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BSC Alerts
News & Events
April 19, 2007
Members Present: Dr. Louis Aikens, Mr. John Shott, Ms. Gloria Stephens, Mr. Larry Morhous, Mr. Norris Kantor, Mr. Jeffrey Forlines, Ms. Anne Crowe, Dr. Lyn Guy, Mr. Daniel Frost, Dr. Norman Mirsky
Members Absent: The Reverend James Palmer, III, Mr. Kevin Pruitt
Guests Present: Dr. Albert Walker, Mr. John Cardwell, Dr. Tom Blevins, Dr. Don Smith, Ms. Shelia Johnson, Dr. Tracey Anderson, Ms. Dedriell Taylor, Ms. Karen Harvey, Ms. Leah Taylor, Ms. Deirdre Guyton, Ms. Carol Baldwin, Ms. Lisa Neel, Ms. Joan Buchanan, Mr. Jerry Conner, Ms. Angie Lambert, Mr. David Lord, Ms. Anita Barilla, and Dr. Jim Voelker and students from his American Government class
Call to Order
Chairman Norris Kantor called the meeting to order at 7:00 p.m. in the Hebert Gallery of the Bluefield State College Othello Harris-Jefferson Student Center.
Approval of the Minutes – March 15, 2007 and Special April 4, 2007 Meetings
Mr. Kantor asked for corrections or a motion to approve the minutes of the March 15, 2007 and the April 4, 2007 meetings. A motion was made (LMorhous/JForlines) to approve the minutes as written. Mr. Frost asked that the motion be amended to correct a typing error (change SP 448 to SB 448 in the Special April 4, 2007 minutes). Mr. Morhous agreed to amend the motion. Motion carried.
President's Report – Dr. Albert L. Walker
- Dr. Walker reported that Mr. Jerry Conner and Ms. Peggy Turnbull were in an auto accident on April 6, 2007 while returning to campus from an interview for a program later this month. Both had minor injuries but are back to work.
- Ms. Leah Taylor was introduced as the new Director of Human Resources and Dr. Walker reviewed her qualifications.
- Brick Sale – at this point the brick sale has earned $9,000.
- Dr. Walker informed the group that both he and the Student Government Association have sent letters to Va. Tech. BSC faculty plan to send regrets and the entire campus will wear the Va. Tech colors on Friday to show support for those in mourning.
- April 26, 2007 the Annual Scholarship Recognition Dinner will be held at David's at the Club.
- Dr. Walker announced his election to the Higher Education Learning Commission Board of Trustees. He informed the group that he will be the first member of the Board of Trustees from West Virginia.
Institutional Research and Effectiveness – Dr. Tracey Anderson
Dr. Anderson reviewed the three policies ready to be put out for a 30 day comment period. Policies included for comment are The Enrollment Management Policy, The Institutional Review Board Policy, and the Chemical Hygiene Policy. She explained that these policies have been reviewed by the various campus organizations and are now ready for the Board's approval to begin the 30 day comment period. A motion was made (LGuy/LMorhous) to release the policies for the comment period. Motion carried.
Student Affairs and Enrollment Management – Mr. John Cardwell
- Mr. Cardwell called the group's attention to the Student Enrollment Report found in the packets previously mailed to the Board, and he reviewed the data.
- BSC Honor Societies will be inducting new members in the next few weeks.
- Completed Student Government Association elections.
- Scholarship Recognition Dinner to be held on April 26, 2007.
- Student Awards Dinner on Friday, April 20, 2007 at the Bluefield Elk's Lodge.
- Report on pre-registration -- First summer term has 304 pre-registered at this time, second summer term is 184, fall term has 823 pre-registered compared to 872 at the same date last year for fall registration.
- Admission applications are up with the border county registrations being a large portion.
- BSC Commencement will be May 12, 2007. There are currently 269 candidates for graduation with the total for all terms being 346 graduates to graduate in May.
- Mr. Cardwell commended Mr. Tom Harrison on the BSC Job Fair. A record number of 85 employers were on campus with over 460 participants. This event is hosted at BSC in conjunction with Concord University, New River Community and Technical College, and other colleges in the area.
- At the last meeting Mr. Cardwell was asked to gather lease agreements for student housing properties for the Board to review. He called the group's attention to the agreements included in the packets previously mailed. He informed the group that the new RFP for housing will include language stating BSC would be held harmless. Mr. Kantor discussed the adding of BSC to the Upper-Classman II liability insurance. This has been confirmed by their insurance company with the information that the policy is paid and up-to-date. Mr. Kantor asked Ms. Johnson to verify the coverage of risk management for the College. Discussion followed. Mr. Forlines asked if there has been any dialogue concerning the name of Bluefield State College on the Upper-Classman II sign. Mr. Kantor discussed the progress of the discussions taking place. Mr. Forlines asked that the BSC BOG receive a letter from the insurance agent in the event of a default of payment that the agent will notify BSC. Mr. Forlines asked that some firm conclusion on the liability of the College in regards to the Upper-Classman II and other recommended student housing properties be obtained. Discussion followed.
Financial and Administrative Affairs – Ms. Shelia Johnson
- GASB 45 – Beginning July 1, 2007 the institution will be billed for PEIA but will not be required to pay until the law changes or funds have been established to pay it. The institution will be required to record this as a liability on the books. She informed the group that this is presently being done. Dr. Guy asked what authority the institution has to not pay this bill. Ms. Johnson reported that this is a directive from HEPC but that the institution can get advice from the Attorney General to protect the institution. Ms. Johnson stated that the liability for Bluefield State is estimated a little more than $1.1 million a year. Mr. Forlines asked the effect on accreditation or the financial stability of the school and what impact this issue has for the future. Ms. Johnson felt that long-term this issue will be a concern especially if the bill is $1.1 million and is not paid for years the liability will continue to grow so that our net value will continue to decline unless there is some means to cover this amount.
- Ms. Johnson reviewed insurance coverage for various institutions. She reminded the group that at the March BOG meeting the question was asked concerning additional insurance to cover the Board members. Mr. Morhous stated that there is a statute that protects directors of non-profit organizations.
- Ms. Johnson reviewed the information received from HEPC for guidance on salary increases and discussed the recommendations. She reported that new funds received were $101,297 specifically identified for pay raises, and $88,046 for operations. This represents $189,343 in new state funds. Based upon tuition and fee increases, there is an estimated $280,000 in education and general funds which could be dedicated to operations including salaries if the Policy Commission approves the pay raises. This is on the HEPC Agenda for the meeting next week. Ms. Johnson reviewed the proposed salary increases to be effective October 1, 2007 as indicated by Chancellor Noland in the correspondence received. She informed the group that she may come back with an additional request when the enrollment numbers are known. Mr. Frost discussed the problem of the numbers being out of line due to grant funded positions which support themselves. Ms. Johnson explained to the group that the institution is responsible for all employees and that even the grants operate under the institution and the Board of Governors. She reported that the salary gap is $353,759. The calculated percent funding of the gap between where the employee is on the salary schedule and where they should be on the schedule, is 41.65%. She pointed out that the recommendation for the Board for salary increases is one half of the amount or 20.82% of the gap for classified employees. She indicated that depending on what happens with enrollment and with the Title III issue, an additional request may be brought back to the BOG for consideration. Discussion followed.
- Ms. Johnson discussed the faculty salary merit policy and reminded the group that the policy states that 20% is equity ($135 across the board per faculty member) with the remainder to go toward the merit funding formula. In order to approve the faculty raises, the funds will have to be approved and then the funds are put into the formula and sent to the deans to work through the meritorious evaluation process. Ms. Johnson informed the group that the request is for 76 faculty members which is an average of $675. Total allocation is $51,300 with benefits of $9,234 (total $60,534) Non-classified recommendation is $675 across the board, which equates to $14,175 with benefits estimated at $2,552 (total $16,727). In summary, the recommendation is salary increases of $139,120 with benefits of $25,042 for a total of $164,162. Ms. Johnson reviewed the current obligations to the institution which include faculty promotions, utilities, technology set aside, salary increases, and the Beckley Higher Education Center. This leaves $46,708 not obligated currently due to the undetermined tuition and fee increase information from the Policy Commission. This amount could be used for additional pay raises when all information is received. Dr. Mirsky asked that the $20,000 saved from a retiring faculty member be distributed to the remaining faculty. Discussion followed. Motion was made (DFrost/LAikens) to table the pay raises until a better accounting of the available funding can be obtained. Motion defeated. Motion was made (LGuy/LMorhous) to accept the report as presented. Discussion followed. Motion carried with Mr. Frost abstaining from the vote.
- Status of Trademark/Copyright Registration – Ms. Johnson reported that she has very little information at this time on the trademark of Bluefield State College's name. She will report when more information is available.
Mr. Kantor discussed the President's Quadrennial Report and informed the group that Dr. Walker has ten days to submit a response to the full report. That response will be distributed to all BOG members. Dr. Walker then has the right to meet with the Board and discuss the report.
Motion was made (NMirsky/DFrost) to go into executive session at 8:30 p.m.
The group returned to regular session at 8:50 p.m.
Mr. Kantor asked that, in view of the multiple tragedies at Va. Tech, the Board be given an update on the security status of the BSC campus. Ms. Johnson reviewed the safety and security measures currently in place and shared ideas and suggestions made during recent meetings concerning this issue. Discussion followed. Mr. Morhous asked that an update be given at the May BOG meeting. Ms. Crowe suggested that public relation notices be sent to the media informing the community of safety measures already in place at the institution.
Next Meeting Date: May 17, 2007
With no further business to discuss the meeting was adjourned at 9:00 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,


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In fulfilling its mandate to share the face of America with host countries, the Peace Corps is making a special effort to see that all of America's richness is reflected in the Volunteer corps. More Americans of diverse backgrounds 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, it poses challenges. In Paraguay, as in other Peace Corps host countries, Volunteers' behavior, lifestyles, background, and beliefs are judged in a cultural context very different from their own. Certain personal perspectives commonly accepted in the United States may be quite uncommon, unacceptable, or even repressed in Paraguay.
Outside of Paraguay's capital, residents of rural communities have had relatively little exposure to other cultures, races, religions, and lifestyles. What people view as typical norteamericano behavior or norms may be a misconception, such as the belief that all Americans are rich and have blond hair and blue eyes. The people of Paraguay 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 cultural differences that you present.
To ease the transition and adapt to life in Paraguay, you may need to make some temporary, yet fundamental compromises in how you present yourself 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 need to be handled with great care or avoided altogether; 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 limitations. You will participate in discussions on diversity and sensitivity during pre-service training and Peace Corps staff will be on call to provide support, but the challenge will ultimately be yours.
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- 2 What Might a Volunteer Face?
Overview of Diversity in Paraguay
In the past 100 years, there has been significant immigration to Paraguay by groups from Europe (principally Italians and Germans), the Middle East (principally Lebanese and Syrians), and Asia (principally Japanese and Koreans). There is also a very small community of Paraguayans of African descent. Some of the immigrants have blended into the general population, but others maintain themselves apart to varying degrees.
Although Volunteers are usually readily accepted by their communities, the constant answering of personal questions, the lack of privacy, being considered a rich foreigner, and the need to be aware of different social norms can be real problems for many Volunteers. As a novelty in the community, you may also be the subject of considerable gossip. In addition, as in most Latin American countries, North American women do not have some of the freedoms to which they are accustomed.
The Peace Corps staff in Paraguay recognizes the adjustment issues that come with diversity and will endeavor to provide support and guidance. During pre-service training and in-service training, several sessions will be held to discuss diversity and coping mechanisms. You will learn to deal with issues such as depression and stress, as well as how to help other Volunteers when they experience difficulties. We look forward to having male and female Volunteers from a variety of races, ethnic groups, ages, religions, and sexual orientations and hope that you will become part of a diverse group of Americans who take pride in supporting one another and demonstrating the richness of U.S. culture.
What Might a Volunteer Face?
Possible Issues for Female Volunteers
Machismo manifests itself in obvious and subtle ways, and both Paraguayan men and women generally adhere to male dominance at work, in the home, and in community matters. Female Volunteers may be targets for harassment, particularly if they disregard norms for behavior and dress. Male Volunteers, on the other hand, may be viewed as sexual competitors and be pressured to discuss their "conquests."
Female Volunteers in Paraguay face the kinds of unwelcome attention from men that Paraguayan women experience. Some of this attention can be avoided by dressing and behaving in culturally appropriate, more conservative manners.
Possible Issues for Volunteers of Color
Because of Paraguay's general lack of experience with diverse ethnic groups, some Volunteers of color have encountered verbal harassment, especially in Asunción or when traveling away from their sites. African Americans are most often mistaken for Brazilians, and due to the commonly held Paraguayan stereotype of the Afro-Brazilian soldier who fought against Paraguay in the War of the Triple Alliance, Volunteers should be prepared to hear and receive negative remarks about skin color or hair.
Asian-American Volunteers are often mistaken for Koreans or Japanese and may be questioned about whether they are "real Americans." While Hispanic Volunteers may enjoy some advantages because of their ethnic background, they may also face irritating questions about their "true" nationality or their inability to speak the local languages Spanish and Guaraní.
As a Volunteer of color in Paraguay, you should be prepared to handle offensive remarks or attitudes, which stem primarily from ignorance, and a lack of direct contact with people of color. Once you become established in your community, such harassment will be less common, though you will probably continue to encounter it outside your site. In many cases, these incidents provide opportunities to educate people about America's diversity. There are Volunteer support groups to address diversity issues in Peace Corps Paraguay.
Possible Issues for Senior Volunteers
Although senior Volunteers may encounter hardships related to the rugged living conditions and the difficulties of learning two languages, many have served very successfully in Paraguay. Seniors may find peer support within the Volunteer community to be inadequate, as the majority of Volunteers are under age 25. Seniors have sometimes formed informal support groups to deal with the specific issues seniors share.
Possible Issues for Gay, Lesbian, or Bisexual Volunteers
Gay and lesbian Volunteers should be aware that homosexuality is considered taboo by most Paraguayans and that they therefore must exercise discretion regarding their sexual orientation. Although Asunción has a cosmopolitan atmosphere, to develop productive social and professional relationships and for reasons of personal security and well-being, most Volunteers find that they must reconcile their lifestyle to the demands of extremely conservative communities. Gay and lesbian Volunteers have a support and resource network that can be of assistance.
Possible Religious Issues for Volunteers
Paraguay is overwhelmingly Roman Catholic, and Paraguayans have little experience with other religions or with people who have no religious affiliation. While Paraguayans tend to be tolerant of non-Catholics, they may be curious about your beliefs, which could lead to seemingly rude behavior. On the whole, however, they recognize a difference between "belief" and "practice," and some non-Catholic Volunteers simply state that they are not "practicing." Those who feel uncomfortable skirting the issue in this way usually find that if they state their beliefs in a nonchallenging way, they will be accepted by their community. Be aware that very few Volunteer sites will have a place of worship other than a Catholic church or chapel.
Jewish Volunteers have been surprised to discover a certain degree of anti-Semitism in Paraguay as a result of General Alfredo Stroessner's open-border policy toward Nazis and World War II war criminals. It is not unusual to see swastikas and other anti-Semitic graffiti, and Jewish Volunteers should use caution when visiting German communities. It is also advisable to get to know the members of your community before "coming out" as Jewish. Kosher food products and religious paraphernalia are not available in Paraguay, but there is an active Chabad House and a Reform synagogue in Asunción.
Possible Issues for Volunteers with Disabilities
As part of the medical clearance process, the Peace Corps Office of Medical Services determined that you were physically and emotionally capable, with or without reasonable accommodations, of performing a full tour of Volunteer service in Paraguay without unreasonable risk of harm. Peace Corps/ Paraguay staff will work with disabled Volunteers to make reasonable accommodations in training, housing, job sites, and other areas to enable them to serve safely and effectively.
That being said, Volunteers with disabilities may face particular challenges as a result of the lack of infrastructure in Paraguay to assist them. They may also find that, as in many parts of the world, some people hold prejudicial attitudes toward people with disabilities and may discriminate against them. In spite of these difficulties, physically challenged Volunteers have served successfully in Paraguay.


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New to Photoshop Elements 6 is the ability to apply changes to multiple Raw files at once. This feature will radically speed up the enhancement of your Raw files and you'll no longer be able to use the excuse: 'I shoot JPEGs because it's faster!'
Software: Adobe Camera Raw supplied with Photoshop Elements 6
Skills learnt: Quickly enhance multiple Raw files using synchronised Processing Time: 20mins
The process revolves around the thumbnail section of the Photoshop Elements ACR dialogue which appears when you select multiple Raw files inside the Organizer workspace and then choose the Full Edit option from the right-click menu. The selected files are opened into the ACR dialogue and listed on the left-hand side of the main workspace. This function is new for the ACR edition that ships with Elements 6 and not only brings with it the ability to multi-select, but also to multi-process.
Most users will use this new queue feature by selecting and enhancing one image at a time from the group of thumbnails displayed on the left of the dialogue. When working this way, all changes made to the image settings of the previewed file are applied to the selected photo only. Users then move from image to image, making enhancements to individual files before clicking the Done key to apply the changes without transferring the files to Elements. Alternatively, selecting the Open key will display the converted pictures in the Full Edit workspace.
A More Efficient Way
However, this is not the only way to work with multiple Raw files. The Select All button at the top of the queued files section can be used for a more efficient workflow. If you choose this option any changes made to the previewed image will be synchronised across all the selected photos. Groups of queued images can also be multi-selected by Shift-clicking (for sequential images) or Ctrl-clicking (for non-sequential images) on the thumbnails. With this feature, enhancements made to a single photo can be applied across the whole range of selected images queued.
It's still a good idea to select each image in turn and fine-tune the settings applied, but if your exposure is consistent and the lighting doesn't change too much during the shoot, these will be kept to a minimum.
How to Master Raw File Batch Processing With Elements: Page 2
Multiple Raw Files
How to Apply Changes to a Batch of Raw Files
1 For the fastest way to synchronise your enhancement changes,
start by multi-selecting files from the Organizer space that have
similar characteristics or were shot under the same lighting
conditions. Next, open the pictures in Adobe Camera Raw by selecting
the Full Edit option from the right-click menu.
2 Now select one photo from the queue that is indicative in tone and colour of the whole group. With this photo displayed in the preview area, choose Select All from the top of the dialogue. Proceed to make enhancements to the previewed files as normal. Notice that these changes are also applied to other photos in the queue.
3 The changes made to all the photos can be fine-tuned for individual images: just select each picture in turn and adjust the controls. If no such changes are needed, save the selected photos using the Save Images button, transfer them to the Edit workspace with the Open Images option, or click Done to apply the enhancement settings.
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Rated Raw Files
Apply Changes Across Only Your Rated Raw Files
1 As well as being able to apply image changes across all the queued files by choosing the Select All button, you can also adjust a subset of the files listed. Start by reviewing each of the queued files in turn by clicking onto the thumbnail on the left of the dialogue. During the review process, rate those files that you want to adjust as a group.
2 Select the rated files. Do this by clicking the star rating section located under each thumbnail. Once the review process is completed and all files to be enhanced as a group are rated, hold down Alt and choose the Select Rated button at the top of the queued list. Notice that this action selects only files with a star rating attached.
3 Now you can set about applying the changes to those selected as before. Notice that now the changes that you make to the previewed image are copied across to the rated thumbnails only. If you want to remove an image from the Rated group simply click on the No Rating option under the thumbnail.


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About the Global Cultural Studies Public Speakers' Series
Since 2008, Point Park University's School of Arts and Sciences and its global cultural studies program have hosted prominent speakers—such as Vandana Shiva and Ralph Nader—for its "An Evening With..." public speakers' series held annually each fall.
These acclaimed speakers address important global and domestic issues and have demonstrated an interest in deepening students' knowledge of the world.
The aim of Point Park's global cultural studies program is to provide students with an understanding of the complexities of the world in which we live, grounded in a familiarity with its historical, philosophical, political, social, cultural, aesthetic, and environmental elements; and the critical thinking and communication skills needed to make agile, confident, and informed decisions.
Vandana Shiva, Ph.D.
The global cultural studies major is offered through the Department of Humanities and Human Sciences.
Previous "An Evening With..." speakers have included:
Barbara Ehrenreich, Ph.D.
Political activist and best-selling author
Jim Hightower
Vandana Shiva, Ph.D.
Physicist, ecologist, activist, editor, author, and renowned environmentalist
Jim Hightower
Ralph Nader
National radio commentator, writer, public speaker, and author
Ralph Nader
Consumer advocate and former presidential candidate
Lewis Lapham
Lewis Lapham
Journalist, author, and former Harpers Magazine editor
For more information, contact Lynn Monahan, director of academic administration for the School of Arts and Sciences, at 412-392-3938 or email@example.com.


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With a new building finally finished and ready for occupancy, the Pike County Public Library (PCLP) will be moving into a new phase of expansion, according to its director.
Ellen Schaffner last Wednesday reported to the county commissioners, saying outreach will be the new mission. At the top of list is a library effort to see that Delaware Valley students have library cards that will allow them to use online services. A similar program will follow for Pike students attending schools in Wallenpaupack and Bushkill. "It's an important part of what we do," Schaffner said.
Schaffner detailed the system's virtual library, its collection of e-books and magazines. One hundred and thirty online magazines are already available, and some 200 e-audio books.
"Next are the e-books themselves, which will be downloadable to computers and hand-held devices," she said.
Schaffner said that the library also will be setting up small revolving collections at a variety of locations around the county. Like many institutions, the library had cut back services in recent years, notably closing its Lackawaxen branch. Initial new locations might include Palmyra, Blooming Grove and/or Greene townships at public buildings, day care centers and senior centers.
Collaboration with other groups will also be in the works. An example was a joint appearance with the Hawley library at last weekend's Wally Lake Fest.
The PCLP also will again attempt to incorporate the independent Delaware Township Library into the system. "PCLP has approached Delaware Township and the Delaware Township Library at times in the past, but it has never worked out," but there are new hopes that the township may be ready to talk.
Generally, PCLP wants to develop the library as a community center. While the building still has no opening date scheduled, outreach began earlier this month with an invitation to host the Delaware Valley School Board's September 12 work session meeting.
The library is also planning to co-sponsor the Black Bear Film Festival's "Salon" for short films later in the fall.
As she spoke to the commissioners Wednesday, Schaffner said furniture was being moved from PCLP's long-time Community House home to the new building. Schaffner said all the work involved with the move doesn't allow much time for parting sadness for the Community House. "The Community House served for many years, but it was never ours. We're going home now," she said.
In other business, the commissioners approved resolutions:
• To make the final $450,000 payment, recommended by the Scenic Rural Preservation Board, to the Department of Natural Resources on the former Rock Hill Boy Scout property, completing the county's $2.25 million purchase of the 486-acre tract.
• Recognizing the 25th anniversary of the Scranton-based Center for Independent Living, which aids people with disabilities, providing training and consultation, assists in accessing public and community based services, and advocates for change to eliminate architectural, attitudinal and communication barriers.


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American crusade against Islam and Muslims." For his part, while Alikhan was deputy mayor of Los Angeles, he blocked a Los Angeles Police Department project to assemble data about the ethnic makeup of mosques in the Los Angeles area. This was not an attempt to conduct surveillance of the mosques or monitor them in any way. LAPD Deputy Chief Michael P. Downing explained that it was actually an outreach program: "We want to know where the Pakistanis, Iranians Barack Obama has declared that all opposition groups should have representation in the next Egyptian government, which essentially ensures that the Muslim Brotherhood will be part of that government. The Brotherhood is the largest opposition group in Egypt, so it will probably end up in the driver's seat in any new regime, and steer Egypt toward becoming an Islamic state inveterately hostile to the United States.
So why isn't Obama working to limit the Brotherhood's scope and influence? Maybe because he doesn't really have a problem with the Brotherhood, despite its hostility to America. He made sure to invite Brotherhood leaders to attend his notorious speech to the Islamic world in Cairo, Egypt, in June 4, 2009. Starting in the earliest days of his administration, he showed an intense desire to establish friendly ties with Brotherhood-linked organizations—despite the Brotherhood's stated goal of "eliminating and destroying Western civilization from within."
Obama first reached out to the Brotherhood when he chose the leader of a Muslim Brotherhood-linked group that had been named an unindicted co-conspirator in a Hamas terror funding case to give a prayer during his inauguration ceremonies. Ingrid Mattson, then-president of the Islamic Society of North America (ISNA), offered this prayer at the National Cathedral on Obama's Inauguration Day—despite the fact that the ISNA has admitted its ties to the Brotherhood. The previous summer, federal prosecutors rejected a request from the ISNA to remove its unindicted co-conspirator status.
Obama didn't ask Mattson to explain the ISNA's links to the Muslim Brotherhood and Hamas. On the contrary: He sent his senior adviser, Valerie Jarrett, to be the keynote speaker at the ISNA's national convention in 2009.
Even worse, in April 2009, Obama appointed Arif Alikhan, the deputy mayor of Los Angeles, as assistant secretary for policy development at the Department of Homeland Security. Just two weeks before he received this appointment, Alikhan (who once called the jihad terror group Hezbollah a "liberation movement") participated in a fund-raiser for the Muslim Public Affairs Council (MPAC). Like the ISNA, MPAC has links to the Muslim Brotherhood. In a book titled In Fraternity: A Message to Muslims in America, co-author Hassan Hathout, a former MPAC president, is identified as "a close disciple of the late Hassan al-Banna of Egypt. "The MPAC-linked magazine The Minaret spoke of Hathout's closeness to al-Banna in a 1997 article: "My father would tell me that Hassan Hathout was a companion of Hassan al-Banna. ... Hassan Hathout would speak of al-Banna with such love and adoration; he would speak of a relationship not guided by politics or law but by a basic sense of human decency."
The late al-Banna, of course, was the founder of the Muslim Brotherhood.
Terror researcher Steven Emerson's Investigative Project has documented MPAC's indefatigable and consistent opposition to virtually every domestic anti-terror initiative. Its magazine The Minaret has dismissed key counterterror operations as part of "[t]he , and Chechens are so we can reach out to those communities." But Alikhan and other Muslim leaders said that the project manifested racism and "Islamophobia," and the LAPD ultimately discarded all plans to study the mosques.
The Muslim Brotherhood is a pro-Sharia group. Obama's chief adviser on Islamic affairs, Dalia Mogahed, is a pro-Sharia Muslim. In their Gallup survey published under the hubristic title "Who Speaks for Islam? What A Billion Muslims Really Think," Mogahed and Saudi-funded dhimmi, or non-Muslim, pseudo-academic John Esposito cooked their data to increase the number of Muslim "moderates," counting as "moderate" Muslims who wanted Sharia rule, hated America , supported jihad-martyrdom suicide bombing, and opposed equality of rights for women. Mogahed also defended Sharia on a British TV show.
With Brotherhood operatives in the American government and working closely with it, thanks to Barack Obama, it's no surprise that he would have no problem with their being part of the Egyptian government too. Robert Spencer.
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February 10, 2011
Sorry d00d,
Its quite obvious who the POS is here and it isn't anyone who supports the President. The POS is the person who refuses to admit that THE PRESIDENT is an American Citizen and a christian and has done more for the United States in 2 years than the Republicans did since Bush II stole the office.
February 09, 2011
Let me tell you something that I know as certain as the sun is shining at 12 noon in Texas. People like liberated woman/laselva and all the names hate any type of Law Enforcement. They were the ones shunned and made fun of in school, the outcasts. They transfer their inability to integrate into the human race and blame authority. They will yell and make vulgar, profane remarks and gestures at Law Enforcement, from a distance or in their kind of company where they feel safe. I have dealt with this type, tried to help on occasion. As a rule, my out reached hand was slapped.
Here is the rest of the story. Their type will praise, complement and kiss up to a sickening degree when they encounter Law Enforcement. I promise you this is true. Occasionally one will resist, but that is why training exists.
All one has to do is read what they post. The fifth grade grammar, the inability to understand simple sentences and the copying indicating jealousy and stupidity. The most telling of all is the misuse of words.
That is the reason liberated woman and the aka's back off and realize their farce is in the open. That's why they delete the truth. Simple POS's.
Anyone would defend their opinion if they could. However, observe how they just run for cover not answering any questions and when they do how fast their answer is torn apart by the truth.
In simple terms, they do not have the mental capacity to understand the patriot act, finance or current events. They are just stupid people and nothing short of a brain transplant will solve their state. They can be counseled, shown the right way, locked up and beaten they will never be any smarter and will continue to be a drain on society.
One constant is the hate for authority and others success. The support of antisocial or disruptive groups is prevalent.
Obama is a illegal alien muslim POS and so are all who support him.
February 08, 2011
Oh these several years ago I never believed I could beat the odds and win the Lottery. Then, the idiots of America elected a foreign born Muslim named Obama President of the United States. I've been playing the Lottery ever since and firmly believe I have a chance to win.
Even after he was elected and took office I knew the trash he would bring with him would forever leave a stench in the White House.
Rid our house of the Muslim in 2012 and let the clean up begin.
SaltporkJr I'm wiping you off bottom of my shoe as I can smell you too.
February 08, 2011
Liberals should be the doctors and own all the hospitals, clinics, and emergency rooms and give out free services to everyone so that no one has to wait to be operated on before giving payment?
Where will the liberals get the funds to pay their own bills and expenses while not taking money out of our wallets in taxes to pay for all of it?
Another solution is to have your complaining UK friends pack up and go back where they came from and take all the bleeding heart liberals with them? It is the best solution. First bill passed by obamas republican replacement: All bleeding heart liberals deported to the UK. There you go, all Americas problems solved in one simple stroke of a REAL presidential pen. Short, sweet, and simple.
Liberalism is not a crime. It is a mental disorder. So is liberals deleting good solutions just because they don't meet their government socialized medicine theory crap.
February 08, 2011
I will allow your post.
Where or however you arrived at the thought of me losing an argument over healthcare you are mistaken.
I am not calling obama names, he is a muslim, it's been proven beyond certainty rendering your childish attempts at vilifying my comments another failure. Addressing the issue of failure how goes the lost conflicts, LMAO @ U!!!
This article proves that obama supports a radical muslim group. There is no denying that. However, one would expect your type to cry otherwise. After all you shout the unemployment rate is 9%, when in all actuality it has been proven to be at least 22%, large difference in numbers. A very large difference in cognitive ability. Do you need me to explain that to you?
The stupidity your type exhibits insisting that the US does not come to the aid of allies is self evident. If America fell today your type would welcome the conquering forces, betray your friends and county men at every opportunity. There is a word for that; traitor.
You have changed the tone of your posts. You do not like it when your inadequacies are capitalized on do you. Knowing that a step back would allow you false hopes, I chose to let you run, making a bigger donkey of yourself for all to see.
Keep your tone civil and your remarks within the blog parameters and I may allow you on my blogs.
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The cooking at South Pasadena's Radhika Modern Indian is impossible to beat
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We've been frequenting Radhika as long as I can remember, following it from venue to venue. Our first wonderful meal was in its original location in Alhambra, which opened in the mid-'90s. Later (and for at least a decade), we mostly went to Shoppers Lane in Pasadena and briefly to a second site on North Raymond Avenue. Since 2010, Radhika has called Mission Street in South Pasadena its home.
The exterior of the brick-faced building is lined with attractive green awnings and a row of tables for outdoor dining. Its interior is lovely, with deep turquoise walls, dark wood furniture and a terracotta cement floor. The low-lit, high-volume restaurant is L-shaped, divided into a formal dining area facing Mission Street and a rather exotic lounge at the west end.
My only complaint is the proximity of the entry to the kitchen access. Waiting for seating on a busy evening (as most are) is like standing on a freeway at rush hour, constantly avoiding an onslaught of servers with laden trays as well as new arrivals trying to make their way to the hostess. It's not pleasant, but the final result is worth the discomfort.
Radhika's cooking is almost impossible to beat. And the prices are quite reasonable, with most appetizers $8 to $10, and most entrees $13 to $16. Of course, there's a single exception and, alas, one to which I'm addicted. Bada kabab, a rosemary and ginger infused rack of New Zealand lamb roasted to perfection on mesquite charcoal will set you back $29. But I'd stack it up against any lamb served at ritzy continental places at higher cost.
Many of Radhika's best recipes have been retained from earlier menus. We've enjoyed their tender lamb shank ($16) for years, slow-cooked with asfoetida, fennel, dry ginger, mustard seed and Kashmiri chilies in a yogurt-based sauce — an Indian osso buco variant. Ditto for the fabulous charred baby back ribs marinated in coconut milk, cumin, coriander, cardamon and mango chutney ($14).
Radhika's paella ($14) is another oldie but goodie: basmati rice cooked with seafood, mint curry leaves, garlic, ginger, chilies, red onions and tomatoes. And the luscious chicken breast hyderabadi (a mild fennel and dried fenugreek-spiced Pakistani curry, with apricots and a topping of crushed crispy red potatoes - $13) has been on offer as long as I can remember.
Vindaloo (chicken or lamb - $14) is my acid test for any Indian restaurant. The ginger, garlic and vinegar had better make their presence known over and above the fragrant and complex spice mixture which serves as the base flavoring for meat, tomato, onion and potato. Most of all, however, the chili needs to be (as Radhika's menu puts it) "fiery"; Radhika's passes with flying colors.
There's also my "color" test. Unfortunately, many cooks use similar spice blends in much of their menu. When the bhartha (eggplant), rogan josh (Kashmiri lamb curry) and vindaloo all are dark red, it's a warning that the flavors probably won't be all that distinctive. A tableful of Radhika's food (all artfully garnished and nestled into white geometric ceramics) is a rainbow of contrasting hues: tan, mustard yellow, muted peach, tangerine, emerald, brilliant orange, Chinese red and deep maroon.
Radhika's soubriquet "Modern Indian" aptly describes their more innovative creations. Samosas ($6) are stuffed not only with the expected potatoes and peas but with goat cheese. Bhune scallops ($8) are pan-fried, then dropped into a pool of mint-coconut broth swimming with zucchini chunks and ajwain seeds. We always finish the tender mollusks but doggie-bag the leftover broth to pour over rice at home.
Two fusion inventions are pujabi tacos ($8), with chicken, pickled onions and avocado raita (a yogurt-based sauce), and shrimp ceviche tostada ($10), with mango, onion and mint salsa. Moilee ($15), a fish stew common in south India, is concocted here with New Zealand green mussels, lots of fresh garlic, mushrooms, olive oil, herbs and dry white wine. If it weren't for the Madras curry, it would be at home in any continental restaurant. (Come to think of it, Europeans have been spiking mussels with curry for at least two centuries.)
Most Indian curries are heavily sauced and served with fragrant basmati rice and fresh-made breads. For sopping, I prefer Radhika's unembellished naan ($3), the size and shape of a large irregular shoe sole. But ordering it sprinkled with garlic, basil or rosemary and onion won't harm its usefulness. And raita — usually containing cucumber, but at Radhika available with bananas or even dates ($4) — is a definite must to combat heat.
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While he has been at the school for months, the inauguration of the Rev. Sean O. Sheridan, TOR, as the sixth president of the Franciscan University of Steubenville presented the first major public opportunity for people beyond the university community to hear the new leader.
Sheridan stands firm with the Catholic mission of the university, which has been its hallmark, namely: To transform culture through the work of the individuals educated at the school.
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We are concerned on how the elected officials guide the Village of Flushing. Our family is still trying to cope and understand why our 88 year old mother was singled out and put on notice to remove a vehicle that was not in operation! This vehicle was deemed to be junk by the village. The village police went to her house, not once, but twice, to confront her about this vehicle. She was given 2 weeks to remove it. These events upset our mother greatly, to the point where she was not even sleeping at night. She was afraid. This was on Feb. 25, 2013. On March 4, we removed the vehicle. Now the big question is this there are 104 other junk vehicles in this village and to this date no others have been removed or even been asked to be removed.Why? Again, why was an 88 year old widow singled out and unnecessarily stressed?
Members of our family went to a council meeting April 11th and also on May 9th and brought all of this up to the mayor who is the head of the village and the council. We were told there is a junk vehicle ordinance, although it is obsolete. If this is true, by what authority did they approach our mother? Still nothing has been done with the other 104 vehicles. Why? Our mother's car must have really been a terror for them to single it out.
Take a ride through the entire village of Flushing, street by street, and judge for yourselves. You will be amazed at what you see. Flushing was once a beautiful village, but that was in the past, not now. In addition, the weeds and grass on the property owned by the village in front of our mother's house is over knee-high deep and has not been cut so far this year. Is this a way to be spiteful to our family for questioning the village's decision on the vehicle? We are still puzzled over the tactics of this village government, and we are awaiting their next move.
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Hope College professor to speak at Dordt of experience delivering safe water to Cameroon village
January 21, 2013
Dr. Jeff Brown, First Mondays Speaker Series lecturer on February 4, is no stranger to using his God-given talents to help others.
This professor of engineering at Hope College in Holland, Michigan, knew that the villagers in the rural farming town of Nkuv, Cameroon, had been afflicted with malaria, filaria, dysentery, and multiple waterborne diseases from using local streams for water.
In an effort to address this issue, the Hope College chapter of Engineers Without Borders (EWB) established a research-service project to help the Nkuv villagers gain access to safe water. Through a seven-year partnership with Brown and Hope College nursing and engineering students, the Nkuv people now have sustainable access to safe drinking water and learned about water quality. For his work, Brown received the EWB-USA Peter J. Bosscher Award for Outstanding Faculty Leadership.
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At 11 a.m. in the B.J. Haan Auditorium, Brown will present "Historical Blowouts: What the Colorado River and the Deepwater Horizon spill teach us about global water resources." Brown will address the difference between water resources in the United States and the developing world. With 276 million rural and 55 million urban inhabitants across Sub-Saharan Africa relying on unimproved water sources, the need to find sustainable, safe water sources remains great.
Brown's second presentation, "Outside Going In: Our role in meeting their needs," will take place at 7:30 p.m. in the Science and Technology Center room SB101. "Aid to the developing world takes many forms and seeks to address a broad array of challenges," said Brown. "Water, health care, nutrition, transportation…the list is long." Using the example of the partnership between Hope College and the farming community of Cameroon, Brown will describe several models for engaging communities in the developing world.
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I'm joining ONE, the global anti-poverty group founded by U2 frontman Bono, for their "It starts with me" campaign, a YouTube video series designed to commemorate World AIDS Day (Dec 1) and inspire global action in the fight against AIDS.
"It starts with me," which can be viewed on ONE's YouTube channel, features an initial lineup of video messages and personal stories from a broad range of contributors such as activist Cleve Jones, actors Colin Farrell, Zoe Saldana (Watch!), and Kellan Lutz (Watch!), as well as ONE members and others from around the World, who are committed to the fight against AIDS.
Colin Farrell says of AIDS: "It's not an African disease; it's not an American disease. It's not a disease that is of any country, any region or any continent … or any sexuality, gay, straight …. It's just a human disease that has taken so much life, and it continues to do so. It doesn't have to be that way. As one world, let's end this."
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As Greece is struggling to appease international lenders and live up to the conditions of its bailout, the debt-choked nation is speeding up the sale of state assets by expanding its privatization program.
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Greece's state fund (Hellenic Republic Asset Development Fund or HRADF) now has more than 70,000 state-owned properties on offer for investors and it aims to generate 19 billion euro ($24.5 billion) by 2015 via the sales.
The state's properties include a 119,800 square-meter peninsula with a palace hotel complex and a marina, a 450,000 square-meter area in Rhodes with an 18-hole golf course and four miles of beach, a coastline in Corfu, an airport area in Athens and the 2004 Athens Olympics broadcast center.
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Apart from land areas, Greece is also offering its government buildings. Greece's ministries of justice, health, education and culture are seeking to rent out some of their buildings, and although the country is coping with rampant tax evasion, 13 of its tax offices are on offer for privatization as well.
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So far the privatization fund has raised less than a tenth of the targeted amount. Investors have not been rushing to lease the state's assets because of the "fog around the Greek economy" and worries the assets could be devalued further if Greece were to exit the euro zone.
Lamda CEO Athanassiou described the program as Greece's last chance to be a successful country.
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From Peace Corps Wiki
Welcome Books
Peace Corps' most up-to-date official publication on a country is "The Peace Corps Welcomes You to 'Country'. This book is mailed to Peace Corps Invitees that have been invited to serve in a particular country, and is known as the Welcome Book
This publication is revised every couple of years with the bulk of the responsibility for editing/updating the content placed on the Peace Corps Country Director (CD).
- Issues with Welcome books:
- The CD usually has more important things to do, so little priority is placed on the publication.
- CD leads a very different lifestyle in most countries than PCV's do, so the subjective statements in the book can vary greatly from what volunteers actually say.
- The solution is Peacecorpswiki.org's country pages. They are based on all the information in The Peace Corps Welcomes You to 'Country'; however, PCV's in a particular country and RPCV's who served in a particular country can actively edit items and add content to the pages to keep them updated.
See below for a table of all the links to welcome books by http://www.peacecorps.gov:


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S.A. Jones, cashier of the Citizens Bank, presented the high school a complete set of Britannica Encyclopedias. … The Elite Confectionery's new popcorn machine was enveloped in flames. The fire was caused by a leaking gas pipe. … E.T. Ternigan and Co. advertised the sale of silverware in the Clovis Journal.
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It seems particularly appropriate to me that the cover story for this issue of NextSpace—my first as President and CEO of OCLC—revolves around a question: "What keeps you up at night?"
In my first few months at OCLC, asking questions has been a major focus of my time. Because while watching broad industry trends is helpful, of course, it's just as important to step back and look at the community, one institution, one library, one person at a time.
While watching broad industry trends is helpful, it's just as important to step back and look at the community, one institution, one library, one person at a time.
As our writers worked with the librarians featured here, two themes came up repeatedly: customer service and cooperation. Whether discussing new technology in Nigerian libraries, demographics in rural Idaho or government relations in the U.K., all of our librarians identified the need to increase their focus on customer service. To quote Megan McGlynn, Access Services Librarian at the University of Michigan (U.S.), "We want to give our users the materials they need, in the formats they want, at lightning speeds." A simply stated goal—but one that requires ongoing attention and reassessment as new technology and media become available.
How to achieve real customer-focused impact in a world of increased demands and funding challenges? The answer is also reflected in our interviewees' responses: cooperation. David N. Ofili, Web and Pharmacy Librarian at the University of Benin in Nigeria told us, "Collaboration is a cherished opportunity for my library. If sharing resources and services can reduce cost today, then, a way has been paved for cost reduction in the future." Maria Luisa Arenas Franco, the retired Library Director for Pontificia Universidad Catolica in Santiago, Chile, echoed that thought, saying, "Introducing and supporting new services will require sharing information, expertise, training, bibliographical resources, new IT developments, good practices and metadata management on all scales."
I want to hear about your library's challenges, what you've done to meet them and what the cooperative can do to help solve the problems keeping you up at night.
Sharing between libraries "on all scales" isn't always easy. There are technical, legal, logistical and even cultural challenges to overcome. Gretchen Caserotti, Library Director for the Meridian Library District in Meridian, Idaho (U.S.), reminds us, that cooperation extends beyond the doors of libraries: "[having] someone from the library be at the table when a problem is addressed and be able to say, 'How can the library help you?'"
As OCLC's new CEO, I'd like to paraphrase Gretchen's question: how can OCLC help you? The communities you support have local, specific needs, yes. But I believe our best results will come when we work together across as many areas as possible. I want to hear about your library's challenges, what you've done to meet them and what the cooperative can do to help solve the problems keeping you up at night. Please contact me by email at email@example.com or at @SkipPrichard on Twitter, or introduce yourself at a live event.
The more we communicate about what keeps us up at night—and what we're each doing about it—the more ways we'll have to be successful across, as Maria Luisa puts it, "all scales" that libraries represent.
Skip Prichard
OCLC President and Chief Executive Officer
ISSUE 22 contents
- Index
- President's Report
- What keeps you up at night?
- WebJunction community celebrates 10 years
- New definition of membership emphasizes the collaborative nature of OCLC; Asia Pacific annual conference in Bangkok focuses on cooperation
- Health Happens in Libraries
- The Big Shift: E-book availability in public libraries
- Demystifying Born Digital
- WorldShare Update
- Explore the world with mapFAST mobile; Watch WorldCat grow in real time
- What keeps you up at night? The rapid pace of change
- WorldCat statistics
- Updates
About the Author
Skip Prichard
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My 7.5 month dd use to have poopy diapers 4-5xs per day before we started her on solids a month ago. Now she goes once a day, but does she GO (good texture, not constipated)! I never thought a baby could produce SO much (or that a diaper could hold so much )! Is this normal? My mom doesn't think a baby should have such large BMs--I'm looking for other insights.
She is at daycare during the day, drinks 15-20 oz of EBM plus has two meals of solids--cereal (1 tbl dried) and fruit in the a.m. and cereal (1 tbl dried) and veggies in the pm. At night I feed her veggies with a dessert of fruit.


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With an entire decade to account for, and with tracks at hand that sometimes clocked in at well over ten minutes, two volumes had to be made in order to fully cover the many sides of masters BATHORY.
The 12 tracks represent both the brutal and the majestic classics of a pioneering and revered act.
As in the case of Volume I, Volume II features previously unreleased recordings and the hard-to-find tracks.Featuring one and hour and fourteen minutes of BATHORY history.


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Farm livin' is the life for me!
October 2, 2013 —
Well, in theory, anyhow. Unlike Old MacDonald, I'm not at all sure that I have the stamina to support the desire. I live smack-dab in the middle of farm country and am surrounded by cows, chickens, horses and hay here at Green Acres, and most of my neighbors are farmers. As I traverse the countryside, I often stop to talk to the animals, and they greet me warmly (Dr. Doolittle-style) when I snap a photo or two and (sometimes) let Dharma frolic with her pals. Like me, she adores them all—pigs, alpacas, goats and sheep, and there is no shortage of "Kodak moments" to be found here in the Upper Delaware River Valley. With that in mind (and camera in hand) I set out over the weekend to visit a few of those farms, connect with the folks who put food on our tables and photograph all creatures great and small.
Adding to the bucolic nature of my travels were the amazing fall foliage all around and the spectacular weather we've been experiencing, which had my spirits soaring, singing a happy tune and generally loving life. On Saturday, I joined hundreds at Bridle Hill Farms in Jeffersonville, NY (www.bridlehillfarm.com) as proprietors Daniel and Elinor Young opened their doors and hosted an "old fashioned chicken barbeque and barn dance" in support of Cornell Cooperative Extension's 100th anniversary. The dinner was fantastic, and auctioneer Barry Lewis had me in stitches as he made himself horse, raising funds for the organization, in between square dancing and the dessert, provided by the incredibly talented (IMHO) cake artist Kim Simons, (www.cakesbykimsimons.com), who designed a delicious barn that was worthy of photographing (before the masses lined up to taste it).


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About the Author: Jose W. Fernandez serves as Assistant Secretary of State for Economic, Energy and Business Affairs.
I am in Des Moines, Iowa, surrounded by rock stars of the food security world. No, it's not Willie Nelson on a Farm Aid tour, but it may well be the next best thing. I am here for the awarding of the 2010 World Food Prize. This award was begun in 1986 by Dr. Norman E. Borlaug, winner of the Nobel Peace Prize in 1970 for his achievements in the Green Revolution, as a way to honor those who make ground-breaking contributions to improving the world's food supply. In addition to honoring this year's winners of the World Food Prize, experts from around the world have gathered for the Borlaug Dialogues to address cutting-edge issues in food security and nutrition.
The theme for this year's events is a famous phrase of Dr. Borlaug's and his final words: "Take it to the farmer," with a focus on small-holder farming and rural livelihoods. The conference will highlight how small-holder farmers in the developing world will have a critical role to play in increasing productivity. There are still close to one billion people around the world who suffer each and every day from chronic undernourishment, and the majority of these people, mainly women and children, live in or near areas of small-holder farming.
The objectives of the Borlaug Dialogues are in complete accord with the wide variety of programs on which the State Department is working, and not just on food security in and of itself. The list is as diverse as the problem is vast: increasing innovation, developing and nurturing local entrepreneurship, stewardship of soil and water resources, protecting biodiversity, the need for dietary diversity, and new ways to solve nutritional deficiencies with traditional foodstuffs, and ways to reduce the staggering post-harvest losses in poor regions.
Under Secretary Clinton's leadership, the State Department has focused attention on food security and the availability of and access to food populations in danger around the world. The challenges of the Millennium Development Goals to reduce world hunger by half by 2015 are being addressed through a variety of insightful programs.
For example, my Bureau of Economic, Energy, and Business Affairs is supporting Secretary Clinton's vision through the Feed the Future initiative. Feed the Future is an initiative that focuses all of our innovation and technical resources on food production, preservation, and distribution. These resources include not only today's best agricultural and bioscience technology, but also all of the tools available to us, including the use of cell phones to broadcast weather information or health clinic notices to farmers and families in remote regions.
We are also realizing the Secretary's vision through the Global Entrepreneurship Program (GEP), which cultivates the culture of entrepreneurship in traditional economies to increase growth and economic advancement, as well as to spread the benefits of innovation faster in every sector of the economy. The GEP coordinates public and private partners to support budding entrepreneurs through training and advocacy.
We continue to look for ways in which government, NGOs, and the private sector can work with their counterparts in target countries to find new solutions to the entrenched problem of global hunger. Send me your ideas -- I'd love to hear from you about ways to support these innovative partnerships.
Assistant Secretary Fernandez's related entries: Expanding Our Toolkit in the Fight Against Global Hunger and Behind the Scenes: "1,000 Days: Change a Life, Change the Future"
Kenneth C. in the U.S.A. writes:
Nice try but right now our Farmers could feed the world except we pay them not to produce because of price control.
Pamela G. in West Virginia writes:
This is a very important award because we need to feed the world. This is also a fantastic way to celebrate the small farmer.
Dushimirimana in Rwanda writes:
Am happy to be in this lottiry I like to study so much.


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I have been ruined by the Internet. I was exposed to the dark and musky depths of its depravity too young. The Internet crawled inside me and laid eggs. Those eggs hatched and birthed terrible proclivities that slowly devoured the better parts of my brain until all that was left was a filthy layer of reeking cynicism. One of the many horrible side effects of this ruination is that it now takes a lot to make me laugh. And sometimes what does the trick is horrifically dark and disturbing stuff that should in no way cause a human being to giggle. I am not telling you it is right that I laugh at these things. I am not saying they are objectively funny to any other sensible human being. I am not seeking forgiveness. I am just showing them to you so that when the time comes, nobody will say "He seemed like such a nice man. We had no warning."
Listen, I'm most likely going to lose my job over this, and I will almost certainly deserve it, so maybe just ... go. Just go before it's too late for all of us. Oh God, it's starting, remember me as a better man than I actually was-
5Quote from Man Stabbed: "What Are You Gonna Do, Stab Me?"
"Now that you mention it," responds the assailant.
Oh thank God. Thank God the victim in question survived and I don't have to live with the psychic burden of laughing at a fatality. I mean, hopefully he lived and made a full recovery and possibly learned a valuable lesson about the place of skepticism in gang warfare. But at the very least, he lived.
Here's what really gets me:
The headline on the actual news story is nothing special. It's about what you'd expect: "Man Stabbed in the Throat in East Spokane." That's not funny. That's terrible, and I'm sorry it happened to anybody. If you gain any amount of joy from that information, well, hopefully you look like Christian Bale so your psychosis is a bit easier for the audience to swallow.
But that's not the text that the local TV news went with. No, the guy in charge of those pointless info-dumps on your local TV news delved into the depressing details of a knife attack, and he came back up with poetry. You know he wrote it that way on purpose. There are a million ways to phrase the events that transpired that aren't funny in the slightest -- "The victim did not believe the threat was real and questioned his attacker's intent" -- and only one way to phrase it that is funny:
That was some next level shit, slide writer for the local TV news. I hope that as soon as you finished typing that headline, you leveled up out of that job like a Final Fantasy character and went on to write for SNL or something.
Also, let's not overlook the real hero here: the victim. Sure, it's stupid in retrospect, but bravo to the man who saw an assailant wielding a deadly weapon and had the balls to dare him to use it. I mean, when a guy comes at you with a knife and you essentially say "You're not gonna stab me, pussy," what choice does that guy have? What exits have you left him? Maybe he wasn't going to stab you before, but he pretty much has to now.
4Man Drives Car into Church, Beats Pastor to Death With Electric Guitar
There is nothing funny about the loss of a good man's life, and that is indeed what happened here. But if you remove all the tragedy, all the stuff that relies on having normal human emotions -- if you pulled the very horrible reality out of this story and had it take place in, say, the next Saint's Row game or a Nic Cage movie -- it's the most ridiculously metal murder that has ever taken place.
Imagine none of it is real and you're just a bodiless point of view, watching events happen to entirely fictional characters from a third-person perspective. It's a quiet Sunday on a friendly suburban street. A car whips by, loses control, and slams into the side of a church. Before you can even react, the door opens and what I am forced to assume is a naked man wearing a Viking hat leaps out of the driver's side and sprints into the church clutching a bright red guitar. From inside, a series of twangy off-beat chords. Your viewpoint cuts away to a headline that simply reads:
Do you laugh? God, I'm sorry, but I did.
Not necessarily because guitar beatings are funny, but the whole scenario from start to finish is just so unexpected. There are so many questions, and none of the answers help. I mean, obviously, there's "Why?" And "Seriously, what?" But then there are the less obvious queries, like: Did he bring the guitar with him? Or did he just sprint into church, lay eyes on an inexplicable electric guitar sitting on the altar, and say, "Yes, the ax is my weapon of choice"?
The news story says "The attack moved inside the music room," so it's probably the latter, but is that better, or worse?
I don't know. All I know is that every time I click on this article, I expect to see the album cover from Meatloaf's Bat Out of Hell, and there's a part of me that's a little let down when I don't find it.


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The man accused of killing three members of a family in Lafayette County asked for a guilty plea before conferring with his attorney and standing mute to charges in court Monday morning.
Jaren Kuester appeared in court on five felony charges, including first-degree intentional homicide. He's accused of killing Gary Thoreson, his wife, Chloe Thoreson and brother, Dean Thoreson in April at the couple's farmhouse in the small town of Wiota.
The not guilty plea entered on Kuester's behalf happened after Kuester stood up in court and told the judge he was pleading guilty. Kuester then spoke with his attorney and his statement was withdrawn.
Kuester's attorney, Guy Taylor, earlier said the 31-year-old defendant is competent for trial, but unable to distinguish reality from delusions about what happened the day the Thoresons were slain.
Prosecutors said Kuester drove from Waukesha to Green County April 26, abandoned his SUV, stripped off his clothes and ran through the woods. He emerged from the woods in Lafayette County where he broke into the Thoresons' home.
Defense attorneys are asking the court for a change of venue because of the attention the case has gotten in Lafayette County.


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Employees who are covered under the Federal Employees Retirement System (FERS) or the Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) are eligible to receive credit towards retirement for their Peace Corps Volunteer service. To do so, you must make a deposit for this period of service.
While you are a Peace Corps Volunteer, no money is deducted from your monthly readjustment allowance for retirement. Your deposit is an amount equal to the money that would have been deducted and put into the retirement fund, plus any accrued interest. The amount you pay to receive retirement credit under FERS is 3% of your monthly readjustment allowance plus interest. Under CSRS the deposit is 7% of your monthly readjustment allowance plus interest.
Deposits made more than two years after October 1, 1993, or more than two years after the date on which the individual making the deposit first becomes a covered employee, whichever is later, must include interest, compounded annually and beginning on the date of the expiration of the two-year period. Please remember, your training period is not creditable service.
Why should you make the deposit? To receive a monthly annuity from the federal government, you must be vested in a retirement system. Being vested in FERS or CSRS requires five years of creditable civilian service. Peace Corps staff positions are limited to 30-month tours, so having your volunteer service credited toward retirement frequently adds enough time to meet the vesting requirement.
Also, under FERS, your retirement annuity is calculated as 1% of the average of your high-three average salary multiplied by your number of years of service. So, additional years will increase the amount of your annuity.
For example:
High-3 is $70,000 and 20 years of service
1% of $70,000 is $700
$700 x 20 is $14,000 annuity per year
Adding two years increases the annuity: $700 x 22 is $15,400
Or, if you are under CSRS, your annuity is calculated as 1.5% of your high-3 for your first five years of service, 1.75% of your high-3 for the next five years and 2% of your high-3 for any remaining years.
Once you are hired in a permanent appointment, you may begin the service credit process by completing a SF-3108, FERS Application to Make Service Credit Deposit for Civilian Service or a SF-2803, CSRS Application for Deposit or Redeposit (available at your agency's human resources department). After completing the application, request a Verification of Service letter from Volunteer and PSC Financial Services at the Peace Corps (address provided below), and submit it to your agency's human resources department. Your agency will finalize the application and send it to the Office of Personnel Management (OPM). OPM will then calculate the amount you must pay for retirement credit and bill you directly. Payments are made to OPM.
Receiving a bill from OPM in no way obligates you to make the service credit payment. However, interest will continue to accrue until the payment is made. If you choose not to make the payment, you will not receive credit for your Peace Corps Volunteer service in your retirement calculation.
For your reference, a copy of the Public Law 103-82 allowing Volunteer service to be creditable towards retirement is available in HRM. The CSRS and FERS Handbook is also available on OPM's website. If you have any questions, please contact: Certifying Officer, Volunteer and PSC Financial Services, Peace Corps Headquarters, 1111 20th Street NW, Washington, D.C.20526; or phone 202.692.1770.
External Links
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Raising Red Passes 250,000 On Facebook
After Slatecard failed to take off during the last cycle, I got together with Charlie Smith and suggested that we create our own online fund raising vehicle from scratch so that conservatives could have a place online to contribute to Republican candidates for office. That was the day when Raising Red was born. Since then, in all fairness, I do have to note that Charlie has shouldered a lot of the load.
The page is still in its infancy, by design. Right now, we're building up in other ways. For example, our Facebook page has now cracked the 250,000 like mark.
You may also enjoy the first video that we've put out.
All I can say at this point is, "Keep an eye on us, folks." We've got a big future in front of us and I think that by the time it's all said and done, we're going to be able to do a lot to help Republicans get elected.
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