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Already hearing "high powered semi automatic weapons" on CNN....so instead if praying for those involved and their families they are discussing the tools used
This is a discussion on BREAKING: Shooting Connecticut Elementary School in Newtown within the In the News: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly forums, part of the The Back Porch category; Hearing shooter's mother was a teacher at the school, and is dead, along with some of her students. Shooter has been named. I will not ...
Hearing shooter's mother was a teacher at the school, and is dead, along with some of her students. Shooter has been named. I will not repeat it.
Not clear if the mother was killed at the school in CT or in NJ.
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The number of people killed because they didn't have "enough gun" is dwarfed by those who had none at all.
Already hearing "high powered semi automatic weapons" on CNN....so instead if praying for those involved and their families they are discussing the tools used
Columbine, Virginia Tech, Aurora, I-96 Shooter, Oregon Mall Shooting, and now Sandy Hook Elementary. These shooting are going to be used heavily in national politics two years from now during midterm elections. While I would agree firearms are not the cause, they are a component. Many will jump to defend 2-A, the arguments relied on are going to be as stale as the anti-gun nuts talking head chatter on MSNBC.
While we can bemoan all we want about how these shooting are covered, or how people are blaming firearms but not something else, there is a serious problem in our societal norm. While firearms are not the cause, respectfully it is fringed and skewed to state the solution is more firearms.
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My heart is breaking for these poor people...I can't imagine what the families are going through.
Something bad is happening in this world and I just don't understand why so many people are just going off the deep end these past few years. Unfortunately, I see more and more episodes like this happening in our future, not just in this country but throughout the world. This is a sad and angry world we are living in.
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Repeating my earlier post, my thoughts are with these people. No parent should ever, ever, have to worry about the safety of their child. I know I will go home today soon, and hug my daughter close, and be ever thankful that I still have her in my life.
I know that were I in their shoes, were I to lose my daughter, it would only enforce my belief that good, law abiding people must be armed to help protect each other and our children against the continuing morale decline of our society. I hope at least some of them feel that way.
But I'm not them, and I didn't lose my child, and I can only imagine how they must feel. And even in my imagination, as horrid as it is, it can't be even 1% of how they feel.
I'm not a praying man, but I will for their sake.
As a side note:
[Updated at 1:47 p.m. ET] A few more details from the White House press briefing earlier. White House spokesman Jay Carney said while today is not the day to debate gun policy, an assault weapons ban "does remain a commitment" of President Obama.
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Here's an email I just shot off to my legislators:"NO GUNS" signs and laws are only obeyed by law abiding citizens. What public safety mission are they supposed to accomplish? I propose a change in law that would allow all citizens to carry firearms on all public properties. Such a law, unlike "Gun Free" laws, would actually enhance the safety of citizens across our land. A "Gun Free Zone" is nothing more than a victim disarmanent/criminal empowerment zone. Safety-minded public policy should be implemented in all schools and public buildings. Our children deserve to benefit from such an enhanced public policy. Right now I am at work and worried sick about the safety of my children, who are currently in school. Let me be clear. I want my childrens' teachers to be able to stop an active shooter. I want to be able to protect my children at school just as I am able to do outside of school. To recap, if someone wanted to shoot up a school, the law against bringing that gun to school means NOTHING compared to the murders that would ensue. It is a ridiculous impotent law that puts our children in danger. Virtually every mass shooting in US history has occured in a "Gun Free Zone." Isn't it time we took a logical and fact-based approach to preventing the murder of our children?
"Each worker carried his sword strapped to his side." Nehemiah 4:18
Guns Save Lives. Paramedics Save Lives. But...
Paramedics With Guns Scare People!
I finally have my daughter home from her school. Now I just need to pray for the wisdom needed to explain this in an appropriate way to a five year old.
Take the long way home...
They need to take that shooter's body and hang it from a tree, then burn it, then dump the ashes down the sewer where it belongs.
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Paranoia strikes deep, into your life it will creep. It starts when you're always afraid... Buffalo Springfield - For What It's Worth
Here's another perspective with chart from the beginning of last century. Through 2009, mass shootings were on the decline from each of the previous two decades. Tragically, the 20 teens (2010-2019) are on a crazy pace. Who knows why?
-Blackstones Commentaries 145146, n. 42 (1803) in District of Columbia v. Heller, 554 U.S. 570 (2008)Americans understood the right of self-preservation as permitting a citizen to repel force by force
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Another knockout blow delivered by the faltering economy: Home Depot has announced that it will be closing all of its Expo Design Center stores across the country, with the liquidation sales beginning immediately. The outlet had served as a more upscale version of its larger, self-service relative, functioning as both a retail store and a home design/redecorating consultation service. Unfortunately for the company, the concept never really took off and had struggled almost from the start, with little to no improvement in its seventeen year life span, which led to even greater suffering once people stopped spending and the real estate market crumbled toward the end of last year. With the close comes a loss of around seven thousand people. Here's a bit:
People laid off will be offered a severance package of at least 60 days' pay, said Home Depot spokesman Ron DeFeo. Some may find other jobs within the company, DeFeo said, but it's unknown how many jobs will be available.
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It might be that this game's worst flaw is that some levels are really complicated and thorny, not to say that solutions usually aren't elegant at all but a twined mess of wood and iron. However, when you tap on the button to start the simulation, it's lovely to see how the train tries to make its way. It's even lovely to see it crash (yes, bridge gamers are such macabre)
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- 1 cup sugar
- 1/3 cup quick-cooking tapioca
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 4 cups fresh blackberries, divided
- 2 tablespoons butter
- Pastry for double-crust pie (9 inches)
- In a large saucepan, combine the sugar, tapioca and salt. Add 1 cup blackberries; toss to coat. Let stand for 15 minutes. Cook and stir over medium heat until berries burst and mixture comes to a gentle boil. Remove from the heat; gently stir in remaining berries.
- Line a 9-in. pie plate with bottom pastry; trim pastry even with edge of plate. Add filling; dot with butter. Roll out remaining pastry to fit top of pie; place over filling. Trim, seal and flute edges. Cut slits in top.
- Bake at 400° for 35-40 minutes or until crust is golden brown and filling is bubbly. Cool on a wire rack. Yield: 6-8 servings.
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"I just made 2 pies using this recipe. Haven't tasted yet but the filling I tried out of the pan is yummy! I had to add a T or 2 of water when I started heating the sugar/tapioca/salt berry mixture. Can't wait to try finished pies!"
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He's sensitive and people-focused, one of those hyper-observant sorts who seems to notice the invisible threads that knot people up.
Timid child approaching? He drops to his belly while she hangs back to study him, and there he stays, still as a statue, until some signal undetectable to me passes between them and she's ready to make friends. The lady down the street in a wheelchair? He's as gentle as dew on a petal in his greeting.
Lovely qualities all.
But there's more, of course. Jasper, 4 ½, is an Australian shepherd/border collie mix (more or less; the genetics thing is cloudy) with the predictably imprinted energy, athleticism, stimulation-need and yen to round things up and press them into manageable clusters.
Also fine qualities. Though not necessarily ideal for all settings.
Soon after I adopted him from a rescue group (when he was 1 1/2 years old), for example, I returned home to find him atop the refrigerator. There being nothing to herd or eat up there, I can only assume he plotted the trek to the top (chair to sideboard to fridge) for his own amusement. He possesses admirable focus, but, truth be known, only when it's leveled at a chattering squirrel or squawking crow. And then there's that matter of the joyful mid-stride body-reversing flips he performs at the end of the leash when he sniffs something exciting in the wind that may require his attention.
Jasper is nothing if not multi-dimensional.
Given this stew of characteristics and idiosyncracies, would he be able to cut the mustard as a therapy dog, a job that draws on his over-arching characteristic — a loving nature — but also demands he remain highly obedient, calm and unfailingly predictable in situations that can get chaotic in seconds?
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I'd wondered for some time. Finally, when I began to research the pet therapy story, I decided it was time for answers.
Denver Pet Partners, which conducts four sessions a year to prepare would-be pet—therapy teams, offers pre-screenings to establish up front whether the people and pets appear to be viable candidates for this kind of volunteer work. Jasper — who's been through obedience training with me and lives to please — sailed through with reasonable ease (notwithstanding a few suggestions about matters requiring additional dog-training attention). So I plopped down my $150, which covers two days of classroom instruction for the handlers (dogs stay home) and an evaluation two weeks later of the person/dog team, and we forged ahead.
Two-day mid-March class: 24 dog owners embark on 16 hours of discussions and demonstrations relating to the thousands of details one must know before engaging in what are called "visits" with ailing, recovering, troubled, needy or in-need-of-comfort clients: how to keep them and our own dogs safe in hospitals, hospices, classrooms and rehab centers; how to read early signals that the dog is stressed and what to do; preparation for the scores of unexpected circumstances that require proactive handling; details of client confidentiality law; rules about grooming (for pet and person) and behavior (same thing).
The participants include people in their 20s up to recent retirees, and folks from all walks of life — therapists, a retired firefighter, an ex-teacher, an advertising copy writer — who own all manner of dogs, from the expected assortment of labs and golden retrievers to a Westminster Dog Show-like constellation of purebreds (an Airedale, greater Swiss mountain dog, Portugese water dog, great Pyrenees, pomeranian and German shepherds) to a handful mixed-breed and mystery-breed mutts. A prevailing similarity among the humans: They're all besotted with their dogs; most carry photos of them and one brings an 8-by-10 portrait of hers.
The weekend's tone is serious. Done properly, such visits can bring incalculable benefit to clients; done imperfectly, things can go amok.
Since so much hinges on the dog's behavior, there's extended discussion about the upcoming evaluation that will judge the dogs (and their owners) either ready for visits, not ready (and they can go through another eval after more practice) or unacceptable (because the dog clearly isn't enjoying it or the dog or owner does something awful, and then there's no second chance). We all leave determined to smooth our dogs' rough edges in the next 13 days.
For Jasper, that mostly means getting him to unfailingly pass by captivating items on the ground without feeling the need to examine them, and growing accustomed to walking placidly through unfamiliar buildings. On this latter, I realize that like most high-energy Colorado dogs, he is able to keep his composure in any outdoors situation or encounter — boulder fields, creek crossings over logs, pack llamas on the trails, coyotes, racing rapids and crowds of tourists in hideous shorts. But he's never strolled through any building that doesn't belong to me or a buddy, so he tends to be excessively curious, wanting to explore everything. We practice. Endlessly.
April Evaluation Day: We all arrive for our individual 30 minutes in the spotlight with the sort of edginess a parent feels at a kid's first ballet recital. Each dog must respond to basic commands — sit, down, stay (for quite a long time) — and walk unerringly on a loose-leash around a cone course. Each must submit cheerfully to foot and teeth exams and brushing, and accept an awkward hug and an accidental bump from a stranger. And each must wait patiently on the leash while the owner greets one stranger, and then another who's walking a dog. The owner and dog must thread their way through a crowd of chattering people with canes and walkers and not come unglued when there's a loud, unexpected noise. And they must pass by, on command, a very appealing item on the floor.
That latter was a big, fuzzy stuffed bird of excrutiating attractiveness. And it almost proved Jasper's undoing. But he recovered just in time and walked on.
There were a couple of things in our performance that were less than perfect, but when the scoring was complete, we passed! As did 13 others of the 21 from my class who opted to evaluate this month. That, by the way, was an unusually low acceptance rate. Most will try again later.
Soon Jasper can don the forest green therapy-dog vest and apply his empathy to a larger audience.
Not bad for a probable puppy-mill dog, an impulse buy at a Denver pet store by the wife in a floundering marriage who took him home to a houseful of dogs and puppies and soon departed forever. Jasper got no training and little attention, and he burned off his inherent need for high-energy activity by systematically dismembering sofas. Little else is known about his life back then, though he was likely treated very roughly, given his tendency for months after I got him to drop to a submissive posture when anyone spoke above a whisper, and his habit of urinating all over the feet and ankles of the people he'd approach hopefully but apprehensively, fearful of how they'd respond.
I'm going to try to get us hooked up to do our visits at a domestic abuse shelter. I figure he — and they, in time — will understand that with time and love, almost anything is possible.
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any local guys (philly area)...i need some help. i am looking to tint my wagon, but want a decent place to take it too. any help would be greatly appreciated
This is a discussion on tint in PA within the Tri-State forums, part of the Regional Discussion category; any local guys (philly area)...i need some help. i am looking to tint my wagon, but want a decent place ...
any local guys (philly area)...i need some help. i am looking to tint my wagon, but want a decent place to take it too. any help would be greatly appreciated
Keep in mind the legal tint is really 70%.
50%, cops don't care
35%, cops don't care
20%, now you're pushing it
thanks for the info. the links were a big help too
first of all, the nothing below 70% in PA isnt true...go to this website to read the actual PA law http://www.berksweb.com/users/dmv/tint/
It actually states that as long as a person is able to see into the car through at least ONE window, it is still legal, and such an argument will hold up in court if you get a ticket. Basically this means that legally..you can tint every window on your car as much as you want as long as you have ONE window with no tint, usually the windshield. I have 35% on my driver and passenger windows, and 4% (limo tint) on my rear side windows and rear window. My windshield remains completely untinted. I have never even been looked at twice by a cop and ive had em on for over a year and a half. I like the way they look, but if I could do it again i would get the driver and passenger windows 15% or lower, I think 35% is too light. Believe me, im paranoid and I made sure mine was totally legal by the PA statute before getting anything done. A lot of detail shops will tell you that they wont do anything more than 35%...if they say that, keep movin. Also try to find one that has a lifetime warranty. Good Luck
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FYI... the laws for car modications and customization are going to be getting a HECK of a lot stricker. Also, what you can get away with in ONE area (say Phily) you can't get away with in another area (say out here in Pitt).
CASE IN POINT: A friend of mine had heavy tint on here car and NEVER got pulled over in Philly where she's from.... but two days after she came out here to school she got pulled over.
CASE IN POINT #2: I Never get pulled over for my system out here in PItt... but if i have it cranked (and my system isn't all that loud) in my home town in PA i'll have two cars at least pulling me over.
Reasoning?... well... there are a lot. One, just cause the state law says something, doesn't mean there might be a local ordinance that states something strickers (there is a town in PA where ANY tint is illegal). Same way with Exhuast... what passes by my 'rents place, won't pass out here in PItt.
Short of the Long... my .02 would be to keep it within the limits of the law... 'cause you may not get pulled over today, tomorrow or next week... but some day, somewhere you may get pulled over. And if the NEW state law passes, your car will not be able to pass inspection with illegal tint... and some higher ups are pushing for anything that isn't "from the factory" meaning any aftermarket perfromance parts, suspsensions kits (higher, or lower), exhuast, etc. And the fines are going up too... some are doubling.
Just an FYI. My father's was a Police Commisioner and since i am into cars, I get the 'fatherly' talk all the time and what the letter of the law is. Also, everyone i know with custom cars (including myself) has been pulled over at one point in time for various violations... and that is under the current laws... who knows what it will be like when things get stricker. Basically, it boils down to money making for the state at our expense.. Oh well...


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The BMW i8 gets its laser high-beam headlights from lighting company Osram. The laser lights use half the energy of their LED counterparts, according to BMW, which is important when one is trying to get every last bit of range out of the car's battery. The laser high beams can also reach about twice as far as LED lighting. Because of their brightness, they won't be available on cars sold in the US. In laser-equipped i8s, the laser high beams will not work below 60 kilometers per hour, nor when other lights are detected in front of the vehicle. Head to Automotive News Europe to read more.
Renault has delivered a fleet of 30 Kangoo ZEs to Uruguay's government-owned power company, UTE. The electric fleet will allow the company to reduce its CO2 emissions by 36 metric tons, says Renault. 84 percent of Uruguay's electricity comes from renewable sources, with a goal of 90 percent on the horizon. Uruguay aims to get a third of its electricity from wind farms by 2016, meaning these Kangoo ZEs will be powered in no small part by renewable energy. For Renault, "This order is a further sign of the interest in the region for electric vehicles," according to Denis Barbier, Renault's senior vice president, citing previous deliveries in Brazil, Mexico, Argentina and Colombia. Read more in the press release at Renault's website.
Washington DC's "Circulator" bus routes may go electric. Some of the diesel buses, which were first put to work in 2003, are nearing the end of their life cycle, and DC sees an opportunity to make the switch to something a little greener. "Electric has not been a viable option in previous procurements, but now it is," says Will Handsfield, Georgetown Business Improvement District's transportation director. Handsfield is concerned about air quality, and says he also appreciates the long-term stability of electric rates compared to diesel. Stakeholders have already invited Proterra to come to DC to showcase its 77-passenger electric bus. Learn more in an article from Think Progress.
The EV Roadmap conference is happening in Portland, Oregon from July 23 to July 25. In addition to the various speakers discussing electric vehicles and their future, Portland State University's Electric Avenue will get a new SAE Combo DC Fast Charger, the first of its kind in the state. There is also an available Urban Mobility Electric Bike Tour and a Columbia Gorge Electric Vehicle Tour. Go to the event website to learn more, or to register for events.
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All-New Golf TDI recognized by top automotive journalists in the Pacific Northwest
- 2015 Golf TDI tops Alternative Fuel category and receives Northwest Green Car of the Year honors
- New more powerful EA288 TDI Clean Diesel Engine combines performance, fuel efficiency and value
- New TDI® S model reduces Clean Diesel entry pricing by more than $3,000
Herndon, VA, July 21, 2014 - The all-new 2015 Volkswagen Golf TDI was named Northwest Green Vehicle of the Year for 2014 and winner of the Alternative Fuel category by the Northwest Automotive Press Association (NWAPA) during the second annual Drive Revolution event in Portland, Oregon. Top automotive journalists from throughout the Pacific Northwest evaluated the market's most technologically advanced and fuel-efficient vehicles and selected winners in four categories.
"The all-new 2015 Golf TDI combines class-leading fuel economy, more power, advanced technology, reduced emissions, all while offering a tremendous value starting $3,000 less than the outgoing model," said Mark McNabb, Chief Operations Officer, Volkswagen of America. "This Northwest Green Car of the Year honor validates the benefits of the Golf TDI and highlights the leadership position the Pacific Northwest has taken in embracing alternative fuel technologies like TDI® Clean Diesel."
"Volkswagen has led the diesel passenger car market for years, and the Golf TDI proves that they're likely to stay on top for a while," said Jeff Zurschmeide, NWAPA Drive Revolution Event Co-Chairman.
About the 2015 Golf TDI
The seventh-generation Golf goes on sale in dealerships this August, celebrating 40 years since Volkswagen's iconic hatchback debuted in the United States. The 2015 Golf TDI will be available with four doors and feature a new EA288 2.0-liter turbocharged and direct-injection four-cylinder TDI® Clean Diesel, fitted with a six-speed manual or a six-speed DSG® dual-clutch automatic transmission. Fans of Volkswagen's TDI Clean Diesel engines will be thrilled that the price of the base TDI model has been reduced by more than the $3,000 compared with the previous-generation Golf TDI model.
The EA288 in the Golf is a 2.0-liter, four-cylinder turbocharged and direct-injection diesel engine, a thorough update from the powerplant in the previous Golf. Despite the similarity in basic specifications, the only aspect that carries over from the previous EA189 unit is the cylinder bore spacing. The new engine produces 150 horsepower-10 more than before-at 3,500 rpm, as well as 236 lb-ft of torque at 1,750 rpm. This high torque output is another compelling argument for diesel engines, along with their fuel efficiency. The new engine now gets a manufacturer estimated rating of 31 mpg in the city and 35 mpg combined, an improvement of 1 mpg in both areas over the previous EPA numbers.
This new-generation Golf has grown in size yet dropped in weight by up to 79 pounds (depending on model), despite a plethora of new and upscale features. The new generation introduces Volkswagen's versatile modular transverse matrix (MQB) vehicle platform to the U.S. market-a significant step in standardizing, simplifying, and improving the design and creation of products across the entire Volkswagen Group portfolio. The MQB architecture allows for a more cab-backward design, which gives the new Golf a more upscale appearance while retaining classic design cues from the Mk 1 and Mk 4 Golf models.
Dimensionally, the Golf has grown in all directions but up. Overall length has increased by 2.1 inches, while width has gained 0.5 inches. Overall height has decreased, however, by 1.1 inches. Thanks to the MQB architecture, which dictates a fixed relationship between the front-wheel centerline and the pedalbox, the front wheels now sit 1.7 inches further forward, giving a premium "cab backward" aesthetic. Along with the new design graphics and shape, these updated proportions help the Golf achieve a lower visual center of gravity and a more dynamic stance.
Inside, the new Golf features a larger, more refined and mature cabin with an emphasis on comfort and a substantial list of features. Despite the Golf's lower overall height, interior space has been increased all around, with 93.5 cubic feet of interior room compared with 92.9 for the previous Golf. The Golf's hatchback design and MQB architecture allow for maximum comfort for the driver and passengers, while providing more trunk space than any midsize sedan available in the U.S.
About NWAPA
The Northwest Automotive Press Association is a non-profit professional group with membership spanning print, broadcast and electronic media, plus representatives of automotive manufacturers, and related industry professionals. The group presents annual scholarships supporting journalism students at the University of Washington, Washington State University, the University of Oregon, and Portland State University. More information about NWAPA can be found at www.nwapa.org.
About Volkswagen of America, Inc.
Founded in 1955, Volkswagen of America, Inc., an operating unit of Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. (VWoA) is headquartered in Herndon, Virginia. It is a subsidiary of Volkswagen AG, headquartered in Wolfsburg, Germany. VWoA's operations in the United States include research and development, parts and vehicle processing, parts distribution centers, sales, marketing and service offices, financial service centers, and its state-of-the-art manufacturing facility in Chattanooga, Tennessee. The Volkswagen Group is one of the world's largest producers of passenger cars and Europe's largest automaker. VWoA sells the Beetle, Beetle Convertible, CC, Eos, Golf, Golf GTI, Jetta, Jetta SportWagen, Passat, Tiguan, and Touareg vehicles through approximately 644 independent U.S. dealers.


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The earth abounds with a fantastic variety of living things. But what is life? Why are living things so similar? Explore amazing answers from the Bible! Contains 9 programs plus bonus content.
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English Language
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The module is concerned with the lived experience of disability and/or deafness. Consideration is given to the broad spectrum of disability and deafness across the life course. Reference is made to the human ecology of development and participation at the level of the individual, community and society.
As students from speech and language therapy, education and other relevant educational backgrounds, you are encouraged to critically review your own professional work and to generate new ways of promoting inclusive practice and research.Course Information Start Date Cost Course Code Apply Monday 23 January 2017 Home / EU - £1,000 HCM010 Apply Now For additional dates please register your interest Home / EU - £1,000 HCM010 Register Interest Eligibility
Non EEA students can only apply as part of a programme, not as a stand-alone module.
- A first or upper second class honours degree (or equivalent) in an appropriate subject, or the Licentiate Diploma of the Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists
- A current professional registration with a relevant professional/statutory body or equivalent
- At least two years' relevant clinical experience working as a Speech and Language Therapist or a teacher of people with speech, language and communication needs and/or learning disabilities (where relevant)
- A satisfactory academic reference and/or a satisfactory clinical reference.
For those students whose first language is not English, the following qualification is also required:
Please note that due to changes in the UKVI's list of SELTs we are no longer able to accept TOEFL as evidence of English language for students who require a CAS as of April 2014.Application Deadline:
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Dom was great and easy to work with. He was very responsive to my phone calls before the wedding and helped me keep things organized. We were pleased to have our wedding pictures available to view online the next week. Also, we ordered some prints on a Thursday night and received them in the mail by Monday. It was nice that Dom's wife worked with him on our wedding day. She helped to keep things moving. I strongly recommend.
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Dom & his wife did a fantastic job! Our wedding pictures look amazing and we couldn't be any happier. Our pictures look like they belong in a wedding bridal book -- they are perfect! Thanks to them I will have gorgeous pictures to cherish forever. I highly recommend his services to everyone. The price & quality are awesome. I guarantee you will love your pictures as much as we do. Thanks so much Dom & Marge!
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Middlesex is fortunate to be surrounded by a network of wonderfully supportive and fascinating communities, and this past Monday our annual Community Service Day allowed both students and faculty to show their gratitude.
While Class III traveled to Westwood, MA for their sophomore class retreat, the rest of the school spread across the state in small teams comprised of students and faculty. Several groups enjoyed the beautiful fall weather as they planted, harvested, and weeded the land of local farms in Lincoln, Beverley, and Lynn. While these groups helped farmers cultivate food, other teams volunteered at food distribution centers, assisting with meal preparation, allocation, and clean up at homeless shelters and food banks.
Other teams visited retirement communities to meet, share stories, and perform music for the elderly residents. Buses of Middlesex students also traveled to Dorchester and Lawrence to help with the landscaping of economically disadvantaged schools. Closer to home, a team took a short walk across Lowell Road to The Children's Meeting House, where they helped the preschool with outdoor and indoor cleanup. Even our own backyard benefitted from the spirit of Community Service Day, as an enthusiastic crew of students and faculty removed some pesky rocks from the new Middlesex School Garden, which is an exciting part of the school's sustainability initiative.
A total of 346 students and faculty participated in a rewarding day that was diligently organized by Amy Gleason, Paul Torres, and the senior Community Service Officers. The school provided over 1,000 hours of volunteer work to the community, the equivalent of six months of 40-hour workweeks. When the day drew to a close and service groups shared their stories, one notion became clear: as we spread across the state to show our gratitude for the good work of each venue, our respect and appreciation for these communities only grew. The supportive and friendly environments provided by the on-site leaders of each project, coupled with the enthusiastic efforts of Middlesex volunteers, led to another successful Community Service Day.


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As a homeschooling online parent, you know how to educate your children best. You use what you know about your students and their learning styles, and make sure to cover a wide range of academic areas
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So after weeks and weeks of waiting (9 to be exact!) my DNA results arrived! There are three categories, primary, secondary, and other. To have anything listed in the primary category, one of my parents would have had to be purebred...they were not. To have anything listed in the second category, secondary it would have meant that I was made up of at least 50% of one breed...i got nothing in this category either! Finally..the other category, which means a very small percentage showed up..something my ancestors would have been... showed two breeds...are you ready for this....
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Carrie Elspeth has been creating handmade jewellery for 14 years. Her family-run business based in Wales and her highly-prized jewellery is available from selected independent retailers. Her characteristic handmade glass beads, which are internationally sourced, have become a fixture in Dulwich Picture Gallery's Shop. Come and meet Carrie in person on 15 May from 1pm for an afternoon of jewellery-making and conversation in the Gallery Shop. Dulwich OnView asked Carrie to tell more about this exciting event.
I can distinctly remember having family holidays in London as a child, when I would be given a special treat of visiting my favourite bead shop. This would always be the most treasured part of the holiday for me and I would spend hours looking at all the beads and admiring the colours, the sparkle and shine. I particularly loved being able to put my hands in the piles of beads and the feeling of all the tiny glass spheres between my fingers… I've never forgotten it! I used to take little bags of beads home and would spend days making up designs in my bedroom, so I suppose it wasn't much of a surprise to anyone that this childhood passion followed me into adulthood. My Father was an inspiration too: he was the Head of Art at a Comprehensive School, but also a renowned artist in his own right. Seeing this career combination made me determined to carve a path for myself which utilised both my creative talents and my love of art.
After completing a BA(Hons) in Art History I was unsure of the direction I wanted to go in. I'd always wanted to run my own business, ever since I was really young, but didn't know what kind of business to establish so I set off on an adventure and travelled the world! I was invigorated and inspired by the entrepreneurial spirit I encountered overseas, which made me even more determined to make my creative dreams come true. I suppose I'm excited by a challenge and my goal became very clear to me: to develop a high-quality, accessible product entirely made in the UK.
While I was away overseas I would send handmade cards back to my friends and family and got such positive feedback. When I returned to Wales my parents said "why don't you try to sell the lovely things you make?" This is where my love of beads rose up again and it just seemed a natural progression to combine my design skills and passion for making jewellery into a more structured and commercial business plan.
And you know what? Fourteen years later I still adore what I do! It's been a crazy and exciting time, with many challenges faced and overcome, and I've worked incredibly long hours for most of those years but I wouldn't change it for anything!
What makes CE different to other jewellery designers and manufacturers?
I think what separates us most is the fact that I have stuck to my original principles of making our product entirely in the UK. This is very unusual as many companies disregard ethics or personal morals in favour of "the bottom line" and this has given us a definite advantage. As all of our jewellery is made locally we have complete control of its manufacture and we are able to offer excellent quality with exceptional lead times. We are also able to adapt quickly to suit our customer's needs by producing specific quantities in a very short time.
I think more and more buyers are becoming aware of global, environmental and ethical concerns and this is certainly having an impact on where people choose to buy their goods. It is also seen imperative to support UK economy these days and I think buyers are starting to favour home-grown quality products.
The focus on customer service also remains one of the most important aspects of my business development plan, as I always wanted to retain the friendly personal service that I could offer at the outset -to my very first customers- no matter how large the company grew. I think people really appreciate this and they feel like they are getting the treatment and service they deserve when they deal with us.
Another strong point in our favour is that we bring out new collections far more often than any of our competitors, so there are always fresh, new designs for our customers to choose from. I've also noticed that some companies stick rigidly to High Street fashion trends, which gives their designs a shelf-life because fashion is so fickle! I've always enjoyed watching catwalk trends and picking out certain themes to follow through in my collections, but essentially I design and make jewellery styles that I would want to wear and give to friends and family as presents! I understand that most of my customers are looking for classic designs that will last and last: this is what I love to design and these are the ranges that we have been selling for years. I suppose it's really about being able to listen to the customer.
Ever since I set up my business in 1999, my jewellery has always been easy to wear and affordable, and we find many customers feel able to treat themselves as well as buy our jewellery as gifts.
You have been involved with the local community and this is an important part of your philosophy. Where is the business now?
Yes, I have always been really passionate about working with the local community and have worked incredibly hard to maintain this principle. All of my designs are still beautifully handmade by a team of local, self-employed home-workers, who undergo extensive training at the outset to ensure that they meet the high standards of quality that I expect and our customers deserve. Once they have completed their training then I know I can rely on an incredibly fast turnaround of exceptionally well-made jewellery. I am particularly proud of this aspect of my business and that we continue to provide training and steady work for 20 local people. It's also really encouraging to see other companies finally catching on to the importance of using our local resources in the UK!
Today, my role as Creative Director allows me to remain involved in the day-to-day running of the business while still being able to fulfil my artistic dreams. I create all of my new designs in an open-plan studio in South Wales, which is part of the 9000 sq ft office-warehouse complex that our team of 12 staff now occupies. My husband Steve is the Managing Director of the company and our three young children are regular fixtures at the studio premises, so it is truly a family affair!
I also feel it is important to be involved with the local schools: I provide beads for craft projects the students do in their art class and I happily donate pieces of jewellery for raffle prizes to help with school fundraising. In addition this we have pupils with us for work experience, which is a rewarding exercise for us as well as the students. In the past we have also had graduates doing work placements, and I know how much I would have valued that kind of hands-on business experience during my university years!
I did receive a great deal of excellent assistance from my business mentor when I started the company, and as a result of this I have mentored a few local businesses myself over the years. I feel it is essential to be able to "give something back" and it provides an excellent opportunity for me to assess the challenges I've faced and review the development of the business.
There is also a local charity we support called Ty Hafan, which is an amazing Children's Hospice in the Vale of Glamorgan. I feel it is a very special place so am delighted to be able to do a lot of work for them.
How and when did you first get involved with DPG?
I first got involved with DPG over 5 years ago, and the relationship between our two companies has blossomed ever since! DPG approached my stand at the NEC Spring Fair back in 2008 and we have been supplying them with our jewellery from that point on.
We are very much looking forward to your event at the Gallery on the 15th of May. What can people attending the event expect?
I am looking forward to it as well! I really enjoy being able to meet my customers personally, that's one reason why I continue to do all the trade shows myself: it makes a huge difference to me being able to have direct contact with the people who will be buying and wearing my designs. Of course it also encapsulates my philosophy of maintaining excellent personal service and my determination never to forget that wonderful feeling of selling my very first piece all those years ago! During my visit to your Gallery I will be talking about my extensive collection of designs and I'll be showing you all how I hand-make the jewellery with an exclusive demonstration.
Carrie Elspeth and Dulwich Picture Gallery have worked together for a number of years. Are there any future collaborative projects on the go?
Yes! I've got a great idea for a project that I've wanted to develop with Dulwich Picture Gallery for a while and this will be the perfect opportunity to set things in motion. I will look at the artworks in the permanent collection and then I plan to create a jewellery range which is inspired by what I've seen. The range will complement the artworks and will be a really nice "full circle" project for me -both professionally and personally- as it will draw together many threads of my creative life.


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Arabic Lettering: the meeting point of graphic and typographic design
Interview with Tarek Atrissi, Tarek Atrissi Design. Part of the Multiple Baselines series.
Tarek Atrissi is a Beirut born designer. He is founder and principal of Tarek Atrissi Design in the Netherlands. His studio specializes in cross-cultural design and Arabic typography. His awards include the Adobe Design Achievement Awards and the Type Directors Club. He lectures internationally and teaches in the department of Art, Media and Technology at the Utrecht School of the Arts.
Huda Smitshuijzen AbiFares: Your educational background is quite varied, from an undergraduate degree in graphic design (AUB, Beirut) to two postgraduate degrees in new media and typography (HKU, Utrecht, and SVA, New York, respectively). When did you start getting interested in Arabic typography and lettering in particular?
Tarek Atrissi: My education has been quite rounded and has set the course for my design practice. At the American University of Beirut, the focus was on print and graphic design, at the Utrecht School of the Arts the focus was on interactive new media, and at the School of Visual Arts the focus was on design entrepreneurship. I think the program at the American university of Beirut was the basis of my interest in Arabic typography and type design. The typographic focus of the design courses pushed me to understand the unique value of my surrounding visual culture and to incorporate that in my graphic work. The streets of Beirut became my main source of inspiration, particularly from a typographic point of view. The signs, lettering, calligraphy and hand painted messages combined to create a unique mix of environmental graphics. This has remained a source of inspiration for me up to this day, and I am constantly documenting the fascinating typographic street culture of different Arab cities.
HSA: When we met a long way back you showed me your rich collection of old (hand-lettered and drawn) Egyptian advertisements. You said these were from your grandfather's collection. They had some fascinating lettering and I remember you had used one such illustration for a poster exhibition at the Affiches Museum in the Netherlands. Can you tell me more about when exactly was the moment when you came upon this collection and what kind of change has it had on your graphic design language?
TA: My graduates studies in New York had an important focus on the study of the history of graphic design and on its influence on our practice today. This is when I realized that we have so little documentation in the Arab world about the history of our field and I started looking and collecting old graphic material in the form of advertising or visual communication (magazines, logos, posters…etc). My late grandfather Chafiq Nehme, who had a long career in journalism shared with me his amazing collection of old Arab magazines, some of which he was involved in designing himself. This rich material often contained casual Arabic lettering and creative calligraphic styles- and they remain a personal inspiration for me in my own graphic work until today. Even in type design, I sometime find ideas in this material that leads to typeface designs, In the absence of extensive use of photography, the quality of the hand drawn illustrations had a wonderful graphic style, and I find myself today borrowing some of these in my day to day design practice to interpret them in new contexts. The charm such vernacular material had challenges me to create graphic and typographic design work that is both visually engaging and truly rooted in our Arabic culture and recent visual heritage.
Studying such graphic material has been a main focus of my ongoing research and brought me to closely examine and analyze the work of some of the greatest Arab designers: such as the work of Mohieddin El Labbad (1940, 2010)- the Egyptian celebrated graphic artist- who I call the father of Arabic graphic design. I have collected a big part of his design work and his critical writing on our surrounding Arab visual culture. Funnily enough his design criticism remains relevant today, decades after it was written and despite the many changes that shaped our world since.
HSA: Your final year project at AUB focused on the Beirut street art and lettering. We later worked together on a book published by UNESCO in 2007, "Visual Narrative from Arabia". In recent years the 'visual street narratives' in the Arab World have developed a more political agenda and have portrayed the current political uprisings. What is your personal fascination with 'public' lettering and why do you think it is important that we take notice of it? How does it reflect the rich Arabian text-based heritage?
TA: Public lettering reflects the visual reality of the Arab street today and the social, cultural, and political landscape of the Arab World. Arab visual culture, particularly the text-based one, is often connected to old religious calligraphic manuscripts. I think the contemporary street manifestation of the written word is equally important and is as rich as our older heritage. There are a lot of stereotypical visual representations of the Arab world around that are often wrongly associated with the culture. The street is probably the best source to collect visual elements that truly reflect the reality on the Middle Eastern environment.
HSA: Your practice as a designer is mainly focused on branding and new media, how does your lettering interest and practice fit into this mix? How does it inform your typeface designs?
TA: My lettering/type design practice fits within my focus on branding. Despite the major developments in the field of type design in the past 10 years, there are still relatively very few fonts available to give any designer developing a visual identity the opportunity to make unpredictable type choices. This is why new brands in the Arab world are often searching for their very own "typographic voice". Designing a new Arabic font with a unique character and an appropriate personality has become a common practice in branding design in the region. Often a branding project starts with lettering for logos and some other graphic communication, and later lead to the development of non-custom typefaces.
By contrast, in the context of new media, Arabic fonts are needed that meet specific on-screen requirements, namely legibility. We develop in the studio a lot of websites and interactive applications for mobile devices, and in the process we learned about the challenges of designing Arabic screen interfaces. One of the fonts we designed for the BBC Persian service was a Farsi font that successfully embodied what we learned from working with Arabic typography for TV stations: a low contrast font with open counters and short ascenders and descenders. A common knowledge for online legibility. Most important, the typeface had to be "subtle" and not visually imposing: a different approach from the 'unique signature' of lettering for branding projects.
HSA: You have conducted several workshop across the Arab World. Can you tell us about your workshops in Arabic lettering and word-image experiments, how has that influenced some of your real-life projects? Maybe you can discuss a particular project that you are really proud of.
TA: Arabic lettering is a key focus in my work. I believe that Arabic lettering is a discipline that lies exactly between the discipline of classic Arabic calligraphy and the discipline of digital Arabic type design. It involves design tasks often in the hand of graphic designers in the context of branding, logo design, masthead design and other typographically driven design work. Lettering doesn't necessary require the traditional calligraphic skills that come with long practice, and at the same time it is freer than type design where typographic letters are engineered for systematic composition and reproduction. In the workshops I give across different universities in the Arab world I try to focus with the students on the "Arabic word" and explore in theory and in practice the creative possibilities of Arabic lettering. Each word at the end of the day is an "image" that can take many different visual forms, a word could be turned into a powerful graphic image. The results that students come up with in these workshops are often unpredictable and pleasantly surprising. I personally also learn a lot from these workshops; I see many new treatments of Arabic letterforms that inspires me when working on my own projects. I recently took the "lettering" theme as a main graphic component for a series of posters I developed for the DAH Design Conference 2013, in Jeddah. The theme of the conference was 'identity', and so the word Huwiyya (identity in Arabic) was drawn in various lettering styles to visually convey the idea of how one word can take on different 'identities'.
HSA: Would you say that you take a 'graphic approach' in your type design work? Can you elaborate and explain how this is different from the way traditional type designers work?
TA: My approach to type design is a very graphic one:.many of the fonts I developed started from simpler projects such as a lettering exercises for a logo design, or even a poster design. I contextualize hence every font within its usage in the graphic design discipline- and get inspired from the "lack" I notice during the process of certain projects. I often think of myself as a graphic designer and typographer designing typefaces with end usage in mind. This is why the style of the fonts I develop are varied and can be adopted to different types of graphic communication. I focus on the graphic element of lettering in type design and the freedom to experiment that comes with it. I feel this personal approach of mine adds variety to the existing Arabic fonts on the market, and I feel that this is precisely what we need as designers today. I personally try to keep an open mind to explore new creative ways to create new forms for Arabic typefaces, some based on free and playful lettering styles.
HSA: Last but not least, which of your projects are you most proud of and why?
TA: That is always a difficult question! One of the projects I am most proud of is a recent exhibition design I worked on for the V&A museum in London, their first major exhibition of contemporary photography from and about the Middle East "Light from the Middle East: New Photography". I was commissioned by the museum to design the graphics to be incorporated as part of the exhibition design, and to bring an authentic flavor of the Middle East to the exhibition space that reflects the theme of the artworks on display. As a designer, I am strongly against the typical clichés often wrongly associated with the Middle East, and that is why I wanted to create a design language that truly reflects the reality of the region today. That is why I turned again to the "street" as a main source of inspiration. By applying the concept of "Recording, Reframing, Resisting" to a typographic context, I used a documented hand-lettered street sign in Beirut to deconstruct its visual typographic elements and use these as a main ingredient for the design. The calligraphic / lettering style on that sign was recreated with the exhibition title, and by cropping and reframing it, the large murals of the exhibition space were designed and produced. The final exhibition space was very typographic, using Arabic letters as forms in very large scale while remaining subtle and not overshadowing the art on display. Urban typography was brought from the street to the museum. Most important it helped reflecting an accurate visualizing of the real landscape of the Middle East today.
HSA: What is your advice for the younger generation of Arab designers.
My advice for younger designers would be to look at the unique visual language that surrounds their own specific environment and get inspired by it. This will help them creating a unique local design language. Particularly when it comes to lettering: There is a rich typographic tradition out there that is as important as the calligraphic heritage, and that is left to be explored by graphic designers and typographers. It is a point of focus that promises exciting experimental and commercial developments for the Arabic script.


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For the informal barbecue Thursday night, the Duchess of Cambridge shopped her closet and donned an old standby – her bird-print, 1940s-style dress by Issa, with espadrille slingback wedges. (It's long gone from the shops, but similar prints and styles can be found in American designer Gaby Basora's Tucker line.)
Friday morning the Duchess was back on theme for Canada Day festivities, albeit not in a Canadian label. For the more formal swearing-in ceremony of 25 new citizens at the Canadian Museum of Civilization and afternoon on Parliament Hill for the Canada Day celebrations, HRH opted for a sedate ivory day dress with an asymmetrical ruffle, royally recycling the same Reiss dress she wore in the official engagement photos shot by Mario Testino. The better to show off her hat! (It's by a Kate fave, the milliner Lock & Co's Sylvia Fletcher, the venerable brand also worn by the Duchess at the Trooping of the Colour in June.) Fascinators, hats and elaborate headpieces are perhaps the Duchess's one outlet of whimsy and today's topper is no exception: cocked a bit to the side, it's a red straw saucer of a fascinator, festooned with a handful of stiff, sculpted maple leaf cutouts that are (thankfully) just this side of Oh-Canada kitsch. It's more that the edges are cut in the signature shape to suggest the leaf rather than all-out literal. For sparkle, she's also wearing HM The Queen's diamond-studded maple leaf brooch (originally presented to Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother on her own visit to Canada in 1939), with red pumps and a terrific fan-shaped straw clutch with tassel by London bag designer Anya Hindmarch. Well played, Your Grace – and perhaps you could whisper a festive dressing tip or two to our Mrs Harper?
Update: The Duchess's earrings are from the 'Grace' collection by British jewellery designer Kiki McDonough and according to her publicity firm, have been worn by HRH on several occasions. Made of 18ct white gold and featuring a faceted white topaz gemstone surrounded by pavé diamonds, the studs cost £695 in McDonough's online shop.
What's a fascinator, you ask? Clare Douglas explores the history and revival of this quintessentially English creative headgear, here.
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It can't come soon enough for the government, which risks appearing reactive after opposition treasury spokesman
As Parliament resumes on Monday for its final two weeks of the year, the government will be under further political pressure over the issue. Hockey plans a private members bill to give the competition watchdog greater powers to bust anti-competitive practices by the major four banks.
The bill – likely to be introduced on Monday or Tuesday – could attract support from the independents who will decide their positions when it is introduced. This may force the government to support it or, more likely, enter into negotiations to amend the bill.
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Behind the scenes, the government has met with smaller financial players like credit unions and building societies to look at how to encourage consumers to spread their business from the banks to other players.
Treasury's reform package, which is scheduled to be unveiled by Swan next month, could include removing regulations discouraging shifts to credit unions and building societies.
In the meantime, the government has the delicate task of balancing its desire to stand up to the banks while avoiding raising expectations about what it can do.
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Hornets down Vikings in volleyball districts
HOWARD CITY – Central Montcalm got its district title hopes off on the right foot Monday.
The Green Hornets sent Tri County to the sidelines in the Class B district by beating the Vikings 25-12, 25-15, 25-12.
"We played really well," Central coach Haley Dawe said.
Tri County coach Ashley Jelinek's team didn't, and she knew it.
"Mentally not with it, lots of mistakes, lots of mental, mental mistakes," Jelinek lamented. "We played a better team and they (Central) got the best of us."
The Hornets didn't have any long runs where they jumped out to a big lead. They got some points, gave up one, then got some more points before Tri County (3-35-3) would get the serve back.
"It was real tough," Jelinek said. "They (Central) controlled pace with my middle (hitter), and my setter tried to take control of the game by tipping but their middle hitter was amazing. We couldn't get a tip or a kill off of her because her domination at the net."
That middle hitter was Paige Switzer, who finished the night with nine kills, seven aces and three blocks, each of which were team highs.
"We wanted to work a lot of things out (Monday night)," Dawe said, "and make sure we're well-prepared for Chippewa Hills, who we've seen twice before, on Wednesday. They're a well-coached team, too. So we'll take what we had from tonight. We had the district nerves in the beginning."
Karli Clark added six kills and nine assists, Michaela Crooks dished out 15 assists, and Courtney Edwards had five digs and five aces.
"We're excited to get one under our belts and play again on Wednesday," Dawe said.
As for the Vikings, a tough season is over. So there will be a lot to do between now and next August, when volleyball season starts back up again.
"A lot of kids are going to play AAU," Jelinek said. "Lots of training, lots of hitting and blocking work at the net."


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NEW YORK, Thursday—Evidently Senator McCarthy considers that any career man who stays at his job and does it loyally should be considered a bad security risk, because he is now going to speak against Charles E. Bohlen for the simple reason that he was "one of the Acheson-Truman foreign policy planners."
Someone wrote to me not long ago and asked if I could give some cases in which Senator McCarthy was proved wrong. Well, this Bohlen episode is one that I hope my questioner will remember because it is such a clear case of speaking without giving any real thought to what you say. This is one of the Senator's faults.
In our New York newspapers I saw an interesting photograph of Governor Thomas E. Dewey enjoying a birthday cake and with his Lieutenant Governor, Moore, sharing his cake. The two governors were 51 and 57, respectively, and I read that Governor Dewey had no celebration to speak of, but had worked just as usual. This doesn't seem to me a very happy way of marking a birthday, but perhaps Governor Dewey is not one who thinks much of birthdays and holidays, anyway. We can all wish him many more happier birthdays, however.
It was interesting to read that nine people had survived the recent atom blast and had felt no ill effects so far, though they crouched in a five-foot ditch just a mile and a half away. Perhaps we are going to find there are ways of surviving even this dread weapon. But it probably will be some time before any conclusions may be made regarding possible after-effects after having been as near as that to an atomic explosion.
In spite of the fact that the farm population in the United States is said to have gone down in the past few years, the production of food seems to grow no less. There is an embargo now on the importation of many farm products because under the price-support programs the government has had to buy quantities of butter and various other products that are in oversupply.
I suppose the logical answer would be that when a surplus like this is built up, the government might sell these surpluses at reduced price in areas of the world where they are much needed. And in return we should try to work out an exchange of some kind that would be of value to the United States. This probably would take much planning, but eventually there will have to be some formula worked out to correct the situation.
You cannot regulate overproduction completely because so many factors enter that will bring good crops above the average every now and then. As an emergency measure foodstuffs were once destroyed, but I always felt that where there was need in the world and people were hungry this was not the final answer.
It will be interesting to see if under the new Administration, some original ideas will come out that will solve these problems—problems that go deep in the area of international exchange.


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By Nick Teale
Arsène Wenger believes the Premier League must ensure Portsmouth complete the season, because the table would be falsified if they are forced to pull out before the end of the season.
Pompey have collected 16 points so far this term, including a 2-0 home win over Liverpool in December. But the south-coast club is in financial turmoil with debts of around £60million and will contest a winding-up order by Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs on March 1.
There is a danger that they may be unable to complete the season, and should that be the case it is expected that the Premier League will nullify all of their results this term.
Ahead of Saturday's clash with Sunderland, Wenger was asked if the Premier League would be falsified if the south-coast club had to pull out before the season's conclusion.
'Yes. Of course," he replied. "Because they have beaten some top teams and so today it would, of course, change a little bit.
"It is difficult to raise beyond your own interest when you're in a situation like that. That's why the rule is more down to the Premier League to make the regularity of the league respected.
"You would think they have the responsibility to make Portsmouth go until the end of the season."
If Portsmouth were to drop out of the Premier League and have their results nullified, Arsenal would lose six points. However, Manchester United have also beaten Avram Grant's side this term, while Chelsea were victorious in their only match against Portsmouth this season.