe River.
Landgraf told the court that the traffic has increased 10-fold with kayakers, canoers, and birdwatchers creating a safety hazard for his family.
In addition to stirring up dust in his home, Landgraf also claims that the traffic causes security problems that include illegal immigrants using the roadway. He also said shots have been fired.
"I think security is the sheriff's problem," said Commissioner Gary Bourland.
Commissioner Rod Bernal estimated that the limestone aggregate required to move the road will cost $18,916 plus another $2,100 for a concrete culvert. Landgraf said he has stockpiled the dirt required for the road plus dirt from the ditches can also be used.
At a previous meeting, the commissioners suggested that Landgraf should pay for the materials.
"I don't see where I should pay for aggregate going on a public road," Landgraf said.
The property owner said he has leased the land to the Natural Resource Conservation Service and access to U.S 35 is required.
"This is the first we've heard of the NRCS deal," Mascorro said.
Commissioner Ann Lopez said more information was required including the impact on other landowners who use the road. She also suggested that the NRCS might help with the expense.
Because of the lease with NRCS, a survey of the land is already underway, Langraf said.
Tuttle told the court other landowners in his precinct face the same problem; however, the county cannot afford to move all those roads. Tuttle said he was not opposed to using county machinery and labor.
In matters pertaining to a Coastal Impact Assistance Program Grant administered by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Martha Drake of GrantWorks said a two-day workshop had shed light on what records will be required on all purchases through the grant.
Drake suggested that projects and proposed uses of the money granted as early as 2007 should be revisited. Under the guidelines, all purchases proposed by the county using CIAP funds, from microscopes and computers for the schools to an oil spill response unit, must be tracked and inventoried annually. When the usefulness of the items expire, they must be turned over to the Fish and Wildlife Service for recycling to another entity, according to Drake. Each item must be sufficiently marked to show it was purchased from CIAP funds.
The county will be responsible for the audits, inventory and reporting, Drake said.
The deadline for submitting the pending applications is Dec. 13. Drake suggested holding a workshop to review possible "reshuffling" of non-construction projects to construction projects with school district superintendents, the Fennessey Ranch and other entities included in the CIAP grant.
"This is a lot of information to take in," Lopez said.
The commissioner requested a written report of Drake's findings.
In other matters, the court:
• Approved a request from Veteran Service Officer Richard Sanchez to apply for a grant with the Texas Veterans Commission
• Agreed to review funding for CASA during the budget process
• Approved the appointment of Lorraine Lopez to the county's Historical Commission
• Acknowledged a change for Joe Pena from class 1 roadhand to class 3 roadhand for pct.3 effective July 16 with a salary change from $35,409 to $31,086.


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Today, guest blogger Scott Christ describes his experience hiking along three scenic trails near M-22. For more information on hiking trails in Michigan, visit michigan.org.
Close your eyes and imagine an idyllic place filled with vibrant, turquoise-hued lakes … powdered sand beaches surrounded by towering dunes … and pine-scented, old-growth forests.
For some people, Michigan may not be the first place to come to mind that fits this description. Yet that's exactly what I experienced during a summer trip to the Leelanau Peninsula in northern Michigan.
Scoping Out the Hiking Trails Along M-22 Near Leland and Glen Arbor
Our destination for this trip: Lake Leelanau. Our goal: plan as many "Michigan-themed" activities as possible. I had driven up M-22 before, but after spending a week trekking up and down this infamous road, I was absolutely blown away by it's winding roads, spectacular views, and overall magnificence.
Before leaving for our trip, I did my homework and found three hiking trails close to M-22 between Leland and Glen Arbor:
2. Whaleback Natural Area
3. Pierce Stocking Scenic Drive
Here's what each had to offer.
Experiencing the Trails
Whaleback Natural Area
Whaleback Natural Area is a 10,000-year-old playground of preserved dunes and forests. It's within walking distance of downtown Leland and directly accessible from M-22. Plan on 1 to 1.5 hours if you're walking the trail. There are a couple fairly intense climbs involved too, so I'd classify this one as "Moderately Difficult."
Make sure you stop at the spectacular Lookout Point, which offers majestic views of Lake Michigan.
Houdek Dunes Natural Area
Quick disclaimer about Houdek Dunes: it's not easy to find. A Google Maps search took us to downtown Leland and we quickly realized we were in the wrong spot. So we headed up M-22 just north of Lake Leelanau, and found it marked by a tiny sign on the left side of the road.
The troubles getting there turned out to be worth it though. Houdek Dunes was formed from glacial sediments about 4,000 years ago, and you'll experience the amazing aftermath of geology and time with its combination of dunes and wooded forests.
Depending on which way you trek through the trail system, you'll see plenty of hundred-year-old birch trees, mature pines, sun-kissed stretches of dense green ferns, and the beautiful Houdek Creek, a spring-fed trout stream that flows into North Lake Leelanau.
The trail features 3/4 and 1- 1/2 mile loops. Plan on a couple hours to get through it if you're walking, but you can definitely do it in less. I'd classify the difficulty level as "moderate."
Pierce Stocking Scenic Drive
The Pierce Stocking Scenic Drive turned out to be one of the coolest parts of our trip. Located in the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore, it's a 7-mile drive that offers a variety of stops and lookout points.
To get there, you'll need to head over to Glen Arbor along M-22 then take a quick detour up "Dune Highway" 109.
About halfway through the drive, you'll reach the Lake Michigan Dune Overlook Platform stop. Park your car and walk the trail to the dune, which towers 450 feet above lake level.
Although going down the bluff is not recommended, it's also not prohibited for those who are up to the challenge. The way down is a little unnerving at first because it's steep, but once you get used to it it's smooth sailing. The way up is another story. I consider myself to be in good shape and it was strenuous. But if you're in decent shape, like a little adventure, and don't have a fear of heights, do it. You won't regret it.
There is an entrance fee of $10 per vehicle, which gets you access to all areas of Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore. It's well worth the money and I was happy to help support these awesome parks.
Final Thoughts
As someone who comes from the ad world, my feelings about "Pure Michigan" were that it was just a clever ad campaign. But this trip changed that. Pure Michigan embodies the fact that Michigan, and particularly northern Michigan, is one of the most beautiful, unspoiled places in the world. Let's keep it that way.
Where is your favorite spot to go hiking in Michigan?
Scott Christ is a writer, entrepreneur, and health enthusiast who helps people look better, feel better, and live longer with healthy real food recipes and motivational weight loss tips. Connect with Scott on Facebook or Twitter.


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