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The Aquarium was the venue for the 'Chinese Jazz Club' which was run by a man in a straw hat called 'Bonnie'. I was a regular as a student and despite the name all I recall was R&B music from a range of bands and singers including Muddy Waters, Blind Lemon Jefferson (I think) , Long John Baldry and Rod Stewart - then known as Rod the Mod.
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My grandfather's family lived in Brighton/Hove near Seven Dials and attended Belgrave Road Congregational Church. Their surname was WOOD and his forenames were WALTER EDWARD. He had a brother PERCY and sisters ADA, POLLY and AGNES. His father (my great grandfather) was reputed to have been very tall ...Read full memory

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Skip to comments.Mitch McConnell: 'We Have a Voter Mandate Not to Raise Taxes' (Let it go!)
Posted on 11/09/2012 8:57:03 PM PST by tobyhill
In the wake of President Barack Obama's electoral victory, gleeful Democrats believe that the impending "fiscal cliff" has Republicans trapped into finally accepting higher tax rates. But as Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell sits for an interview in his Capitol office 48 hours after the election, one thing is certain: He is in no way chastened by Tuesday's results. If Mr. Obama wants fiscal hand-to-hand combat, he will get it.
"Let me put it very clearly," says the five-term Republican senator from Kentucky. "I am not willing to raise taxes to turn off the sequester. Period." On Jan. 1, Washington faces both a huge tax increase and an automatic spending cut known as the "sequester," which could tip the economy back into recession. A newly emboldened President Obama is likely to take his soak-the-rich case straight to the people, I remind the senator. The political pressure to capitulate could become intense.
"Look, he may think it would be helpful to his presidency to continue to divide and demonize us," says Mr. McConnell. "But my answer will still be short and firm: No. We won't agree to any tax increases that will hurt the economy."
(Excerpt) Read more at online.wsj.com ...
The Democrats have already stated that they are going to change the Senate rules to prevent the minority party from being able to stop the majority.
Right on Mitch! No new taxes!!
Amen! SHUT IT DOWN!!
still has to go through the house and Boehner won't raise taxes. That's his job, not rasing taxes.
Blah blah, blah blah, says Mitch.
Words to sooth us.. But a lie nonetheless.
Blah blah, blah blah, says Mitch.
Words to sooth us.. But a lie nonetheless.
What do the Republicans have to lose? They are pretty much at rock bottom right now anyway, might as well go scorched Earth.
ObamaCare will raise plenty of taxes anyway.
What happened to Mitch? Did he decide he didn't want IRRELEVANT as his legacy?
How will the gov't collect taxes if it's shut down?
But, Obama has to pay his bundlers. Bonehead has been funding the payments to them, he must have a couple of more "caves" left in him.
Anyone who thinks otherwise hasn't been paying attention.
To do "nothing" raise taxes on EVERYBODY, not just "the rich."
The GOP is a toothless tiger cub
they refuse to even raise a voice against a stolen election
No new taxes! No debt increase! Call the Jackhole's bluff.
Well..the House is our last and only firewall to the Marxist. They need to get... determined and please the half of the country that are the producers.
I believe that they will continue to disappoint. Their "legacy" is already toast.
I have a hard time giving a damn anymore.
He will raise taxes.
Don't let your mouth write a check that your butt can't cash.
If you DO decide to take a stand, then do NOT ever give up. The MSM will savage you either way, so you have nothing to lose.
If they do nothing taxes are going to go up anyway. Would be better if they had some say in how the reform is shaped.
Let taxmageddon cometh. At this point i don't care. I want to
see Barry CRUSHED by the chaos it will bring.
No. On taxes and the economy, they need to get out of the way and start voting to abstain. That way they can't be accused of blocking The One in the media and the Dems will own the disaster completely.
I realize a large part of the citizenry is stupid. They did re-elect Obama. I realize a large part don't give a rats ass they just want free shit.
But a fight overtaxing the "rich" is just silly.
All the GOP needs do is show that if you taxed every tax filer last year that made over 250,000 dollars at a 50 pecent rate it would not even make a noticible dent in the deficit..
We have TRILLION dollar deficits every year. It is not possible to tax your way out of that. The problem is simple. The Federal Government spends to much money. PERIOD. Until Americans get a set of stones and say enough, nothing will change...........
No offense..who freakin cares about what the media thinks of them or accuses them of..part of our nation voted no to obama so they represent those taxpayers who do not want to pour money into more spending for the government expansion ..to those who think it's unfair that the other guy has more... if they have any hope of any doable legacy, this is where they should begin or by your terms..they should pack up and go home..the dems and the media are socialists...hope Mitch really gets it..if they fail, USA IS DONE, as we knew it to be. The media is doing this-Obama is the prop. Our side has to make the media part of Obama.
Correction. They didn't STEAL the election by that much.
I don't have a whole lot of faith left, in McConnell or any other politician. That said, I hope they stay strong. We learned firsthand what Obama's idea of negotiation is thanks to Bob Woodward (of all people) reporting on the administration's sabotage of the so-called "Grand Bargain".
Beyond that, I'm hoping the GOP is already preparing for the 2014 Senate races. There are several Democrats that I think can be beaten next time: Al Franken in Minnesota, Begich in Alaska, Shaheen in New Hampshire, and possibly Merkley in Oregon. Not enough to swing a majority, but a good start.
You do realize that the majority of voters who voted for Obama aren't economically literate enough to understand nor care. They voted for free stuff, whether the gov't redistributes it or they loot it. We are Rome circa 200 AD
Reid plans to go right around the GOP Senators, making up the rules along the way.
Maybe he didn't hear Boehner. Boehner has already raised taxes by saying Obamacare is the law of the land.
No doubt in my mind. Prepare for the worst. Obama, Axelrod and Jarrett can't wait to let it all burn.
Needs to be repeated a thousand times.
The MSM will savage you either way, so you have nothing to lose.
The MSM will savage you either way, so you have nothing to lose.
The MSM will savage you either way, so you have nothing to lose.
The MSM will savage you either way, so you have nothing to lose.
The MSM will savage you either way, so you have nothing to lose.
The MSM will savage you either way, so you have nothing to lose...
The message will never leave our orbit. The media has, and will, bury it under a mountain of verbiage.
Who cares?
The voters.
They scream and holler and blame the Republicans for blocking The One on his 'perfect economic policies.' I say we give them exactly what they want.
The Congress holds the purse strings. Maybe they can do the same thing and sideline the Dim congresscritters...
"And what if the president insists on raising tax rates? Expect a principled stand by the minority leader and his fellow Republicans: "He's got to understand he doesn't fully control the Senate. He doesn't control the House at all. In order to accomplish things for the country he will need to work with us."
As Mr. McConnell walks me to the door, he adds: "You know, he doesn't own the place."
Oh yes, Obama DOES own the place in fact. The GOP does not attack Obama on issues which would reveal his true plan to with malice and intent destroy America.That has to change, because he truly does own the place when there is no balanced MSM reporting, and no genuine congressional opposition to Obama's treasonous policies.Grow the Tea Party and accept it's ;eaders into the GOP.Get rid of Karl Rove.
Obama does own the place. Change it.
Stolen elections aren't in their vocabulary.
...for those interested. :-/
Mitch McConnell: 'We Have a Voter Mandate Not to Raise Taxes' (Let it go!)
Congressman-elect Massie says he wants to see federal spending cuts take effect
...for those interested. :-/
Mitch McConnell: 'We Have a Voter Mandate Not to Raise Taxes' (Let it go!)
Congressman-elect Massie says he wants to see federal spending cuts take effect
A couple there.
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Today ended the NorAm Alpine Skiing competition in Kimberley, Canada, and with the number of medals Team USA won, the team can proudly say the event ended on a very high note. With 33 medals following the four-day event, Team USA has had one of their best runs of the season.
The first races of women's downhill resulted in four podium appearances for Team USA. The visually impaired division was dominated by Lindsey Ball (Benton, Maine) and guide Diane Barras (Bethel, Maine) who placed first at a time of 1:32.76. Second place was taken by Stacy Manella (Randolph, N.J.) and by Kim Seevers (Averill Park, N.Y.).
Women's downhill standing event found Stephanie Jallen (Harding, Pa.) winning gold at 1:27.87 with Melanie Schwartz, an American who trains in Toronto, Canada, on the podium in second place.
The second downhill races were, again, taken over by Team USA.
Women's visually impaired gold medal was won by Danelle Umstead (Park City, Utah), who is guided by her husband Robert Umstead. Second place went again to Manella. The second standing event was also metallic for the standing skiers. Schwartz took first place with a 1:27.30 time and Jallen followed to earn a silver medal.
Men's downhill events soared onto top podiums as well with Brian Follett winning gold in the visually impaired event (2:15.68) guided by Scot Jones.
Standing awarded silver and bronze medals to Jonathan Lujan of Littleton, Colo. (1:21.54) and James Stanton (Oakland, Mich.). Sitting downhill one ended with gold, silver and bronze medals won by Gregory Peck (Wasilla, Alaska) at 1:18.85, Joe Tompkins (Juneau, Alaska) at 1:19.09 and Stephen Lawler (Burlington, Vt.) respectively. Peck, Tompkins and Lawler were in the Top 10 in the downhill one event.
Men's second downhill event proved to be a success as well. Five podiums for Team USA and six Top 10 performances were a highlight of the NorAm competition.
Follett with Jones took first in visual impaired downhill two event with a 2:08.39 time. Lujan and Stanton took silver and bronze in the standing two event. Andrew Earl Kurka (Palmer, Alaska) claimed the gold with his 1:17.89 sit ski followed by Peck and Tompkins for the silver and bronze.
Kurk, Peck, Tompkins, Lawler, Lujan and Stanton had Top 10 finishes for the men's second downhill event.
The super-giant slalom ski event also resulted in a major win for the U.S. Paralympics Alpine Skiing Team. Women's first and second visually impaired events were won by Umstead and Mannella for gold and silver. The first standing event gold medal was taken by Jallen with a time of 1:41.25 followed by Schwartz at 1:42.25 for silver.
Sitting one saw Anna Beninati (Sandy, Utah) on the top podium and sitting two gave her the silver medal. Standing two saw Katrina Schaber (San Diego, Calif.) take the bronze medal, just behind Beninati who took the silver for sitting two.
The men's Super G one and two event gave Follett two bronze medals as well as Stanton for the two standing events. Men's first sitting event was won by Kurka and third place was taken by Peck. The second sitting event then saw Peck for the silver.
With 19 downhill podiums and 14 Super G medals, U.S. alpine skiers have declared their talent and left Kimberley, Canada, with an American imprint on the snow trails. The team will head next to Tignes, France, on Feb. 3 for the Europa Cup Final.


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For decades, Syria has refused to confirm that it has chemical weapons. Now, facing a limited strike, its position abruptly changed to: Oh! We do have them after all! And we want to sign the Chemical Weapons Convention! We want to show them to United Nations inspectors.
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About the Author: Erica Thibault serves as Public Affairs Officer at the U.S. Embassy in Nassau, The Bahamas."Every person, regardless of whatever different abilities they may have, can contribute, can be a source of joy, can beam with pride and love." - Eunice Kennedy Shriver
U.S. Embassy Nassau, Special Olympics-Bahamas and more than 150 Special Olympic athletes, coaches, volunteers and supporters came together on September 25 to honor the founder of the Special Olympics, Eunice Kennedy Shriver, through an afternoon of games and dancing on the front lawn of the residence of the U.S. Ambassador, Nicole A. Avant. Eunice K. Shriver was a leader who broke down barriers to improve the lives of millions of people with intellectual disabilities, as well as their families' lives and their communities, for over five decades. Although she passed away on August 11, 2009, her legacy lives on through the continued growth of the Special Olympic movement and the annual Eunice Kennedy Shriver (EKS) Day celebrations that take place around the world.
There are currently over 400 Special Olympic athletes from The Bahamas and scores of local volunteers and financial supporters who assist these inspirational athletes in realizing their dreams. The Prime Minister of The Bahamas, the Rt. Honorable Hubert A. Ingraham, officially recognized Special Olympics-Bahamas' impact on the community by issuing an official proclamation declaring September 25, 2010, to be "EKS Day" across The Bahamas. This proclamation was the driving force behind Saturday's celebration hosted by U.S. Ambassador Nicole A. Avant and her husband, Ted Sarandos, at their Liberty Overlook home. Eunice K. Shriver's granddaughters, Eunice and Francesca Shriver, along with representatives from Best Buddies International, a global non-profit that creates opportunities for integrated employment and leadership development for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities, traveled to The Bahamas to take part in the event, meet with athletes and personally thank the people of The Bahamas for embracing the movement.
U.S. Ambassador Nicole A. Avant is a long-time supporter of the Special Olympics and Best Buddies because she believes both organizations are committed to expanding the possibilities of people with intellectual disabilities, which fuels hope in all of us to make a difference. "I'm so proud that I have the opportunity to honor Shriver's legacy by recreating a mini 'Camp Shriver' on my front lawn," she said. "The Special Olympics' annual EKS Day teaches us that differences are to be celebrated and appreciated and that every individual is entitled to dignity."
Shriver launched a movement that inspired generations of people with intellectual disabilities to "play on" and become agents of acceptance and action in their communities. Shriver convened the first Special Olympic Games in Chicago on July 20, 1968, only seven weeks after her younger brother, Robert Kennedy, was assassinated in Los Angeles. In front of a crowd of fewer than 100 people, 1,000 athletes with intellectual disabilities marched in the opening ceremonies and joined Mrs. Shriver as she recited what continues to be the Special Olympics oath: "Let me win, but if I cannot win, let me be brave in the attempt." Today, more than three million Special Olympics athletes are training year-round in all 50 states in the United States and in more than 185 countries.
EKS Day is celebrated each year to inspire new fans to embrace the movement. It is a global call for inclusion, acceptance, and unity for and with individuals with intellectual disabilities.
Special Olympics-Bahamas' National Chairman Basil Christie believes that The Bahamas is a better place because the Special Olympics is active here. "The courage, determination and the motivation to excel displayed by Special Olympics athletes inspires our community -- young and old alike -- to adapt to a new attitude of 'yes I can'. We owe it all to Eunice Kennedy Shriver because the spirit of self-worth generated by these athletes has positively changed the lives of thousands around the world."
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In her keynote remarks at the National Democratic Institute (NDI) in early November, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton paused to reflect on the last 12 months: "What a year 2011 has been for freedom in the Middle East and North Africa."
For people in that region and around the world, this past year brought exceptional progress and challenges. Some dictators fell, while others tyrants teetered, and in Syria, yet another clung to power by inflicting terrible suffering on his own people. Demands for free and fair elections and for governance that can provide both human rights and fundamental economic needs spread from country to country and across the globe. TIME Magazine named "The Protester" as its Person of the Year. Whenever I traveled -- from Sudan to Russia to Burma to Bahrain -- I met with people who simply wanted to exercise their right to free expression, to have a say in how they would be governed, to practice their religion without fear, and to earn a decent wage.
For these reasons, last year was quite extraordinary for the men and women here at the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor (DRL). They each worked in close partnership with offices and embassies throughout the State Department on these issues, three of which I'd like to highlight here:
Middle East transitions: We worked in close coordination with State Department colleagues on the many challenges and opportunities that have arisen this year. In her NDI speech, Secretary Clinton addressed American commitments to promote reform and support transitions in the Middle East and North Africa. In May, I testified on Capitol Hill about the state of these political transitions. In July, I did the same regarding human rights abuses in Syria; and, more recently, in December, I briefed key lawmakers on my trip to Bahrain and the government's response to the landmark Bahrain Independent Commission of Inquiry report.
Internet Freedom: Protecting the rights of individuals to exercise their fundamental freedoms of expression, peaceful assembly, association and religion on and offline is a signature issue for Secretary Clinton, our bureau and the Department as a whole. Last year, Secretary Clinton delivered two major policy addresses on the topic -- most recently at the Freedom Online Conference in the Netherlands, which launched a coalition of 15 countries committed to joint action in support of a free and open Internet. I also had the privilege of talking about Internet freedom at the New America Foundation "Future Tense" Conference and at the Silicon Valley Human Rights Conference, where I emphasized the challenges and responsibilities the private sector has in this space. Since 2008, we have committed $70 million in programming to this cause. You can learn more about our continued efforts here.
LGBT: Integrating the human rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people into American foreign policy has been a core priority for this Administration. In early December, Secretary Clinton delivered a historic speech in Geneva entitled "Free and Equal in Dignity and Rights," in which she addressed "one of the remaining human rights challenges of our time" and pledged to continue combating efforts to criminalize homosexuality. This speech followed on the heels of a June UN Human Rights Council session which passed the first-ever UN resolution on the human rights of LGBT people. Deputy Assistant Secretary Dan Baer later outlined the underlying American values and foreign policy rationales for the promotion of LGBT rights in this op-ed. A fact sheet about the Department and my bureau's collective work can be read here.
The year 2012 marks the 35th anniversary of the creation of the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor. As we embark on this new year, we rededicate ourselves to the American values and universal principles that guide our bureau, this government and this country. I look forward to working with you in 2012.
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Here's how RW members rated this race in the past (184 votes).
In short: Once again a great race, well done Helsby RC! Love the buff in the goody bag.Date of review: January 25, 2011
In short: Great raceIn full: Great race, my third year in a row and i always enjoy it, although this year the start had moved and so was a bit of a mess but not a major problem. Tea and biscuits at the finish went down a treat! One thing i would like to raise is the medals i received in the previous 2 years both had the year 1981 on, but this years had 1982, dont know why!Date of review: January 25, 2011
In short: No surprise entries close so quickIn full: Finally managed to run this race after having to pull out the last 2 years to to illness. It was well worth the wait and will back next year. Hopefully next time I'll spot the 10 mile marker, this year it was head down and plod up the hill.Date of review: January 25, 2011
In short: Hugely popular race for very good reasonsIn full: Great atmosphere before during and after this classic Winter Half. Fabulous organisation from the Helsby club, with the commemorative Buff being an imaginative and quality memento. The medallion in its own presentation case was a lovely touch too.It may be a testing course, but if approached tactically, those hilly stretches can still produce fast times if you run the downhills to full effect: lots of PB's this year proves the point. A clock at mile 10 was a great idea I'd like to see catch on elsewhere!From the marshalls at the park and ride, to the Rotary Club guys and the marsahals out on the course I've never met a cheerier and more friendly bunch: a real community event with the organisers obviously, and rightly proud of the race.This is on my must do list for next year. Thanks to all involvedDate of review: January 24, 2011
In short: Great race brilliant way to start the racing yearIn full: My favourite race of year.Well organised,friendly,great course and for the third year running set a new pb.definately a course you can run well on if you know itDate of review: January 24, 2011
In short: V. well organised for a race of this size. Shame they had to change the start - but stoped me starting too fast. My only gripe is with those who dropped gel wrappers away from the drinks stations.Date of review: January 24, 2011
In full: Excellent in every way free tea lovely touch , free finish bags had a lovely buff in useful and a lot of thought given to thisDate of review: January 24, 2011
In short: excellent race, good atmosphere and well organised. Date of review: January 24, 2011
In short: An excellent way to kick start 2011In full: Have to agree with much that has been said. If the start had to be moved at such short notice, I can only commend the organisers that they managed just get it moved and made the best of a bad situation out of their control. After running the ill-fated Cardiff not-so-half last year I'd rather have that makeshift start and the full distance anyday. Date of review: January 24, 2011
In short: Great race - just one little problem to sort out for next yearIn full: My 6th 4 Villages....for me, this is one of the definitive winter half marathons, and was as enjoyable a challenge as ever this year. Almost everything organised perfectly...marshalling, improved chip timing, finish area....The only issue - and it seems this was one imposed on the organisers at short notice for "health & safety" reasons, so not their fault - was that start, which was not worthy of such a great race. Way too narrow, but what really bothered me was the muddy stretch...the deep ruts had been filled in with hardcore, but there was a lot of loose stuff lying around...wearing q thin racing flats & not being a heel striker, I was dreading landing on one of the larger stones & bashing a metatarsal. But I didn't, and I'm sure the organisers will have sorted it by next year. So thanks to all at Helsby RC, and I'll see you again in 2012.Date of review: January 24, 2011
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text: Hey, I'm not dead (just busy). To break the chain of nothingness, here's a photo of a dragonfly I took a week or two ago. I believe it's a male blue dasher, Pachydiplax longipennis (taken in Maryland). If I ever have a kid I might name it Pachydiplax. It just rolls right off the tongue. Definitely view this one large. I think I might need to adjust the brightness. Not bad for my little camera though. Imagine what this would look like if I had a macro lense.


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Thomas F. Shannon Distinguished Lecturer in Environmental Studies
|Thomas F. Shannon Distinguished Lecturer in Environmental Studies Emeritus
|Environmental Studies
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1964 B.A. in Economics, magna cum laude, Harvard University
1965-66 Research student, London School of Economics
1969 M.A. in Political Science, University of Chicago
1992 Ph.D. in Political Science, University of Chicago
Instructor of Economics, Miles College, Birmingham, Alabama, 1964-65
Author of Indian Workers Associations in Britain¸published by Oxford University Press. 1968
Travelled in India and Indonesia, studying radical political parties as well as rural development efforts by US-based foundations, 1969-70
Massachusetts Office of Human Services, 1971-73
Worked to improve services for handicapped people and to establish develop community-level programs for developmentally disabled people.
Denver Research Institute, Center for Social Research, 1974-77
Evaluated Indian child welfare programs in the West and nationally; advised state and community-level social service programs about management issues.
Legis 50: The Center for Legislative Improvement, 1977-78
Led projects about staffing of state legislatures, the use of remote sensing systems by state governments and other topics.
State of Colorado 1979-85
Assistant to the Director, Department of Natural Resources
Acting Director, Colorado Division of Mines
Director, Governor's Office of Policy
National Governors' Association, Policy Studies Director for Economics, Trade, and Agriculture, 1985-89
Author of two books on economic development; worked with committees of Governors on economic and rural development
Aspen Institute, Director, State Policy Program, 1989-92
Led a program on rural development for the Ford Foundation and the W.K. Kellogg Foundation.
Author of Civic Environmentalism, published by CQ press, 1992
National Academy of Public Administration, Washington D.C. 1992-2000
(NAPA is a non-profit organization chartered by Congress to provide help government agencies and other organizations operate more effectively.)
Directed studies for Congress and for the President's Office of Environmental Quality, the Environmental Protection Agency, the Economic Development Administration, the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration, and other agencies.
Bowdoin College
Director, Environmental Studies Program 2000-2008.
Distinguished Lecturer in Environmental Studies 2000- current
Evaluated programs for the Pew Charitable Trusts, the California Ocean Policy Commission, and other organizations
Fellow, National Academy of Public Administration, 2001- current.
Served on panels advising agencies about the design of a National Climate Service, EPA support for community-level environmental organizations, indicators of environmental quality, and other topics.
US Environmental Protection Agency, National Advisory Council on Environmental Policy and Technology
2010-12: Co-author, Technologies for Environmental Justice Communities and Other Vulnerable Populations,
2012-14 How can EPA make "sustainability" the driving focus sof its work? What can EPA learn from corporation and community efforts to achieve "sustainability"?
2006- Vice-Chair, Maine office of the Conservation Law Foundation
Civic Environmentalism: Alternatives to Regulation in States and Communities, CQ Press, 1994.
A Brighter Future for Rural America? Strategies for Communities and States (with Sandra Batie and Kim Norris), National Governors' Association, 1988.
Shifting Responsibilities: Federalism in Economic Development, National Governors' Association, 1987.
Indian Workers Associations in Britain, Oxford University Press, London, 1969.
"Civic Environmentalism" in Environmental Governance Reconsidered: Challenges, Choices, and Opportunities, ed. Robert Durand, Rosemary O'Leary, and Dan Fiorino, MIT Press, 2004.
National Academy of Public Administration Environment.gov: Transforming Environmental Protection for the 21st Century, 2000.
Building Stronger Communities and Regions: Can the Federal Government Help? 2000.
Protecting a Profitable Paradise: The National Ocean Service Leads Multi-Agency Planning in the Florida Keys, 1996, for the National Academy of Sciences.
A Path to Smarter Economic Development: Reassessing the Federal Role, 1996.
Building Civic Infrastructure for Jobs Creation, 1995.
Indian Child Welfare: A State-of-the-Field Study, Denver Research Institute, 1976.
Have travelled recently in China, Indonesia, Ecuador, India, Central America, and Europe.
Sea kayaking, running, skiing
Son is a chemical oceanographer; daughter is an environmental engineer.


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Hi, hopefully someone has some advice because we need help! We have a 3 year old in our bed and also a 1 year old, and a baby due in 2 months. We attached a crib as a toddler bed (like a giant *********) to our bed and neither child will go in there! The 3 yr old slept there twice and the 1 year old screams, cries and crawls out when we put her in there. I don't know what to do...when the next baby comes it will be impossible...also if you are BFing a little one how do you keep the 1 year old in bed w/o crawling out if she's awake-- I am thinking maybe we should put the mattress on the floor? I feel like we will spend hours every night getting the kids to bed and it's not normal to be doing that. Any advice would be greatly appreciated! Thank you!!!
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I posted your comment on Facebook and here are just a few of the responses:
---We have 3 in our bed ususally, a 5 yr old, 3 year old & 4 month old. We try to start the older 2 out in their beds, so we can get a few hours of comfortable-stretched out sleep, then someone usually joins in the middle of the night. I always "block" the baby, little ones aren't aware of a baby while sleeping. Next month we are going to sidecar a crib to our king size can't wait.
----Lots of good advice so far ! I co-sleep with 3 boys, 2yo, 5yo and a 26yo (my husband lol) We put our 5 yr old down first since he goes to sleep the fastest, then I can rock our 2yo to sleep and put him beside our 5yo (they stay quite well together) me and hubby are last. The way we set ourselves up works well for us, me & hubs at either end of the bed, the kids in the middle backwards (feet to head ) from eachother. We have a full/queen. My only other advice, which isn't possible for us yet, would be get a bigger bed ! Also, my hubs some of the time ends up in our boys beds down the hall, hey it works in everyones interest ; ) Good luck
----Do you have or is it possible to get another queen bed? I have 3 boys, 4,3, and 8 months. In preparation for the baby to arrive, we shifted my husband and our 2 boys to another bed. Safe sleeping for the baby being the issue. I miss sleeping an cuddling with my 2 older boys, but know once the youngest is older, we can be more loose with sleeping arrangements.
----We have a queen mattress/box spring now, on the floor, that fits mama, papa, 3 yr old and 15 lb Pug (1st baby! :-) fairly comfortably...we plan to add a single/twin size mattress/box spring next to it on the floor when our family grows to include child #2...
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David Akers (1975/88): This issue has long been recognized as one of the major rarities of 20th-century United States gold coins and it is even rare in EF or AU condition. The occasional Mint State piece that comes up for sale is usually a low grade one (MS-60 to 62), and above the most basic Mint State grades, the 1920-S eagle is extremely rare. Although I have ranked the 1920-S fourth in terms of rarity at the MS-64 or better level, this is only because there are so few in MS-64. Three superb quality specimens stand out above the rest, the Winner Delp coin now owned by Harry Bass, the Stack's June 1979 Sale coin now owned by Dr. Steven Duckor (both virtually perfect), and the Stack's October 1984 Sale coin now in the collection of a prominent Eastern collector. The Goddard specimen now owned by Dr. Thaine Price and the Eliasberg specimen purchased by Ed Trompeter are also solid gems. The Auction '85 specimen, the Harry Einstein specimen (now in my personal collection), and the Norweb specimen also have legitimate claims to full MS-65 status, and are high end MS-64 coins at the very least.
the typical specimen of the 1920-S is rather weakly struck, especially on the hair around Miss Liberty's ear and on the front curve of the eagle's wing and its trailing leg and claw and the arrows below it. On many specimens, RTY of LIBERTY is weak or even missing. Most specimens have a weak 19 in the date and on some the bottom half of the 2 is weak as well. (Some specimens are very sharply on the obverse, with full bold LIBERTY, but the reverse always has the weakness mentioned.) The surfaces are normally very frosty but in a very few instances they are slightly satiny. The color is generally excellent, usually rich orange or rose and greenish gold. The lustre is also typically very good on this issue.
Purchased by dealer Dennis Forgue for $3,500 from dealer Jerry Cohen of Abner Kreisberg Corporation at the April 1968 Central States convention in Detroit for Dr. William J. Blackwell, invoice included - Stack's 6/1979:571, $85,000 - Dr. & Mrs. Steven Duckor Collection - Heritage 3/2007:21345, $1,725,000 - Simpson Collection
William Thomas Michaels Collection - Stack's 1/2004:3028, $241,500 - Kutasi Collection - Heritage 1/2007:3187, $402,500 - Jim O'Neal Collection - Heritage 1/2009:3527, $431,250 - Bay State Collection - Heritage 7/2009:1311, $345,000 - Heritage 8/2012:5405, $329,000
National Numismatic Collection at the Smithsonian Institution
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By DIANE STEINLE Editor of Editorials
Published May 20, 2007
The political potency of the movement to save Brooker Creek Preserve grew last week when the St. Petersburg-based Council of Neighborhood Associations signed on.
CONA, made up of representatives from dozens of South Pinellas neighborhood associations, has been a powerful force in St. Petersburg for decades. Last Wednesday, CONA got a visit from Jim McDonald of East Lake, who along with several others is creating a CONA-like organization of north county neighborhood associations. They have sought CONA's advice on how to organize and build the kind of political capital that CONA uses so effectively.
But on Wednesday, McDonald had another, more immediate request: Would CONA join the effort to save the 8, 300-acre Brooker Creek Preserve from ballfields, water plants and any other development Pinellas County government might have in mind?
The answer from CONA was an enthusiastic, and unanimous, yes.
That vote expands deep into south county the base of support for the fight against county proposals to use current preserve lands for ballfields and utility projects. It also represents an in-your-face response to county Commissioner Susan Latvala, who recently said that only a "small group" of people wants the preserve left untouched.
This never was just a north county issue.
"We were as concerned as they were about Brooker Creek Preserve and the chipping away of parts of it, " said CONA president Barbara Heck of the request from north county for help. "If we don't draw the line in the sand, our kids are going to suffer the consequences."
Heck thinks there are similarities between the Brooker Creek Preserve issue and what happened to the Florida Everglades.
County officials say there are good reasons to open portions of the 8, 300 acres to much-needed projects such as soccer fields and water treatment facilities. Heck recalls how officials once thought it was okay to drain parts of the Everglades to provide land for homes and roads for new Florida residents.
"What a mistake that was, " Heck said. "How it devastated the only thing we have in the United States that is like the Amazon. We now know how wrong we were to do that. We don't want to say that about Brooker Creek Preserve 10 years from now."
The preserve issues were the final straw that spurred Jim McDonald and a neighbor, John Miolla, to create the Council of North County Neighborhoods. Miolla is president of the Crescent Oaks homeowners association. McDonald is vice president. The Crescent Oaks subdivision backs up to the Brooker Creek Preserve north of Keystone Road.
McDonald said north county has felt ignored by the county government for a long time. But when county officials started talking about allowing ballfields and water storage tanks in the preserve near their homes, McDonald said, "You know what? We need to be a bigger group."
So they formed a small charter committee and put out a news release. Since the St. Petersburg Times wrote about the new group Wednesday, McDonald said they have received "hundreds" of responses from people or groups that want information.
McDonald said Crescent Oaks' activism is driven by two factors: Residents fear their home values could be hurt by development in the preserve, and they also support protecting the preserve from development so that it can continue to be a wildlife refuge.
"There's about 30 wild turkeys that walk through my yard every day, " said McDonald, who moved here five years ago from Cincinnati. He said deer are regularly seen around the edges of the subdivision's golf course.
McDonald said the Council of North County Neighborhoods doesn't plan to attack county officials but wants to behave professionally and lobby effectively.
CONA's Barbara Heck said that's the way to build political muscle. Don't make it personal. Work hard. Think outside the box. Extend a hand, not a fist.
"We just want to try to remind everyone that we want to do what's right for the county in the long term, " she said.
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Want to visit Brooker Creek Preserve?
The main entrance to the Brooker Creek Preserve is on Keystone Road east of East Lake Road near the Hillsborough County line. A large sign directs visitors to the Brooker Creek Preserve Environmental Education Center and several hiking trails. The center is open from 9 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. Wednesdays and 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Thursdays through Sundays. Hiking trails are open daily until 30 minutes before sunset. For more information, call 453-6800.
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You don't see SC00 right away. I mean, you know what you are looking for—a 7,000 foot long grass strip imbedded in the rolling hills of South Carolina just south of Greenville, but truly, you don't know until you come up on it for the first time—and I promise you that you have never seen anything quite like it.
You fly over the runway and remark at how you rarely see a grass strip with runway numbers painted on its ends. Even then you don't really know. You set up on downwind, and note the hump that graces the long runway's middle. It doesn't seem as wide as it is from pattern altitude, but as you get closer to the ground, turning base, then final, it begins to dawn on you. This is one heck of a grass strip.
Only with a truly greaser landing do you appreciate what you've got, though. The grass isn't anything like what you've ever landed on. It's the flat, smooth, springy stuff that golf courses use for their putting greens. Seriously. Seven thousand feet of it. Every good landing on that stuff, is, well, phenomenal. Oh, I forgot to add that, if you've come in your seaplane, well, you are welcome here, too. There's a lake created specifically for you to land on, right beside the runway.
And that's just the beginning of the magic of Triple Tree Aerodrome (and it is an aerodrome, not a plain old airport). The airfield and its surrounding environment is the dream of Pat Hartness, a pilot with a penchant for restoring the old, and encouraging the new. Since he started building out the site in 2000 he's added a hangar (really a museum dedicated to his restorations and R/C models), a workshop, a 1940s control tower, gazebos, shower facilities, campsites, hiking trails, helicopter sites and more. His goal, he says, is to capture and retain the true spirit of aviation through world-class R/C model flying competitions and full-size aircraft fly-ins that draw thousands.
Hartness has deeded the property into a non-profit in the hopes that his legacy of fun, flying and fellowship will continue into perpetuity. But that takes a little help from us all. What, according to Hartness, have we, the pilots, got to do? We've got to fly there, drink the water, hike the trails, enjoy the museum. Use it. Share it. And pass the magic on.
So if you are in the vicinity of Greenville, look just a little south and consider stopping in for an hour, or a day. It's worth it just for the landing.


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Vaughn William's Dona Nobis Pacem is a stirring plea for peace, which is just as relevant today as it was when he composed it in 1936. For this glorious work for soprano and baritone soli, chorus, and orchestra, we are joined by The Brandywine Singers under the direction of Mr. Jonathan Kreamer. Equally as uplifting is Rainbow Body, a new work by Christopher Theofanidis that is based on an ancient medieval chant. The concert opens with the charming Karelia Suite by Jean Sibelius. A truly inspirational concert to conclude another exciting season led by Maestro Joseph Gehring.
Tickets are available at the door of Alumnae Hall and here: http://


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Professor Zhu teaches in both the Department of International Relations and the Department of Political Science.
Educational Background
- Ph.D., University of South Carolina
- M.A., Indiana State University
- B.A., Shanghai International Studies University
Teaching and Research Interests
- Chinese politics and foreign policy
- East Asian international relations
Courses Typically Offered
- POLS 255 Chinese Politics
- POLS 283 East Asian International Relations
- POLS 226 East Asian Politics
- POLS 380 US-China Relations
His research articles have appeared in Asian Perspective, Global Economic Review, Journal of International and Area Studies, Journal of Asia-Pacific Affairs, Journal of Chinese Political Science, and Yale Journal of International Affairs, etc. Dr. Zhu has won several research fellowships including a visiting fellowship to the East Asian Institute at National University of Singapore, a POSCO fellowship at the East-West Center in Hawaii, and a Korea Foundation/Freeman Foundation research fellowship to Korea. Professor Zhu is also a frequent commentator on Chinese and East Asian affairs and has been interviewed by a dozen media outlets including appearance on CNN.
Before coming to Bucknell, he taught at University of Bridgeport, Hamilton College, University of South Carolina, and Shanghai International Studies University. In the early 1990s, he worked as the chief information assistant to the Consul for Press and Cultural Affairs at the American Consulate General in Shanghai.
Selected Publications
Major Reference Series: Globalization, Development, and Security in Asia [editor-in-chief, 4 volumes] (Singapore: World Scientific Publishing, 2014).
New Dynamics in East Asian Politics: Security, Political Economy, and Society [ed.] (New York and London: Bloomsbury Publishing, 2012).
"Chinese Foreign Policy," in Ryan K. Beasley, Juliet Kaarbo, Jeffrey S. Lantis and Michael T. Snarr (eds.) Foreign Policy in Comparative Perspective, 2nd edition (Washington, D.C.: CQ Press, 2012): pp. 118-137.
The People's Republic of China Today: Internal and External Challenges [ed.] (Singapore: World Scientific Publishing, 2010).
China's New Diplomacy: Rationale, Strategies and Significance (Surrey, England: Ashgate, 2010).
Understanding East Asia's Economic "Miracles" (Ann Arbor: the Association for Asian Studies, 2009).
"China's Warming Relations with Australia and South Korea," in Mingjiang Li (ed.) Soft Power: China's Emerging Strategy in International Politics (Lexington-Rowman & Littlefield, 2009): pp. 185-205.
"The PRC's Defense Culture," in Isaiah Wilson III and James J. F. Forest (eds.) Handbook of Defense Politics: International and Comparative Perspectives (Routledge, 2008): pp. 260-268.
"China's Middle East Policy and Its Implications for US-China Relations," in Sujian Guo and Shiping Hua (eds.), New Dimensions of Chinese Foreign Policy (Lexington/Rowman & Littlefield, 2007): pp. 165-178


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The documentary Rites of Passage by Jeff Roy follows a 42-year-old practicing Muslim and Indian transgender to Bangkok for gender reassignment surgery and puts her Islamic faith and ethnic identity at the center of the journey.
by Emily Frost, guest contributor
When Jeff Roy first met Maya Jafer in Los Angeles, he had prepared a long list of questions. But he barely got in one; Jafer had finally found someone with whom she could share her story.
Ms. Jafer, a 42-year-old transgender woman and a practicing Muslim from India, spent the next hours detailing a cultural and religious background that never accepted her and describes a personal journey full of upheaval. Mr. Roy, who had never made a film, decided Jafer's story needed to be told.
Rites of Passage is all about the journey. The metaphor is central to the documentary. Before the film begins, Ms. Jafer has been on an internal voyage during two years of hormonal and psychological therapy. In the opening scene, she is moving again.
Without any explanation, the viewer is thrust into an airport in Thailand, the only place where she can afford gender reassignment surgery. The harsh lighting and close-up shots make it feel as though we, too, have been on the impossibly long flight from Los Angeles. The director favors immediacy and honesty above all else, shooting with a cinéma vérité style.
Ms. Jafer rarely needs prodding to open up. She views the camera as a chance to share wry and self-deprecating commentary. As she and a friend of the director's, whom she just met, taxi to a nighttime shopping area, she discusses a sexual massage. There's lightness in how she addresses this stranger as she tells him "she hasn't had sex in two years," but, after the surgery, men will be all over her. She's basking in the liberation of her decision. There's no turning back.
The film benefits from its tight focus on Ms. Jafer. These opening confessions hook the viewer. And lest the audience think the trip will be all light-hearted quips and high jinx, Mr. Roy cuts to the heart of the matter, inserting a climatic scene early in the film.
Riding in a taxi through congested streets, Ms. Jafer speaks directly to the camera: "I have no one to talk to at all," she cries, "all I have is God." This may be the most intense period of her life, a turbulent mix of dread and anticipation. Though Mr. Roy is filming, he's beyond her reach. Jafer is alone.
Here's where Mr. Roy's film strikes out on an independent path. Other American documentaries have focused on the enormity of transitioning from male to female or vice versa. They delve deep into the physical and social side of the transition. But what about the spiritual side? The tendency is to think of transgender or transsexual people as progressive and, by extension, secular. But Mr. Roy puts religion and ethnic identity at the heart of Ms. Jafer's journey.
In the taxi, she begins to pray. The prayer has a soothing power, but Ms. Jafer's trembling voice bespeaks the fear and anxiety washing over her.
Prayer and her faith are the only connections she still shares with her Indian and ultra-orthodox Muslim family. Her father is devout, and was also abusive. As a child she was awoken early in the morning, beaten, and ordered to pray. "How would you find love for God in that way?" she asks, sweeping tears from her face, trying to preserve her black eyeliner and mascara. It took Ms. Jafer many years to create her own relationship with God, separate from what she knew as a child. Here, again, the director lets the camera roll, and the uninterrupted scenes of Ms. Jafer struggling to regain composure don't seem out of place with the "along for the ride" quality of the film.
Early on, the film establishes the stakes are high. "If it were not for God and spirituality, I would not be alive today," Ms. Jafer says, pressing the palm of her hand to her forehead, her yellow headscarf slipping slightly. There was a time when she realized her choice was transitioning or suicide.
God plays a huge part in her decision to live — and to transition. Ms. Jafer pushes aside the temptation to curse God for giving her the wrong physical body. As the taxi pushes forward, she works through her distress, the camera tight on her face, knotted with tension.
The film is intentionally short. Mr. Roy trimmed the fat so moments like those in the taxi stand out, but it's hard not to wish to see more of Ms. Jafer getting from point A to point B in Bangkok. In a later scene, she sits with a group of Thai men, sipping her first ever glass of wine and eating a bowl of long, steamy noodles. How did she get there and who are these men? They barely seem to know each other.
Back at the hotel, the film shows Ms. Jafer dancing in the dark, losing herself to trance music. She drapes herself across the couch, rises, and spins around her long, black wavy hair. Mr. Roy illustrates her moment of release — a respite from her direct confessional approach to the camera.
After the wine and the dancing, the film moves back to reality. Ms. Jafer, brow furrowed, consults graphic anatomical photos as a Thai doctor describes how the surgery works. The filmmaker's choice not to interview doctors or nurses helps capture Ms. Jafer's disorientation, as does his quick and choppy editing style.
Mr. Roy stays in raw mode in the next montage. Ms. Jafer has her photo taken and is shown nude from the waist up, her new breasts exposed. Her red toenail polish is removed, her genitals are shaved, and her playfulness is gone. She's wearing a blue hospital shower cap and murmuring prayers, prone on a gurney and quietly weeping.
The film closes as it began, with movement — and with the audience thrown into the middle of things. It feels like a suspense movie. Kudos to Jeff Roy for transforming what could have been a very talky documentary into a film full of action. In the final shots, the camera angle is low, the world seen through Ms. Jafer's eyes — the neon lights glaring down, the anonymous Thai nurses moving efficiently — and then the doors of the operating room swing shut.
"Rites of Passage" screens at the Palm Beach International Film Festival on April 15 and at the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Film Festival on April 21 and 26. The full version, "Mohammed to Maya," will connect with Jafer after the operation and will premiere in Mumbai at the Kashish Mumbai International Queer Film Festival from May 23–27. A special preview screening of "Mohammed to Maya" will be held on May 1st at Metropolitan Community Church in Los Angeles, with a question and answer session with Jeff Roy and Maya Jafer.
Emily Frost is a radio reporter and online journalist. She is an Annenberg Fellow at USC's Annenberg Graduate School for Journalism and an executive producer and host at Annenberg Radio News.
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At Nordstrom, our curated inventory of baby shoes in Detroit can be shopped online anytime, anywhere—whether you're getting ready for soccer practice or you have a few moments to yourself between dance lessons. Once you have decided on a few pairs, we'll ship them to you at no added cost. We also provide size and style availability at your local store, which means you have the option to buy available styles online and pick them up at a time that suits you best.
We'll be ready to not only offer style advice but also make sure those shoes are the right fit for your little one's feet.


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32" VIZIO VIA Theater 3D LCD 1080p HDTV
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The Harrisburg High School baseball team cooled off Benton Tuesday afternoon in Benton. The Bulldogs scored 17 runs on 18 hits in a 17-6 six-inning win over the Rangers. The loss snaps a five-game winning streak the Rangers had coming into the game.
Harrisburg roughed up Benton starter Zack Mocaby with seven runs in the first inning.
After Harrisburg stretched its lead to 10-0 in the top of the third, Benton rallied with six runs in the bottom of the third and pulled within 10-6. Harrisburg, however, tacked on two runs in the fourth and added five more in the sixth.
University of Illinois signee Ryne Roper led of the game with a solo home run off Mocaby, who lasted just 2/3 of an inning and allowed seven runs (six earned) on five hits and a walk. Both of the starter's outs came via strikeout.
Gus Gibbs came in in relief and allowed three runs on four hits and four walks in 1 2/3 innings of work.
Reliever Caleb Kearney also pitched 1 2/3 innings in relief. He allowed two runs on three hits. Logan Threlkeld followed and allowed five runs on six hits in 1 1/3 innings. Martin Ward got the game's last two outs.
Despite his rough day on the mound, Mocaby led the Benton offense with two hits and two RBI's. Tyler Owens added a hit and three RBI's, while Gibbs, Ward, Dakota Head and Cameron Rock each added a hit.
Roper finished the day 2-for-3 with two walks and three runs scored. Cooper Thompson went 3-for-5 with two RBI's, while Brady Mayer went 3-for-4 with three RBI's. Chris Wilsey, Matthew Phipps, Syke Thompson and Cody Hall all drove in two runs each for Harrisburg.
Hall picked up the win for Harrisburg despite allowing six runs in just 2 1/3 innings. Blake Buchanan blanked the Rangers in 3 2/3 innings of work to finish the game.
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Drivers returned to work this morning, (Thursday, April 18) at the Republic Waste Services facility at Frank Road on the South Side, ending a sympathy strike by members of Teamsters Local 284 that caused some delays earlier in the week.
"We are thankful that our employees are back on the job and grateful for the patience shown by our customers," said Ray Lewis, general manager of Republic Services in central Ohio.
The work action was in sympathy with a strike begun on March 27 at Republic's Carbon Limestone landfill outside of Youngstown by 23 members of Teamsters Local 377. The Youngstown workers say that Republic has violated federal labor laws that protect workers' rights.
The Columbus facility provides trash pickup for some customers in Franklin, Union, Delaware, Pickaway, Madison, Fairfield and Licking counties.


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Chad Tilbury has been responding to computer intrusions and conducting forensic investigations since 1998. His extensive law enforcement and international experience stems from working with a broad cross-section of Fortune 500 corporations and government agencies around the world. During his service as a Special Agent with the Air Force Office of Special Investigations, he investigated and conducted computer forensics for a variety of crimes, including hacking, abduction, espionage, identity theft, and multi-million dollar fraud cases. He has led international forensic teams and was selected to provide computer forensic support to the United Nations Weapons Inspection Team. Chad has worked as a computer security engineer and forensic lead for a major defense contractor and as the Vice President of Worldwide Internet Enforcement for the Motion Picture Association of America. In that role, he managed Internet anti-piracy operations for the seven major Hollywood studios in over sixty countries. Chad is a graduate of the U.S. Air Force Academy and holds a B.S. and M.S. in Computer Science as well as GCFA, GCIH, GREM, and ENCE certifications. He is currently a Technical Director at CrowdStrike, specializing in incident response, corporate espionage, and computer forensics. Chad is a Senior Instructor at the SANS Institute and co-author of the FOR408 and FOR508 courses.
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It's difficult to believe these days, when so many of us have had some experience of moving toward death with a loved one in hospice, or even a stranger on the CaringBridge website, how "badly" people died in this country until very recently. That's the word Dr. Ira Byock uses. He began his life in emergency and family medicine and recalls that when people were deemed to be dying — when what was wrong with them was beyond "fixing" — they too often died in pain in the hospital or were simply sent home. Doctors practicing now still recall their training, implicit and explicit, that death was a failure of the body, and of medicine. We turned away from it, scientifically and culturally.
The palliative care and hospice movement arose first in England and then took hold in the U.S. in the 1970s and 80s to compassionately treat the pain of chronic illness and all the suffering — physical and otherwise — as the end of life approaches. Its spread has converged with the continued advance of medicine. In our lifetimes, many forms of cancer have transformed from fatal diagnoses to chronic illnesses.
As I was preparing for my interview with Dr. Byock, I re-read a gripping New Yorker article by the surgeon Atul Gawande. It chronicles the increasingly blurring boundaries between treating illness, prolonging life, and staving off death. When one woman asks him if her sister is dying, he realizes, "I wasn't even sure what the word 'dying' meant anymore."
Dr. Byock sees this as a human opportunity and challenge. Medicine is remarkable, he knows from the inside, and will continue to get more remarkable with the passage of time. But we must "grow the rest of the way up" and acknowledge that we have yet to make one person immortal. Even while we fight for life with all the tools at our disposal, we have to reckon with the reality of death. The good news, as he tells it, is that there are riches to be gained in that reckoning. That edge of life — which our miraculous medicine allows some to perch on longer than ever before — can be a time of unparalleled repair and celebration. Like it or not, as Dr. Byock says, death completes us. These days more than ever before, we can shape that moment of completion together with those we love.
With this kind of thinking, Dr. Byock is taking the impulse behind hospice to a new place. He goes so far as to suggest that dying can be a developmental stage of human learning and actualization — like adolescence or mid-life accomplishment. He names "the four things that matter most" — words that can be transformatively spoken and enacted — at the end of life: Please forgive me. I forgive you. Thank you. I love you. These are four sentences, a mere eleven words, with a power to call up a lifetime of struggle in so many of our families.
I think here of that phrase attributed to Oliver Wendell Holmes that has recurred so often in my interviews: the "simplicity that lies on the other side of complexity." For in the time of life we call dying, as Dr. Byock describes, these elemental human capacities like thanks, love, and forgiveness can unfold in their most complex and immediately redemptive power. I love this quote of the theologian Paul Tillich, which he put in the preface of his book The Four Things That Matter Most, and which points at the way being with dying has opened Dr. Byock's imagination about the word "forgiveness":
"Forgiving presupposes remembering. And it creates a forgetting not in the natural way we forget yesterday's weather; but in the way of the great "in spite of" that says: I forget although I remember: Without this kind of forgetting no human relationship can endure healthily."
One difficulty of this conversation is that there are no rules for when, in any life or any course of medical treatment, we can know we have crossed the boundary between fighting death and facing it. Dr. Byock suggests that this is not an either/or but a both/and. Still, there is something fierce and sacred in us that resists the end of our life and the death of those we love. That same impulse resists the kind of contemplation that happens in this conversation as well. One of Dr. Byock's most basic insights may be his most helpful: we must remember that, even in the 21st century, death is never really a medical event but a human and personal event. Dying is a defining feature, strange and mysterious as it remains, of living.


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We bought the Design and Drill Activity Center for our 4 year old grandson's birthday. He was thrilled with it for the first 10 minutes and then the drill died. It was not dropped, it was not abused, he was drilling away and it just stopped. Although it had new batteries we tried new batteries of a different brand to no avail. We were almost as disappointed as our 4 year old grandson. At a price of 39.95 we were hoping for a better quality product with more sustained play value.
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I've attached a pic of my passive M1 output that has a red wire, white wire and sleeve. Can anybody confirm which is the 'hot' wire and which is the ring. I'm guessing red is the hot and white is ring but just wanted to be sure before adding another passive to the ring. My other simple question is what happens to the wire that's already on the ring if I use that same terminal to add a second passive - can it just be disconnected?
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Lisa R. Diller, MD
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Late effects of pediatric cancer, Retinoblastoma, Solid tumors, Wilms tumor, Neuroblastoma, Cancer predisposition, Melanoma, Global health
Area of ResearchNeuroblastoma and Cancer Survivorship
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Dr. Lisa Diller is the Chief Medical Officer, Dana-Farber/Boston Children's Cancer and Blood Disorders Center. As a pediatric oncologist and the Clinical Director of Pediatric Oncology, she leads the joint clinical Pediatric Oncology Program at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Boston Children's Hospital. She is also the Director of the Perini Family Survivors Center and the David B. Perini, Jr. Quality of Life Clinic for Cancer Survivors at Dana-Farber. She is a Professor of Pediatrics at Harvard Medical School. Dr. Diller received a bachelors degree from Harvard University, and earned her medical degree from the University of California at San Diego. She was a resident at Boston Children's Hospital and did her subspecialty training at Boston Children's Hospital/Dana-Farber Institute where she has been on the faculty for more than 20 years. Dr. Diller's research focuses on the late effects of treatment for childhood cancer and genetic cancer predisposition syndromes in childhood. In addition, she investigates novel treatments for pediatric solid tumors, particularly tumors that occur in infants and toddlers.
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- Benacerraf-Frei Investigator, DFCI, 1998
- Dyson Scholar Award, DFCI, 1998
ResearchNeuroblastoma and Cancer Survivorship
The focus of our research is in two major areas: the treatment of patients with solid tumors - notably neuroblastoma and Wilms' tumor - and the study of survivors of childhood cancer.
In treating patients with neuroblastoma, our approach has been to intensify therapy using high-dose therapy in tandem with stem cell rescue. In addition, we are studying new approaches to the treatment of minimal residual neuroblastoma, including antiangiogenic agents, demethylating agents, and immunomodulatory approaches. (We are participants in the New Agents in Neuroblastoma Therapy consortium.) Studies of survivors of neuroblastoma are also under way.
In research on medical late effects, we have been studying young adult patients with a history of cancer treatment, hoping to delineate the morbidity of a variety of therapies and to introduce screening and prevention in this group of patients. We also have completed an early mammography trial after chest irradiation, showing that women who were treated with chest radiation are at significant risk of breast cancer and that mammography detects early tumors in this cohort. A prevention trial using tamoxifen for these women is in analysis.
Moreover, we are active participants in the largest childhood cancer survivor cohort study, the Childhood Cancer Survivor Study, involving 24 centers and over 17,000 survivors. We have completed an analysis of breast cancers in that cohort, and are studying risk factors for secondary sarcomas. Interventional studies using the same cohort are under way, including a web-based smoking cessation intervention, an analysis of breast cancer screening behaviors, and a planned study of renal disease screening.
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- Diller L, Chow EJ, Gurney JG, Hudson MM, Kadin-Lottick NS, Kawashima TI, Leisenring WM, Meacham LR, Mertens AC, Mulrooney DA, Oeffinger KC, Packer RJ, Robison LL, Sklar CA. Chronic disease in the Childhood Cancer Survivor Study cohort: a review of published findings. J Clin Oncol. 2009 May 10;27(14):2339-55.
- Laverdire C, Liu Q, Yasui Y, Nathan PC, Gurney JG, Stovall M, Diller L, Cheung NK, Wolden S, Robison LL, Sklar CA. Long-term outcomes in survivors of neuroblastoma: A Report from the Childhood Cancer Survivor Study. J Natl Cancer Inst. 2009 Aug 19;101(16):1131-40.
- Oeffinger KC, Ford JS, Moskowitz CS, Diller L, Hudson MM, Chou JF, Smith SM, Mertens AC, Henderson TO, Friedman DL, Leisenring WM, Robison LL. Breast cancer surveillance practices among women previously treated with chest radiation for a childhood cancer: A Report from the Childhood Cancer Survivor Study (CCSS). JAMA. 2009 Jan 28; 301(4): 404-14.
- Inskip PD, Robison LL, Stovall M, Smith SA, Hammond S, Mertens AC, Whitton JA, Diller L, Kenney L, Donaldson SS, Meadows AT, Neglia JP. Radiation Dose and Breast Cancer Risk in Childhood Cancer Survivor Study. J Clin Oncol. 2009 Aug 20:27(24):3901-7.
- Kenney LB, Medeiros-Nancarrow C, Najita J, Vrooman L, Rothwell M, Recklitis C, Li F, Diller L. Health Status of the oldest adult survivors of cancer during childhood. Cancer. 2010 Jan 15;116(2): 497-505.
- Henderson TO, Hlubocky FJ, Kasza KK,.Diller L, Daugherty CK. Physician Preferences and Knowledge Gaps Regarding the Care of Childhood Cancer Survivors: A Mailed Survey of Pediatric Oncologists. J Clin Oncol. 2010 Feb 10;28(5);878-83.
- Bober SL, Recklitis CJ, Campbell EG, Park ER, Kutner JS, Najita JS, Diller L, Caring for cancer survivors: a survey of primary care physicians. Cancer. 2009 Sept 15;115(18 Suppl):4409-18.
- DuBois SG, London WB, Zhang Y, Matthay KK, Monclair T, Ambros PF, Cohn SL, Pearson AP, Diller L. Lung Metastases in Neuroblastoma at Initial Diagnosis: A Report from the International Neuroblastoma Risk Group (INRG) Project. Pediatrics Blood and Cancer. 2008 July (51):589-592.
- Henderson T, Whitton J, Stovall M, Mertens AC, Mitby P, Friedman D, Strong L, Hammond S, Neglia JP, Meadows AT, Robison LL, Diller L. Secondary sarcomas in childhood cancer survivors: A report from the Childhood Cancer Survivor Study. Journal of the National Cancer Institute. 2007 Feb 99 (4):300-8.


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A scenario event produced by the Bloodgulch Garrison at Cowtown Paintball
In a World War radically different from the one we know, Axis troops with Mexico in support have invaded the Southwest region of the United States. Large portions of California, Arizona and New M...exico are already under the Axis boot. Outside the devastated city of Phoenix Arizona a German Weapons Lab has been set up, no one knows what the weapon lab could be developing but the Allied High Command wants it taken out, however their efforts have become complicated by the Axis launching Operation Panzerfaust, an all out drive to push the Allies out of the state and take over the vital resoruces and rail lines to further fuel their efforts to knock the US out of the war. Who will win? Join us for Chapter II of The Broken Time Line series :Operation Panzerfaust.
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35 feet Non-ID/DDC VGA male to male plenum video cable, black. Superior for computer, plasma or projection installation. Terminated with metal HD15 connectors, male or female. Thumb screws available with 200 MHz, 26 AWG cable.
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Still using a checkbook? Survey finds 38 percent of consumers have stopped writing checks
The Columbus Dispatch - March 04, 2014 10:42 AM
How many checks have you written lately?
A new GoBankingRates.com survey finds that 38 percent of those surveyed never write a check anymore followed by 26 percent who say they write several checks a month. The rest say they write a check once a month or a few times a year.
That consumers are writing fewer checks is no surprise. More and more consumers are doing their banking and bill paying online. Younger consumers in particular are more likely to use their debit card to pay bills.
The survey found that men are more likely than women not to write checks and that the younger you are the less likely you are to write checks.


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