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beaverpond wrote:My company and few others in town donated close to $300 into a school supply fund which I have been maintaining. I took the money down to Staples this morning and bought almost $300 worth of school supplies.
The principal of the elementary school created what she calls "The Wishing Tree" bulletin board. Teachers post on these little animal shapes (each animal represents a different grade level) what their different classroom needs for supplies. So instead of making parents feel guilty by sending the requests home in a newsletter, we post it on a bulletin board and anybody in the school can take down the request and fill it and bring back the item for that classroom teacher.
We have a low income community so it is hard to get a lot of families to help out, but when the board went up...it was a God send because those that can help, have for multiple classrooms. Then when some of the local businesses found out, then they wanted to get involved and because many of them work through me on the school board, the PTA, and my business, they thought I would be the perfect go between...this way they don't have to deal with all the security procedures, there is already somebody on the inside with a security pass.
Anyway, the reason everybody has been pulling together on this project is because our wonderful governor chopped $114,500+ from our district budget mid year. This may not sound like much, but it actually came out to $26,000 in school supplies for the teachers. So this is where the parents and businesses have stepped in to fill that void. So everybody being ticked off with the governor at this point, does not hurt either. Makes everybody a little more giving.
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Wasps edge Mill River in thrillerBy JAMIE NORTON
CORRESPONDENT | November 10,2013Albert J. Marro / Staff Photos
Woodstocks Tom Baumann (right in top photo), sweeps around the corner during Saturdays D-III title game at Alumni Field in Rutland. Woodstock won 20-19 in overtime. Below and left, Mill Rivers Tyler Pitts (80) catches a pass in front of Woodstock defender Sam Cole (45) while, to the right, Woodstock running back Zach Cole lurches forward in an effort to garner more yards.The hopes and dreams of the two biggest football teams in Division III rode on the legs of one of the smallest players on the field during Saturdays title bout between No. 1 Woodstock and No. 2 Mill River.
Woodstock sophomore kicker Nikolai Davis, who boasts a stature of 5-foot-4 and 160 lbs., knew what was riding on the next moment. A 30-game winning streak. A second straight undefeated season. A third straight D-III title. The game was tied in overtime following senior fullback Oliver Kaijas second touchdown of the game, and a successful extra point kick would keep the championship trophy in the Wasps firm grasp.
(I thought) I hope I make it, Davis said afterwards. I was really scared.
I didnt want him thinking about it, Woodstock coach Ramsey Worrell said. I asked him what his favorite food was. He said, Potatoes and mine was bacon. I wanted to take his mind off of it.
You say, Potato. I say, State championship.
Davis split the uprights, and Wasps suppporters at Rutland High Schools Alumni Field erupted as Woodstock celebrated another perfect season with a 20-19 win.
This was special for me, said Worrell after leading the Wasps to their 10th football championship and third in a row in just his first year as head coach. I wont ever forget this game, I wont ever forget this group of seniors, and I wont ever forget this team. Its one of those moments youll remember forever.
I dont think its really hit us yet, but I can tell you that this one is a lot sweeter than last year, said Kaija, who led Woodstock back from a two-touchdown halftime deficit with 124 rushing yards 80 of which he obtained after the intermission. Last year, it was almost a given that we were going to win people were expecting us to. Coming out here (this year) and earning everything we got, you have to do that against a team like Mill River. Just earning it, grinding in the trenches, fighting for every yard, thats what this was really about.
Kaija earned 42 of those yards on a momentum-shifting, 60-yard, 12-play drive in the third quarter that culminated with his 3-yard touchdown scamper. That made it 13-6 with 3:12 remaining in the penultimate regulation frame, and Worrell said Davis was down on himself after missing the point-after kick.
That was in his head a little bit, Worrell said. I wanted to get that out of his head.
Davis got a chance at redemption in the fourth quarter, and this time, he didnt miss. With 4:12 remaining in regulation, halfback Sam Cole took the handoff from quarterback Nehemiah Wood and tumbled over the line and into the end zone to bring the Wasps to within a point, 13-12. Davis then booted the ball through the uprights to tie a game that Woodstock had trailed since the first quarter.
Thirteen points isnt very much, Worrell said of the deficit his team had faced going into the second half. We havent scored less than 30 points all year, so I knew we were capable of (coming back). We just needed to stick our blocks (and) create some sort of running game up the middle.
The Minutemen, meanwhile, did everything they could against a stingy Woodstock defense. Quarterback Mark Goyette didnt have many opportunities to pass the ball, so he ran it himself several times throughout the game. Dan Blanchard and Izaak Young both made progress on the ground, and Blanchard got the game off to a great start for the Minutemen with an astounding 87-yard touchdown run down the right side of the field just 3:12 into the game. He finished with a team-high 123 rushing yards.
Mill River got its second score of the game after recovering a fumbled punt return by Woodstock and turning it into a 53-yard touchdown pass from Lincoln Pritchard to Goyette on a trick play. Ethan Burketts extra-point kick made it 13-0 at that point.
It was a great momentum pickup, and it gave us some momentum going into the half, Mill River coach Art Peterson said. But youve got to play the whole football game, and youve got to be clean. In the second half, we just werent. We just couldnt sustain anything offensively in the second half.
We had a hard time blocking people all day, Worrell said. Thats a testament to their defense and their determination ... After halftime, we fixed some blocking errors, we started running some different formations, and then it just came down to will and determination: Sticking on your block and just grinding it, grinding it, grinding it.
Kaija agreed.
What makes a mans character is how he responds to adversity, he said. Were not used to being down, but we got back in there and we just started scrapping. Thats what Woodstock football is. Were always undersized, were always a little bit smaller, maybe not the most athletic, but we do what were coached, and we scrap.
The Wasps certainly did so in overtime.
High School football overtime rules grant each team a 1st-and-10 opportunity on the opponents 10-yard line. The coin toss gave Mill River the first crack, and after losing 5 yards on Goyettes keeper, the Minutemen put it into the end zone with a 15-yard run by Blanchard. The extra-point kick, however, was missed.
That opened the door for Woodstock if it could just find a way across the goal line against the Minutemens big, strong defensive line.
The idea was to stop them and kick a field goal, not let them score and then have to score (a touchdown) again, Worrell said. It came down to fourth down that was big.
The Wasps got three short gains, including Tom Baumanns 4-yard burst to the 1-yard line, before Kaija muscled his way through the line and home to tie the game at 19-all.
Then all eyes were on Davis.
Hes so clutch, Kaija said of his pint-sized sophomore teammate.
Weve got battlers, man, Worrell said of his 11-0 team that has now won 31 straight games en route to a three-peat. Theyve been tested before, and theyve responded. This is an experienced, mature group of kids, and they handled it great. We talked all week about composure, and I thought they had it.
Were obviously very disappointed, said Peterson, whose team lost only twice this year both to the Wasps. We felt we had the game in hand ... We wouldve liked to have had that extra point back, but thats football. It came down to so little between us, and were just disappointed to lose. But thats life.
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1/ Minutes of the previous meeting on Friday10th August 2012 accepted with slight revisions – to be re-posted on website.
2/ Review of last GA, – (Consensus? →) overall positive, but a bit heavy. Obi's Group-space comments were about right. Group/by-passer focus was pretty good till item 8 – then drifting. (Discussion →) Needed fewer items (majority) (or just possibly shorter v succinct time on each (2?)). Some strong criticism of the difficulty of language on the handouts – some defence – we were experimenting, now we know, didn't anticipate a breakout GA originally, some got it. 31 copies were not enough. Don't overrate passing things at GA, engaging public the priority. Pleased 1st 11 points got consensus – but it was a bit nominal considering numbers. – still, had been circulated.
Dealing with the last 3 banking proposals. – Resubmit them to Process (which gets a bit virtual periodically) to be considered as part of a non-breakout GA some time.
Plans for Friday's Liverpool St station GA. Agreed to engage with theme of the costs of the Olympics +- . Be careful to build on popular collective spirit, not alienate. Issues of e.g. Carpenters' Flats, decline in urban tourism. Mike has about three speakers available – need more to be ready e.g. link opening ceremony NHS with Chris, lead in to general interest economics according to meeting's response. Fabian will try to contact a radical academic writer on economic and social implications of the Olympics – idea of celebration capitalism.
n.b. Pussy Riot avoid conflict of venue with supporting them.
3/ Post Office Giro Bank. Clive, Peter & Mike to meet this week & aim to get G Kerr actuarially & generally involved. V Cable has copied in Peter in a letter to Norman Lamb, Minister for Employment Relations, Consumer and Postal Affairs, about developing this and avoiding being 'hobbled' by existing contracts.
4/ Tax havens: Recognised the need to garner support for some event(s) – bit slow in August. Various other campaigns TJN & affiliates, War on Want, Action Aid, UK Uncut, aspect of Move Your Money. Who (do you know who) can build a spider? Contact Chris. Next meeting 4.30pm Friday 17 Aug before EWG at café outside Liverpool St Station main (east side) forecourt.
5/Website progress entering EWG stuff. A little bit more done.
6/ Updates on;
a) Little Book of Ideas. Arun and others are proof reading it. Good discounted quotes achieved. Acronyms List – Nelio, Cornelius & Dave still debating. Publication date – two weeks.
b) general economics conference / Putney Debates ? See circulated minutes of last Sunday's Putney Debates meeting with conclusions at end. NOTE request to working groups to prepare something relevant. Chris & Dave circulated offerings towards this (attached doc. with this mailing). Mike would approach Dave McWilliams (Punk Economics) and Steve White & the Protest Family for entertainment. Chris is continuing to check Putney locations and will check the Oasis Centre, Lambeth North.
c) Social Housing Policy – nothing new over weekend, but looking positive
d) Review & action on proposed International Financial Criminal Court. Friendly invitation received from Prof Geoffrey Golden (founder of PRIME) to meet at LSE in September.
e) Local Authority, Freedom of Information Requests on Localism. Some more people have done it. – Enfield, Camden, Hounslow, Brighton, Twickenham, Ealing, Waltham Forest. EWG members in other Boroughs to go on their websites to the 'Contact' section and request, "Under FOI what consideration it has given by LB(+ your LA's initials) to inviting expressions of interest to run services under Section 81 of the Localism Act 2011 ?" (< 4 minutes) They must reply within 28 days. Please forward it to Mike Gold – ideally tell him when you've done the first step. Thanks
7/ Progress on 'Roadmap' – none over weekend – hopefully Friday.
8/ 'Shout out' of latest economic news. Dan Ashman seeking to put up telling economics statistics page. Peter will recirculate stuff gathered for May Demos and EWG members will add to the doc. during the week.
Closing of RIES (Refugees Integration and Employment Services) due to cuts – particularly relevant due to athletes seeking asylum. What can we do?
9/ NOTE changed location next Friday 17 August 5pm Liverpool St. Station, Bishopsgate, outside central café main forecourt (east side) facing where we have outreach GAs
10/ Rough future schedule & themes thereafter. AGREED to ask Rob Blakemore, Daniel Sydall, Robin Smith & any other strong advocates of LVT (Dave Wetzel?) to bring to us a schedule and programme for implementing LVT (or at least discuss it) and propose a date to devote a meeting to this.
11/ AOB Tamo Gengel is a student with a UNESCO scholarship to study people's attitudes to the City of London. Please go to www.lncn.eu/jps (that tall thing is an L) or if it doesn't open http://goo.gl/GwdEE to answer his questionnaire. Thanks


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WASHINGTON Legislation calling for an end to human trafficking by government contractors has been attached to legislation authorizing Defense Department programs for the coming fiscal year, thanks to efforts by U.S. Sens. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., and. Rob Portman, R-Ohio.
Modern-day slavery by government contractors unknowingly funded by American taxpayers is unconscionable and intolerable, said Blumenthal, who co-chairs the bipartisan Senate Caucus to End Human Trafficking with Portman.
The Senate voted late Thursday to add the End Human Trafficking in Government Contracting Act, sponsored by Blumenthal and Portman, as an amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act of 2013.
The federal government has an official zero-tolerance policy on human trafficking, and President Obama signed an executive order in September that prohibits government contractors and subcontractors from engaging in activities tied to trafficking, such as charging employees recruitment fees.
But data shows that human trafficking remains a problem.
The National Human Trafficking Resource Center reported that the volume of calls to its hotline went up by 64 percent between 2010 and 2011. And while human trafficking often happens outside of Americas borders, Blumenthal, in a press conference earlier this month, said that 83 percent of the human trafficking cases dealt with by the Department of Justice between 2008 and 2010 involved U.S. citizens.
Additionally, tens of thousands of foreign citizens work for contractors and subcontractors of the U.S. military in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Current law prohibiting human trafficking is insufficient and ineffective, failing to prevent or punish abuses, declared Blumenthal in a statement issued Friday. By increasing preventative scrutiny, investigation, and prosecution, this legislation will stop egregious human rights abuses on U.S. military bases, increasing security for our troops, and preventing waste of taxpayer dollars.
The legislation would attempt to improve accountability by requiring contractors to report trafficking-related misbehavior by subcontractors to the inspector general of the agency or department retaining that contractors services. The inspector general could then investigate the issue.
It also expands the ability to punish contractors for fraudulent labor practices.
Retiring U.S. Sen. Joe Lieberman, I-Conn., threw his support behind Blumenthals efforts.
The United States has long had an official policy of zero tolerance for contractors who engage in human trafficking, Lieberman said. This bill will provide better tools for actually enforcing that policy and keeping contract dollars out of the hands of those who engage in horrific abuses of their workers.
In addition to the Blumenthal-Portman measure, Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., has introduced legislation to reauthorize the Trafficking Victims Protection Act which was first passed in 2000, but which expired a year ago.
Leahys bill is a broader measure that imposes penalties for human trafficking while providing more funds to state and local governments to combat the problem. While Blumenthal said earlier this month that he supports Leahys bill, he questioned whether it could pass before the current lame duck session of Congress adjourns at the end of December.
The Polaris Project, an organization seeking an end to human trafficking, estimates 27 million people, most of them young, are captives as a result of human trafficking. About 17,000 of them cross the border into the United States each year, according to the organization.
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Now it is the emergency dispatchers who are unable to notify volunteer firefighters when there is a fire, wreck or other emergency in the county.
Mike Willow, county emergency management coordinator, said, "It is a grave concern when they are not able to get the page to go to a fire."
County firefighters are dispatched based upon the location of the fire and the expected amount of support needed.
"We have had issues with the paging system more so in south Bee County than north Bee County," Willow said.
They have tested the pagers, and they seem to be working. The problem seems to be in getting the signal to the pagers from the sheriff's office.
"When the system is paged,... out of the 25 pagers, 12 or 13 pagers would go off," Willow said.
"They reset the system, set the pagers off again, and the other 12 or 13 go off.
"They reset the system again, and none of them go off."
Even Motorola was confused about the situation.
"Motorola thought we were crazy, but they tested the system, and they experienced the same thing," he said.
Victoria Communications, which handles much of the radio work for the county sheriff's office, was approved as the company to look at the hardware side and see what was wrong.
Commissioner Dennis DeWitt cited this as an emergency and that they needed to get this problem resolved quickly.
"This is a health and safety issue. We cannot wait three or four weeks to do it," he said.
Willow said that there is no way of knowing what the problem was without having technicians first look at the equipment used to generate and send the emergency pages.
For now, Skidmore volunteers are receiving their emergency calls for help.
"Through Blackboard Connect we set up a paging system as a band-aid," Willow said.
At the courthouse, things seem to be running smoother.
The county's phone system is still up and running, but that isn't stopping county leaders from preparing for another collapse.
For the past couple of weeks, county offices have been without phones because of problems with the digital phone system.
Time Warner, last week, switched out the hardware that controlled the Internet, and that seemed to fix the problem. The county leaders also approved adding a fiber optic line to handle the phone system.
Craig Oliver, IT director, told the court last week that they needed a more stable connection to ensure that packets of data would not be lost and the phone system would stay working.
This new line will likely take several weeks to install, but for now, the new hardware is keeping the phone system running.
On Monday, the county leaders were told that on a moment's notice they could activate up to 12 no contract phones in case communication with the public was lost.
April Cantu, interim county auditor, said, "We have a total of 12 phones, and we do have some quotes here."
She went through the various companies offering non-contract pricing of $25 per month.
While there no immediate need to activate the phones, the option is now there.
Commissioner Eloy Rodriguez said, "If need be, if we start having problems again, we are able to call an emergency meeting and move on that item."
The phones are not anything fancy — simple old-school flip phones.
"This is all we need in our offices," District Clerk Zenaida Silva said. "There are 12, and I think that would be enough."
Commissioner Ken Haggard said, "We have a contingency plan right here."
All of this brought to light another complaint that people have about the phone system — having to navigate the sometimes long automated menu of departments.
Oliver said, "We have always had the ability to give individual (direct lines) for those departments."
He just needed, and received Monday, commissioner approval to activate the numbers.
Oliver said that this would simplify the system for those making frequent calls to the same office.
"If somebody doesn't know what the direct number is, they can still get through in the main number and get to that person," Oliver said. "It gives you the best of both worlds."
The other complaint – the speed of the voice messages.
"We do have plans to shorten that and speed it up."
"I am here to try to try and make things easier."
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Alcoa announced it's shutting down the Massena East plant. More than 300 workers are affected according to the company's advance layoff notice:
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"Policies for Developing Country Engagement"
Discussion Paper 08-15, Harvard Project on Climate Agreements, Belfer Center
October 2008
Authors: Daniel S. Hall, Michael A. Levi, William A. Pizer, Takahiro Ueno
Harvard Project on Climate Agreements Discussion Paper Series
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A successful global effort to mitigate global climate change will require substantial cooperation between developed and developing countries. Even as the bulk of the developed world is at some stage of enacting significant domestic regulations to meet global stabilization goals, growth in developing country emissions will easily thwart those goals unless a cooperative solution is found. We argue that there is a wide range of options that should be pursued, including domestic policy reforms in developing countries, expanded financing mechanisms to address incremental costs, and diplomatic efforts in a variety of forums, all aimed at increasing developing country mitgation efforts over time.
A global effort to mitigate climate change will require cooperation between developed and developing countries. Even as many developed countries are at some stage of enacting significant domestic regulations to meet global stabilization goals, growth in developing country emissions will easily thwart those goals unless a cooperative solution is found. This paper argues that a wide range of options should be pursued to increase developing-country mitigation efforts over time.
Much of the current post-Kyoto policy debate focuses on what role developing countries should play vis-à-vis industrialized countries in terms of reducing global emissions, while achieving sustainable economic growth, and how wealthy nations can best support and encourage mitigation efforts by poor nations. Because climate change is fundamentally a global problem, the participation of all major emitting countries is essential, and developing countries are an important indeed the most important source of emissions growth over the next century.
Developing countries typically place greater priority on economic development than on environmental protection, despite being vulnerable to the potential adverse effects of continued warming. Countries like the United States, meanwhile, understand that their own emissionsmitigation efforts can be negated if, through open trade in goods and services, their emitting activities shift to non-participants. This would not only undermine the environmental objective, it would also raise serious jobs and competitiveness concerns.
This paper identifies three categories of options for increased developing country engagement: domestic policy reforms in developing countries, expanded financing mechanisms to address incremental costs, and diplomatic efforts.
- Domestic policy reforms can produce direct economic, political, and environmental benefits in developing countries while simultaneously contributing toward GHG mitigation. "Win-win" policy opportunities often exist with respect to energy subsidies, energy efficiency, and technology transfer. For example, fossil fuel subsidies are common in many developing countries. Reducing or eliminating them would relieve budget pressures, promote more efficient energy use, improve energy security, and avoid unintended distributional consequences while also slowing the growth of GHG emissions. Similarly, energy efficiency improvements provide multiple benefits and can be encouraged through a variety of mechanisms. Finally, governments can use information, regulation, pricing strategies, investment, and a variety of other levers to promote the more rapid and thorough diffusion of climate-friendly technologies. For their part, developed countries can support climate-friendly domestic policy reforms in developing countries by providing technical assistance and financial support, partnering with relevant agencies, and building human and institutional capacity.
- The scale of investment needed in non-OECD countries to achieve global GHG mitigation objectives necessitates a rethinking of the international financing mechanisms available for transferring resources from developed to developing countries.
- Offset mechanisms have the advantage that they channel private resources to support mitigation efforts in developing countries. The largest existing program of this type is the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM). It has been criticized for providing excessive subsidies, supporting a limited number of project types, and channeling most funds to large developing countries that may have less need of assistance than poorer countries. Two categories of CDM reforms are currently being discussed: (1) adjustments to crediting rules to address the distribution of projects and subsidy levels and (2) moving beyond project-based credits to provide credits for programs, policy reforms, or sectoral targets.
- Public funds have the advantage that they can provide financial support up front (as opposed to only after a project is generating reductions). They also give funders greater control over the amount of subsidy provided to different types of mitigation activities and greater flexibility in terms of how the support is provided (e.g., grants vs. loans vs. loan guarantees). On the other hand, this financing mechanism is subject to budget appropriations by donor governments. Governance is also often contentious, with donors and recipients vying for greater control over the use of international public funds.
- Both of the options already discussed, domestic policy reforms and international financing, are inextricably tied to public and private diplomacy. Financing and other forms of assistance are an important source of leverage in diplomatic efforts. Others include energy security, the threat of trade sanctions, support for adaptation efforts, and broader forms of linkage (for example, Russia ratified the Kyoto Protocol after EU countries agreed to ease Russia's passage into the World Trade Organization). Coordination and cooperation among key institutions is also critical to the success of diplomatic efforts: the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change process remains the primary vehicle for international climate diplomacy, but other multi-lateral and regional forums are increasingly also playing a role.
Post-Kyoto international climate negotiations are likely to focus on a "grand bargain," with developing countries offering some form of commitments in exchange for further emission reductions and increased financing from developed countries. Developing country commitments could take the form of domestic policy reforms, sectoral targets, or even economy-wide limits. Because no single approach offers a sure path to success, a variety of strategies including policy reforms, financing approaches, and diplomatic venues must be pursued simultaneously.
For more information about this publication please contact the Harvard Project on Climate Agreements Coordinator at 617-496-8054.
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Moving on from hereNovember 17,2012Nobody is suggesting that last weeks presidential election was unfair or won by dishonest means. Yet, judging by the excessive hand-wringing and finger-pointing by so many who voted for Mitt Romney, its clear that many conservative Republicans simply cannot reconcile themselves to the prospect of four more years of a president they despise, Barack Obama.
Romney himself has won no points for dignity in the elections aftermath. He has acted as if the presidency was wrongfully denied to him and that those who voted for Obama did so because they are takers rather than makers. Thus he reminded everyone of his infamous remarks which he later said he regretted labeling 47 percent of the voters as beyond his reach because they were too dependent upon government largesse to ever vote for a conservative.
Democrats may be tempted to gloat at all the right-wing agony that is so readily visible, but in the long run they also need to recognize that the United States is best governed when there are two respectable and mutually respectful political parties. A vibrant two-party system gets much of the credit for our nations enduring political stability.
The immediate danger is that too many Republicans appear unwilling to honorably fulfill their obligation to act as loyal opposition. In the House of Representatives, where the GOP reigns supreme, too many members see their first priority to be blocking any initiatives that Obama supports simply to deny him any success.
They take their inspiration not just from the tea party types but also from the minority leader in the Senate, Mitch McConnell, who four years ago declared that his partys top priority should be to deny Obama a second term; in the wake of last weeks election, he basically reiterated this view.
And thus the outcome of the pending fiscal cliff negotiations that began in earnest at the White House yesterday remains uncertain. House Speaker John Boehner last week declared it sounded almost like a sneer that he and his colleagues were willing to negotiate but wanted President Obama to show some leadership.
Boehner also seemed to suggest that to him presidential leadership would be demonstrated by Obama accepting his partys demands that there be no tax increases of any kind. Its almost as if Boehner and his colleagues hadnt noticed the election results.
But of course they had, and many prominent Republicans have reluctantly concluded that their party finally needs to accept the fact that the United States is changing, something patently obvious to others but that seemed to catch most of them by surprise.
Even Newt Gingrich, an icon of the far-right wing of the Republican Party, has belatedly heard the call of reason: I was wrong last week, as was virtually every major Republican analyst, he conceded. And so, you have to stop and say to yourself, If I was that far off, what do I need to learn to better understand America?
He and his colleagues might begin by examining President Obamas winning message. For example, judging by the election outcome, it seems safe to conclude that a majority of the American people dont want their political leaders telling them that Roe v. Wade should be repealed, that abortion should always be illegal and that same-sex marriages should be prohibited by law.
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"Buy Local" campaigns have taken off in small towns nationwide as a push back to big-box chains and increased online shopping. Sylva is fertile ground for such a grassroots movement.
"I believe in community," said Sandra Dennison, the owner of Fusions Healing Center & Spa, who organized the fledgling movement involving a handful of business owners and longtime friends. "If we spend locally, the money stays in the community."
The push to promote local business comes as the stream of money flowing through town — whether from visitors or residents — seems relatively flat, at least over the past year.
"We don't see the flow of traffic that we used to," said Heather Kindy, who has run Main Street Bakery & Cafe with her husband for the past 18 months.
The slogan "Dig Sylva, Buy Local: Plant Your $ Where Your Roots Are" will soon show up on posters and T-shirts in area businesses. The logo, designed by Kindy, will appear on the website of the Jackson County Chamber of Commerce.
Nonetheless, a slate of new businesses — including a second brewery, restaurant, consignment store and another retailer selling upscale women's clothing — remains an encouraging sign.
"The climate is better than it has been," Sylva Town Manager Paige Roberson said of the economic condition of the town, where she said she has noticed a "real pull" to shop local in recent years.
The thought of starting the grassroots movement in Sylva emerged about a year ago, after Dennison went to Asheville for yoga class. There, she noticed bumper stickers and T-shirts whose messages indicated a kind of enthusiasm about supporting local farmers and businesses that has helped shape the image of that city.
Dennison hoped to infuse Sylva with a similar "young spirit" of sustainable living.
"I'm always thinking" of ways to market ideas, said Dennison, 37, who earned a bachelor's degree in entrepreneurship from Western Carolina University. She now is planning to pursue a master's degree in project management there in coming years.
While an awareness of supporting local economies has spread across the country over the years — a nationwide movement called "Small Business Saturday" aims to divert consumers from shopping at big-box stores during the beginning rush of the holiday season following Thanksgiving — the impact of local spending in Sylva is perhaps more noticeable than that of larger towns or cities elsewhere.
"There is a national awareness of small business Saturday but we want people to understand small business Saturday is every day in Jackson County, not just on small business Saturday," said Julie Spiro, executive director of the county Chamber of Commerce. "Local business provide a majority of the jobs in Jackson County."
Buying local is also better for the planet in terms of carbon footprint, Spiro said. And sales taxes paid locally support everything from schools to roads to recreation.
To Amy Schmidt, who is part of the grassroots group and worked with her parents at her family-run Speedy's Pizza, the local spending movement is a way to entice people into local businesses.
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(Tuesday, March 12; Sioux Center, Iowa) Trevor Wolterstorff and Shawn Keizer were both named NAIA Division II Men's Basketball Daktronics-Scholar-Athletes for the recently concluded 2012-13 season.
Both earn the honor for the second time in basketball and Wolterstorff claimed the honor in track and field last season.
Keizer, a senior from Sioux Center, Iowa, is a biology major. He played in all 131 games Dordt had the past four seasons and averaged 4.6 points and 3.8 rebounds per game this season. Keizer was also the 2012 NAIA A. O. Duer Award Winner and plans to attend medical school upon graduation from Dordt College.
Wolterstorff, also a senior from Sioux Center, Iowa, is a psychology major. He plans to attend graduate school in the future. He averaged a team high 14.5 points and 6.6 rebounds per game. In February Wolterstorff was named a Capital One Co-SIDA Academic All-American. He started a record 129 games while at Dordt College and ranks second all-time in scoring at Dordt College and third all-time in rebounding.
134 student-athletes were named 2012 - 13 Daktronics-NAIA Division II Men's Basketball Scholar-Athletes.
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REFUGIO – The Refugio City Council voted to approve a resolution establishing a Chapter 380 Multi-Family Housing Economic Development Program on Tuesday, June 10.
The resolution is the first step in applying for the program through the state, which the council will have to submit an application.
Chapter 380 of the Texas Local Government Code allows the city to contract with private business to the favor of both.
The Council chose a seven-year contractual agreement. The agreement means a private business will agree to annexation in return for city services and a chance to have its property taxes waived over the contractual period.
However, if the private business defaults on the contract, the taxes, which would be kept in an account, are claimed by the city.
The city begins earning revenue from property taxes after the contractual period.
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 In fulfilling the Peace Corps' mandate to share the face of America with our host countries, we are making special efforts to see that all of America's richness is reflected in the Volunteer corps. More Americans of color are serving in today's Peace Corps than at any time in recent years. Differences in race, ethnic background, age, religion, and sexual orientation are expected and welcomed among our Volunteers. Part of the Peace Corps' mission is to help dispel any notion that Americans are all of one origin or race, and to establish that each of us is as thoroughly American as the other, despite our many differences. Our diversity helps us accomplish that goal.

 In other ways, however, our diversity poses challenges. In Guatemala, as in other Peace Corps host countries, Volunteers' behavior, lifestyles, background, and beliefs will be judged in a cultural context very different from our own. Certain personal perspectives or characteristics considered familiar and commonly accepted in the United States may be quite uncommon, unacceptable, or even repressed.

 Outside of Guatemala's capital, residents of rural communities have had relatively little direct exposure to other cultures, races, religions, and lifestyles. What is advertised as "typical" cultural behavior or norms may also be a narrow and selective interpretation, such as the perception in some countries that all Americans are rich and have blond hair and blue eyes. The people of Guatemala are justly known for their generous hospitality to foreigners; however, members of the community in which you will live may display a range of reactions to differences that you present. We will ask you to be supportive of one another.

 In order to ease the transition and adapt to life in Guatemala, you may need to make some temporary, yet fundamental compromises with who you are as an American and as an individual. For example, female trainees and Volunteers may not be able to exercise the independence available to them in the United States; political discussions will need to be handled with great care; and some of your personal beliefs may best remain undisclosed. You will need to develop techniques and personal strategies for coping with these and other limits. Peace Corps staff will lead diversity and sensitivity discussions during your pre-service training and will be on call to provide support, but the challenge ultimately will be your own.

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 Peace Corps staff in Guatemala recognizes the adjustment issues that come with diversity and will endeavor to provide support and guidance. During pre-service training, several sessions will be held to discuss diversity and coping mechanisms. We look forward to having male and female Volunteers from a variety of cultures, backgrounds, religions, ethnic groups, and ages and hope that you will become part of a diverse group of Americans who will take pride in supporting each other and demonstrating the richness of American culture.

 Peace Corps/Guatemala has an active Diversity Network. This is a Volunteer committee with several goals, including instituting a "buddy system" to match new Volunteers who may have some very specific concerns or questions they would like to discuss with an experienced Volunteer. The Diversity Network also assists with training and has a direct liaison with Peace Corps staff to discuss issues related to improving staff support to Volunteers.

 ===What Might A Volunteer Face?===

 ====Possible Issues for Female Volunteers====

 In rural Guatemala, there is a genuine division between the roles of women and those of men. The degree of separation frequently leads people to rely on stereotypical beliefs about people of the opposite sex—men, with respect to women and vice versa. This dependence upon stereotypical images lends itself to the dehumanization of relations between men and women and to a situation in which people are viewed as objects. Unfortunately, the image of American women portrayed in popular television programs suggests that they are sexually available. Additionally, in some regions of Guatemala, male virility is identified with power and social dominance. Some female Volunteers find the numerous sexually explicit invitations they receive to be intolerably offensive. However, during Pre-Service Training Peace Corps/ Guatemala staff and Volunteers will help trainees develop strategies to deal with these issues.

 ====Possible Issues for Volunteers of Color====

 The dynamic of racism does not play out in Guatemala in quite the same way as it does in the United States. The first identification of the Volunteer is as a gringo, an identification that is a mixture of proportions of admiration and resentment that vary from person to person. Gringos are typically thought of as being of Caucasian descent, rich, and sometimes overbearing. Therefore, Volunteers of color are often not initially viewed as gringos or even American. Stereotypically, all Asian Americans are described as chino and sometimes are assumed to be associated with the Korean clothing industry present in Guatemala. African Americans are called moreno or negro and often are thought to be Garifuna, a Guatemalan ethnic group primarily populating the Caribbean coast.

 Volunteers of Latin and Southeast Asian descent are often assumed to be Guatemalan. Conversations with Guatemalans regarding one's ethnicity and heritage are numerous, sometimes to the point of being annoying. However, this allows Volunteers the opportunity to educate host country nationals about the true nature of American diversity. Without a doubt, Volunteers of color have positive, rich and successful Peace Corps experiences in Guatemala.

 ====Possible Issues for Senior Volunteers====

 Senior Volunteers may feel that they have successfully resolved many challenges of holding down a job, establishing relationships, and perhaps even raising a family. In Guatemala, they might find that the "big questions" to which they have the "answers" are different from the ones in the United States. Also, learning a second language is tough at any age. Some senior Volunteers have expressed that it may take a little longer than it might have when they were younger. In Guatemala, seniors are treated with great respect, but they are also viewed as being outside of the economic mainstream. Senior Volunteers working in a host country agency sometimes face the double stigma of being "older" and being a gringo.

 ====Possible Issues for Gay, Lesbian, or Bisexual Volunteers====

 In Guatemala, the common conception of homosexuality is different than that in the United States. Homosexuals are commonly thought to be gay men (not women) who dress in women's clothes and are often prostitutes. If one doesn't fit into this category, they are generally assumed to be heterosexual. However, homosexual relationships are considered by many to be taboo and could provoke serious reactions in rural communities. For Volunteers, there may be pressure to live more "in" than "out," especially in rural communities, despite having been "out" in the United States.

 Lesbians will have to deal with constant questions about boyfriends, marriage, and sex (as do all women). Wearing an "engagement ring" may help. Gay men must deal with machismo: talk of conquest(s), girl watching, and dirty jokes.

 Most tourist destinations have a more relaxed attitude, and discrete homosexuality is less likely to provoke as severe a reaction as in village communities.

 Despite generally negative perceptions of homosexuality within Guatemala, there are openly gay Guatemalans, as well as numerous gay organizations and businesses that cater to the gay population, especially in the capital. In addition, Peace Corps/Guatemala has as part of the Diversity Network an affinity group called Cuates (friends) that periodically organizes social outings for gay, lesbian, and bisexual Volunteers and friends.

 ====Possible Religious Issues for Volunteers====

 Guatemala is a profoundly religious country where religion is public and emotional. For Volunteers used to a more contemplative or low-key religious tradition, it may be a challenge to identify other people who can support your faith.

 Although Guatemala's Constitution guarantees freedom of religion, almost all churches are either Roman Catholic or Christian Fundamentalist. In the tension between Catholics and Fundamentalists, there is little recognition of other faith communities, including Mayan religious practices. Many Guatemalans remain uninformed about Judaism and may have negative attitudes. Managing a conversation can be delicate and some Volunteers have had difficulty being open about their Jewish ethnicity. There is, however, a rich history of Jews in Guatemala and an active Jewish community that welcomes foreigners. There are also Hindu and Muslim communities in Guatemala. Peace Corps/Guatemala staff can provide information to Volunteers who are interested in connecting to various communities of faith.

 ====Possible Issues for Volunteers with Disabilities====

 In the wake of 36 years of civil war, there are a number of people with permanent disabilities. However, there is virtually no consideration for handicap access in public transportation or in public buildings.

 The Peace Corps Office of Medical Services, as part of the medical clearance process, determined that you were physically and emotionally capable, with or without reasonable accommodations, of performing a full tour of Volunteer service in Guatemala without unreasonable risk to yourself or interruption of your service. Peace Corps/Guatemala staff work with disabled Volunteers to make reasonable accommodations in training, housing, job sites, and other areas to enable them to serve safely and effectively.

 ====Possible Issues for Married Volunteers====

 Married couples may face unique challenges in Guatemala. For instance, a married man may be encouraged to be the more dominant member in the relationship. He may also be encouraged by the local culture to make decisions independent of his spouse's views and to have his wife serve him. He may be ridiculed if he performs domestic tasks. On the other hand, a married woman may find herself in a less independent role than that to which she has been accustomed. She may also experience a more limited social life in the community than single Volunteers (since it may be assumed that she will be busy taking care of her husband). Additionally, she may be expected by the local culture to perform "traditional" domestic chores such as cooking or cleaning. Competition between a couple may become a difficulty, especially if one spouse learns faster than the other (e.g., language skills, job skills). There also may be differences in job satisfaction and/or different needs between spouses. Younger Volunteers may look to couples for advice and support. Married couples also are likely to be treated with more respect because the community sees marriage as a responsibility. They may be asked when they will have children.

 PLEASE NOTE: Married couples will most likely NOT live together during pre-service training to allow them to develop their language skills, but there will be chances to spend time together.

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Consider the following definition of freedom: the absence of monopoly.
The absence of monopoly means that you can exercise exit, even if you cannot exercise voice. The presence of monopoly means that, at most, you can exercise voice.
Neither my local supermarket nor any of its suppliers has a way for me to exercise voice. They don't hold elections. They don't have town-hall meetings where they explain their plans for what will be in the store. By democratic standards, I am powerless in the supermarket.
And yet, I feel much freer in the supermarket than I do with respect to my county, state, or federal government. For each item in the supermarket, I can choose whether to put it into my cart and pay for it or leave it on the shelf. I can walk out of the supermarket at any time and go to a competing grocery...
If you lived in North Korea, which would you rather have--the right to vote or the right to leave?
In fact, if we had real competitive government, then we would be no more interested in elections and speaking out to government officials than we are in holding elections and town-hall meetings at the supermarket. I repeat: real freedom is the absence of monopoly.
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"What is Real Freedom?"
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- JD said...
Anarchy in other words.
- JD said...
Bravo Arnie.
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It is a society in which the real freedom to do whatever one might wish to do is fairly distributed among all. This conception of social justice combines freedom, equality, and efficiency. It justifies granting to each citizen an unconditional basic income at the highest sustainable level consistent with two conditions: respect for everyone's formal freedom and an appropriate level of resources target at the less able. Is such an unconditional basic income not a recipe for exploitation of the hard workers by the lazy? Not in any sense that makes exploitation intrinsically unjust. Can a higher unconditional basic income be sustainably achieved under capitalism than under socialism? There are empirical and theoretical reasons to think so. But only the effective presence of such a powerful and liberating distributive mechanism can justify capitalism.
What is real freedom? the ability to opportunity to choose to lead, follow or get out of the way. Choice to speak up, choice to live with the status quo, or choice to act, or not act, is freedom. But the caveat is the maintenance of freedom requires sacrifice from some who dare to fight for it. It may not be what we want to hear.


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Eight beckoning arms
Octopus is the place for sumptuous sushi treats
By Erica Wayne 02/17/2011
Let's start by saying that Octopus is a chain. And, to some folks, that's a real turnoff. So, if you're in that camp, you can stop reading right now. But, if you've been a fan of Kabuki since it was a unique East Pasadena mini-mall restaurant in the '80s and still swear by it (as do we) despite the fact that it's spawned 13 more locations, you'll pardon Octopus for having eight arms (after all, what could be more fitting?) and give the closest one (in Glendale) a try.
The Glendale restaurant is located a stone's throw away from the Galleria on Maryland Avenue. Its interior is masterfully designed, with high ceilings, cherry wood and natural stone accents and painted cherry blossoms on the walls. Bamboo shades veil huge glass windows on two sides of the restaurant with an enormous sushi bar taking up a third. If you look at their Web site (octopusrestaurant.com), you can see a slideshow of it and its siblings which show a strong familial resemblance.
Of course, there are lots of nice-looking restaurants that serve pretty mediocre food: Octopus, I'm happy to report, is not one of them. Once you're on the Web site, you're treated to a number of headshots of their most beautiful creations. Click on "Chef's Special Roll" for even more. They all look mouthwatering, but until you've actually ordered them, you've got to wonder if they're just a little dolled-up for their close-ups.
Nope. We dined with another hungry couple and ordered a huge number of their 34 specialty rolls, each as pretty as the next with some real show-stoppers. We had a spectacular rainbow roll (seven kinds of fish wrapped around a California roll filling, $10.95); a sumo roll (tuna, salmon, yellowtail, avocado and crab, $9.50); a heart attack roll (spicy tuna, avocado and jalapeno topped with tempura crunch, $7.95); a snow roll (avocado, cream cheese and baked white fish, $9.95); a caterpillar roll (freshwater eel with avocado on top, $8.95); and a tempura roll (crab and fried shrimp, $7.95).
Purists might prefer their sushi a little less adorned. If so, almost everything you could wish for can be found on an adjacent menu page, including 28 basic items available for half-price (from $1.48 for a quail egg shooter to $2.98 for yellowtail belly). This is one of the most tempting reasons to choose Octopus over Kabuki, which retired its discount sushi (a major draw in its early days) once it got fat and happy. Another plus is Octopus' preference for real crab rather than "krab."
We couldn't resist sharing a couple of hot dishes. Jumbo scallops and shrimp in garlic-butter sauce ($16.95) with mushrooms, asparagus and zucchini was wonderful, even if —unlike most other illustrated menu items — it wasn't as ornate as its picture. The missing centerpiece, likely a plume of fried noodles or onion tendrils, was a disappointment, but the tender seafood and flavorful seasoning were not.
Chicken hibachi ($11.95) on a sizzling plate was tasty. A huge pile of bean sprouts made up the majority of the accompanying veggies; eating them made us feel virtuous after the huge amount of fried stuff. But I'd rather spend my money on some of the hot appetizers: kama (grilled yellowtail collar, $7.95), popcorn scallop (fried with wasabi mayo, $6.95), miso eggplant steak ($5.95) and shrimp shumai ($4.95).
There's a full page of tempting soups and noodle dishes, too. Sukiyaki ($11.95), nabeyaki udon ($9.95), seafood yosenabe (with yam noodles, $9.95) and various ramen/sushi, soba and miso items are among them. The green tea mori soba served cold with a sweet soy dipping sauce and a side of shrimp and vegetable tempura ($10.95) really sounds delicious, and its photo is drop-dead gorgeous.
We looked over the relatively limited dessert list: ice creams and sorbets, tempura ice cream or bananas and an apple "tort" ($2.95-$5.95). Despite the appeal of eating a sweet that tells you up-front that it's no damn good, we resisted and departed with a few pieces of uneaten rolls and some leftover sprouts for a next-day snack.
One major difference between the Kabuki chain and the Octopus restaurants is in the beverages: Kabuki has a full liquor license and features a number of premium spirits and a nicely annotated list of high-end sakes and shochu as well as some sake-based cocktails. Octopus concentrates on sakes, beer and wine.
Kabuki also offers a shave-ice dessert that, since a trip to Taiwan, has become a minor obsession. But if Tanqueray or a bowl of slush with fruit, ice cream and condensed milk aren't a big draw and sushi (especially those big, over-the-top rolls) is what you're hankering for, Glendale's Octopus should do just fine. Their Web site has just announced the opening of a ninth location in Long Beach. Hope that doesn't nix the half-price sushi!
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Paul Gutierrez, the associate dean and associate director of the New Mexico State Cooperative Extension Service, outlines his vision for the school's dairy program Wednesday during a field day at the school's research center north of Clovis.
By Marlena Hartz: CNJ staff writer
Around a bend on a narrow road, pockets of sorghum, canola, sunflowers, cow peas and corn sprout from the rutted brown soil.
The crops are the research of about a dozen New Mexico State University researchers and staff. At the Agricultural Science Center north of Clovis, the group uses about 160 acres of flat land as a bed for practical research.
Local farmers, ranchers and dairymen were shuttled into the heart of the center Wednesday for an annual field day.
"We want to give producers practical advice they can take back and use," said the superintendent of the agricultural center, Rex Kirksey.
At any given time, there are 30 to 50 projects underway at the center, Kirksey said.
Fueled by an increase in state funding, three new researchers were added to the staff in the last year. New programs in crop stress and water management were also launched, Kirksey said.
In a field of sorghum that reached to his knees, the center's extension agronomy specialist, Mark Marsalis, detailed his trials with silage. His audience — about 80 farmers and ranchers perched on squares of hay.
Marsalis is growing forage corn and sorghum using a third the amount of water traditionally used to grow the crops. In a season, he sprays his corn with about 20 inches of water, his sorghum with about 18. Water deprivation is much harder on corn than sorghum, his experiment shows.
"We look at that corn some days in the summer and it's just screaming for water," Marsalis said.
"Essentially, I want to see how feasible it would be to grow forage sorghum in place of corn," Marsalis said.
"We realize the water is not going to always be around," he said.
The primary source of water in the region, the Ogallala Aquifer, could run dry in about 30 to 40 years, research indicates. In the agriculture industry, the concern is monumental. Researchers at the center are compelled by it. So are regional farmers and ranchers.
"Wells are already going dry," Marsalis said.
Research conducted at the center is a vital to the evolution of agriculture in the region, especially in light of water woes, according to Ken Walker, a field day attendee.
"Corn and alfalfa are the highest water users among crops. That is what the dairy industry depends on, so that is what we are planting, but over time that will have to change," Walker said.
A good alternative for farmers — planting crops such as soybeans and canola for the growing biofuel industry, Walker said.
But as water issues mount, even more alternatives will be needed, he said.
"Agriculture is the life blood of our area," Walker said.
For Walker, hope lies in those pockets of sorghum, canola, sunflowers, cow peas and corn laid out north of Clovis at the center.


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"This is a high-tech work of art," Gülpen said in reports. "I wanted to do something unique, something that has not existed until now."
The scale model Aventador is currently on display at the Frankfurt Motor Show behind a bulletproof glass case that's monitored by sophisticated electronic safeguards.
In December, the scale model could become 2011's most expensive Christmas gift as Sotheby's is planning to auction it off in either Dubai or New York with a starting price of €3.5 million or over P208 million. Gülpen, though, is willing to sell it to anyone who can't wait for the auction at a kingly sum of €4.5 million (roughly P269 million).
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Tarleton Emerge
The new Tarleton Emerge program aids in developing and fostering leadership skills in emerging leaders on campus. This program is for any student that is just beginning their leadership journey at Tarleton State. Emerge is an interactive program that is facilitated by students who are L.E.A.D.S. certified and will be offered at various times throughout the week.
Fall 2012 Emerge Facilitators
Chelsea Braune
Kelsey Hutchens
Drew Isom
Juliann Jaime
Adam Joiner
Sami Landers
Anthony Linder
Kate Lindsey
Jacob McCay
Hannah Miller
Melanie Morales
Laura Scott
Emerge Kick-Off Party
If you are interested in participating in this dynamic NEW leadership program, please join us for one of the Kick-Off Parties. During this gathering, you will learn important information about the program, meet your Emerge facilitators and sign up for your Emerge group cluster for the Fall 2012 semester. NOTE: You only have to attend ONE Kick-Off party.
Emerge FIESTA Party- Tuesday September 25th- Thompson Student Center #27- 4:30-6:00 pm
Emerge LUAU Party- Wednesday September 26th- Thompson Student Center #27- 6:30-8:00 pm