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But regardless of the content of the pledge, having students commit themselves to the political and ideological values of an institution, whatever those values are claimed to be under one or another administration, runs counter to freedom of conscience. As Supreme Court Justice Robert Jackson put it In West Virginia Board of Education v. Barnette, writing for the majority in this 1943 case upholding the First Amendment right of a Jehovah's Witness student to refuse to pledge allegiance to the flag (seen by Witnesses as a form of idolatry): "If there is any fixed star in our constitutional constellation, it is that no official, high or petty, can prescribe what shall be orthodox in politics, nationalism, religion, or other matters of opinion or force citizens to confess by word or act their faith therein. If there are any circumstances which permit an exception, they do not now occur to us." A pledge to kindness is hardly that exception, particularly on a liberal arts college campus.
Dingman caved under outside pressure and agreed to take down the signature lists. (Disclosure: some of that pressure was exerted by FIRE.) But the pledge itself remained on dorm entryways — a powerful scepter in the hands of those who would allow for an education only so far as it can be reconciled with the teachings of charm school.
Beginning in November 2011, Harvard locked the gates to its campus for almost six weeks, with entrance permitted only for Harvard ID-holders. The university says it turned away countless tourists and passers-through in order to "protect" a group of students, who were camped out in Harvard Yard as part of the Occupy movement.
Occupy Harvard students objected to the university's so-called protection, and understandably so. The closure clearly was directed not at protecting the students, but, rather, at keeping the outside world from witnessing a political demonstration by students enrolled in what many deem a college by, of and for the one-percenters. Free speech and academic freedom played second fiddle to the demands of PR.
For this, Harvard gets its third Muzzle Award for the year, demonstrating that, at least in some areas, Harvard really ranks number one.
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Rissman, Barbara M. (2010) Nonverbal Learning Disability explained : the link to shunted hydrocephalus. British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 39(3), pp. 209-215.
A Nonverbal Learning Disability is believed to be caused by damage, disorder or destruction of neuronal white matter in the brain's right hemisphere and may be seen in persons experiencing a wide range of neurological diseases such as hydrocephalus and other types of brain injury (Harnadek & Rourke 1994). This article probes the relationship between shunted hydrocephalus and Nonverbal Learning Disability. Description of hydrocephalus and intelligence associated with hydrocephalus concludes with explication of the 'final common pathway' that links residual damage caused by the hydrocephalic condition to a Nonverbal Learning Disability (Rourke & Del Dotto 1994, p. 37). The paper seeks to assist teachers, teacher aides, psychologists, guidance officers, support workers, parents and disability service providers whose role is to understand and advocate for individuals with shunted hydrocephalus and spina bifida.
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By Jeff Zimmerman
After a stellar career in the ring, former 2X World Champ Paulie Ayala is making his biggest impact outside with his Punching Out Parkinson's boxing program. Ayala, who has been using boxing training techniques to improve the lives of patients for the last couple of years suffering from the dreaded disease, will host his biggest fundraiser to date on Saturday, January 25 at Lone Star Park in Grand Prairie, Texas.
Joining Ayala at this knockout event will be former World Champion and Hall of Famer Terry Norris, who is a sufferer of Parkinson's, and Dewey Bozella who was falsely imprisoned for 26 years and during that time became the light heavyweight champion of the prison. Upon his release he was given the opportunity to fight as a pro, something that was taken away from him upon his incarceration.
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"I never thought this program would become so big. It started out with a few people to over 20 and it continues to grow. I am blessed to be able to do my part to help those suffering from this terrible disease, Parkinson's."
He is also happy to have some big names joining him at this fundraiser.
"My friend Terry Norris, a former world champion and Hall of Famer is suffering from the disease and helps himself by his training in boxing, so we could not get a better person to attend this event. Dewey Bozella has a tremendous story as he was falsely put in jail for 26 years, I am sure people will want to hear his inspirational story about life in general."
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Norris also had some valuable advice for those, like himself, living with Parkinson's.
"Living with Parkinson's is rough. There are over 200 symptoms. If you feel a loved one may be showing early signs get them to a neurologist ASAP." Norris added, "Take care of yourself. See a holistic doctor too and get your diet in check. No high metal foods. This is very important. My wife helps a lot with this part. No soda, sugars. Stay active, hyperbaric chamber really works plus Oxygen bar and Acupuncture. Stay active. Parkinson's is not a death sentence."
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Among the issues Pospisil N™ BRAUNFELS and Miranda CIYYCOUNC , . . When: 5:45 p.m. Monday -and their whera: Citv Hall, six colleagues 424 §. Castell Ave on New Braunfels City Council — will immediately begin to wrestle with are whether to allow a new tuber's entrance to the Comal River and whether to approve new recommendations for downtown parking. Tuber entrance Comal River Toobs is seeking a required special-use permit to open a tuber entrance and exit at 444 San Antonio St., across the Comal from Schlitterbahn. The tube rental and shuttle company says the new tuber entry could relieve some tuber congestion at the Prince Solms Park tuber entrance upriver, and give tubers the opportunity to enter the river below the T\ibe Chute and Stinky Falls, which can be potentially unsafe. It is the first request for a permit for a new tuber entrance since the permit requirement was instituted in 2006. 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The citizens came from all walks of life, eager to ask the board to preserve NBISD funding for Communities In Schools, r-^I CIS serves 28 schools in four Ilf Hi st *U)oi distric ts. helping mentor, tutor and provide moral support for _ those children who Douglas otherwise might drop out of school. However, these are the realities. The state is coping with a projected $27 billion budget shortfall. School districts stand to lose at least $4 billion in funding next year, and even more the following year. NBISD is trying to plug gaps in preparing for an $8.4 million deficit in 2011-12; Comal ISD is doing the same in the face of an $11.1 million hole. Because the state hasn't set its funding, and CIS doesn't know what to expect. Neither do the school districts, who must set their budgets during the summer. 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According to Marion County Sheriff Jimmy Clements, the sheriff's office received the report of a logging accident near the Scotts Ridge Road area of Raywick Wednesday afternoon. Mann was found deceased by fellow loggers. Sheriff Clements said he apparently sustained injuries while logging and died as a result.
The Bradfordsville Jamboree will be held Friday evening, May 12. The doors will open at 5 p.m., and the music will begin at 7 p.m. Kentucky South Band, Phillip Clarkson and special guest Todd Nalley will perform. The meal will be chicken tenders, pinto beans and cornbread, potato salad, dessert and a drink. Concessions will also be sold, including hot dogs, chili dogs, chips, popcorn, candy, etc. All food in concessions are sold separately. The proceeds will benefit the Bradfordsville school building.
The Marion County Board of Education formed a special committee earlier this year specifically to evaluate its employee's wages and compare them to surrounding school districts in an effort to make the district more competitive. The board's goal is to not only attract and recruit outstanding educators, but also to retain the ones the district already employs.
The Marion County Chamber of Commerce, in partnership with the Lebanon Main Street Committee, is bringing back Sidewalk Sale Days, an event presented by the chamber in the 1950s and 1960s.
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Today is the last day of school for students in the Marion County Public School District, but plans are already well underway for next school year and the many changes that are in store for students and staff.
John Robert "Johnny" Boone, the accused leader of the "Cornbread Mafia," was brought back to Kentucky and appeared in a federal courtroom last week.
According to Chief Deputy Brian Parrish of the U.S. Marshal Service, Boone was flown without incident to Lexington on May 3 and swiftly brought to Louisville for an initial case hearing.
Donald Wiser had almost given up hope.
After being on the transplant list for six years, and undergoing kidney dialysis for more than five years, Wiser, 54, of Lebanon thought his chances of getting a kidney were zero to none.
The Kentucky Supreme Court upheld the conviction of a Marion County man in a 2012 Casey County murder, and the justices had harsh words for defense lawyers.
The unanimous decision, rendered April 27, means William Robert "Bobby" Rigdon will continue serving the 38-year sentence handed down by a Warren County jury in late 2015 for the September 2012 murder of Gleason Pyles at Tarter pallet mill in Dunnville.
Communicare Inc. in Lebanon is now offering an additional co-occurring service for clients who suffer from substance use and mental health illnesses entitled, "Living in Balance" beginning Friday, May 12. This group will provide clients with support throughout the summer to assist with maintaining recovery and management of mental health illnesses. It will continue to be held every Wednesday afternoon from 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. and every Friday from 4 p.m. to 5 p.m. at the Lebanon office.
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MANILA, Philippines - The debate continues on whether the government should put its limited resources on the Enhanced K-12 Basic Education Program which will add two years to our present 10-year basic education. The enhanced K-12 program as many now know, will have kindergarten, 6 years of elementary education, four years of junior high school (Grades 7 to 10), and two years of senior high school.
According to the 2010 Department of Education Briefing Report, the last two years (Grades 11 and 12) will provide time for the student to consolidate acquired academic skills and competencies. Universal kindergarten will be offered starting 2011 after which DepEd will begin unclogging its basic education curriculum by 2012. It plans to complete the enhanced 12-year curriculum and start with incoming Grade 1 students of SY 2012-13. The rationale for the two years is to decongest and enhance basic education curricula, provide quality learning, and be at par with other countries in Asia which provide more years for basic education. It is also based on studies which show that improvements in the quality of education will increase the GDP growth by as much as 2 percent and will have a positive impact on society.
Today, we have a 12-year curriculum that is being delivered in 10 years. The negative consequences, as studies show are, that high school graduates are shown to lack basic competencies and maturity.They are yet legally unable to enter into contracts and are found emotionally immature for entrepreneurship employment.
At the Lower House, the representatives are divided on the issue. Rep.Edgardo Angara welcomes it, saying that the high unemployment rate is caused by lack of skills and competencies.
K-12 then could open doors for more jobs for youth without a college diploma. Rep. Karlo Nograles and several others disagree. The former notes that while it is ideal, it is unrealistic and may drive more youths to drop out of school. Rep. Raymond Palatino of the Kabataan Party Youth Party-list thinks that it is whimsical for a country that has one of the lowest budgets for education. It is also extra expense in a society where a majority is impoverished. It could also reinforce cheap semi-skilled labor for foreign markets.
The Fund for Assistance to Private Education or FAPE sees no clear correlation between length of schooling and students' performance. It cites the example of how students from Singapore, South Korea, Japan, and Hong Kong - all with shorter education cycles - were able to obtain higher scores than American students who go through a 15-year basic and secondary education cycle. I had the same experience during the early seventies while teaching at the University of Hawaii. Most of my students in the top ten were foreign students or immigrants from Korea, China, and Japan. In a future column, I will cite Time Magazine's cover essay, ''The Truth About Tiger Moms,'' which relates the experiences of a mother's memoir of ''tough love parenting.'' I thought this could partly explain the high achievement rate in these tiger economies.
Meanwhile, we trust that the debate especially among the young, would continue. Much of it does focus on the cost which is estimated at P150 billion for the following additional requirements: 152,569 new classrooms, 103,599 more teachers, 956 million more books, and 13.2 million seats. In any case, UNESCO recommends that government spend at least 6 percent of its GDP for education. But last year, our investment in public education was only 3.3% of our GDP as compared with Malaysia which was 7.4%, and Thailand, 4%. This is sad because while today, we are 7th in the ASEAN, in 1990, we were fourth and ahead of Thailand and Indonesia. This explains why among all the 8 Millennium Development Goals, we lagged the most in education.
This alarming deterioration in our educational system explains my support for the K-12 program which, however, must be viewed within a comprehensive context and related with other problems such as health, poverty, and corruption. Poor health, nutrition, and poverty are also the main causes for the high percentage of school dropout. The current pursuit of means to end corruption in the AFP and other government institutions must continue. The scams which have become a regular practice in our bureaucracy, have prevented the flow of funds to where they should be channeled - education and other development reforms. My e-mail is firstname.lastname@example.com.


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India's Sensex Index Declines From Record as NTPC, Larsen Slump
Indian stocks dropped, led by power utilities and capital goods companies, as the benchmark index declined from a record.
NTPC Ltd. (NTPC), the nation's top electricity generator, posted its steepest loss since January 2008, sending the S&P BSE India Power Index to its biggest decline in three months. Larsen & Toubro Ltd. slumped the most in two months, pacing losses in the S&P BSE India Capital Goods Index, which dropped from its highest level in 10 months.
The S&P BSE Sensex (SENSEX) fell 0.3 percent to 21,255.26 at the close. The measure climbed to a record yesterday after the Bharatiya Janata Party won the state elections, giving it momentum to end the ruling Congress party's decade-long rule in polls due by May and install Narendra Modi as prime minister. Modi is credited with achieving higher growth than the national average and increasing power capacity more than fivefold in his home state of Gujarat since becoming chief minister in 2001.
"Infrastructure stocks have rallied amid the euphoria of elections but growth and earnings will take time to revive," Gajendra Nagpal, chief executive officer at Augment Financial Services Pvt., said by phone from New Delhi. "Investors are booking profit as the market has run up ahead of fundamentals."
NTPC plunged 11 percent, the biggest loser on the Sensex, after the nation's electricity regulator proposed changes to production incentives. "The proposed regulations are negative, but the stock has over-reacted," said Sachin Mehta, an analyst at Centrum Broking Pvt.
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Engineering company Larsen & Toubro slid 4.1 percent to 1,100.4 rupees, the biggest drop since Sept. 23. Turbine maker Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd. (BHEL) tumbled 3.5 percent, the biggest loss since Nov. 7.
The S&P BSE India Capital Goods Index was valued at 18.1 times estimated earnings yesterday, the highest reading since January 2011 and above its five-year average of 16.6 times, data compiled by Bloomberg show. The gauge has risen 49 percent from its lowest level since April 2009 reached on Sept. 3.
The Sensex has climbed 9.4 percent this year, as growing exports boosted company earnings and stimulus from the Federal Reserve spurred foreign funds to pour $18.5 billion in domestic shares. That's the biggest inflow in Asia after Japan, data compiled by Bloomberg show. The Sensex is valued at 13.8 times projected 12-month earnings, compared with a multiple of 10.6 for the MSCI Emerging Markets Index, the data show.
The 50-stock CNX Nifty (NIFTY) on the National Stock Exchange of India Ltd. fell 0.5 percent after rising to 6,363.90 yesterday, an all-time closing high.
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by Mark Robinson, Communications Intern
I came to ChildFund unsure of what to expect from my first internship. We've all heard horror stories of interns who spent their summer filing papers and picking up packages. I didn't want the best professional relationship I forged to be with the baristas at the nearest Starbucks. I wanted to get outside of my comfort zone. I wanted a chance to grow.
I'm fortunate to have had the opportunity to come to work for 10 weeks as a respected member of the ChildFund communications team. Every project I've worked on has been purposeful. And aside from a now infamous assignment my mentor Cynthia Price gave me, I have been spared from doing too many "interny" tasks.
From day one, my mentors, Community Manager Virginia Sowers and Director of Communications Cynthia Price, took my goals into consideration and tailored my assignments to help me accomplish them. Because of their flexibility, I was able to focus on improving my multimedia skills. I researched podcasts and edited raw footage from Uganda into a video that was featured on ChildFund's blog, Facebook and Twitter pages. My work has been showcased, not hidden away. But with all that said, I doubt when I look back at ChildFund that I'll remember the work.
I'll remember poking my head over ChildFund writer Christine Ennulat's cubicle to chat about my most recent journalistic pursuits.
I'll remember the shock I felt when I learned KISS front man Gene Simmons sponsors more than 140 children through ChildFund and the subsequent buzz around the communications pod after the episode of his reality show filmed in Zambia debuted.
I'll remember the disbelief I felt when I found out my colleague and longtime ChildFund employee Alison Abbitt passed away following reconstructive knee surgery. We had spoken only days before.
While the extremes stand out, the small lessons I've learned here will not be forgotten and this, my first formal foray into the professional world, has prepared me in some ways for my next adventure: Botswana.
My next four and a half months will be spent studying journalism at the University of Botswana in Gaborone. It'll be my first trip abroad, so my feelings about it fluctuate between giddy excitement and crippling nervousness on a day-to-day basis. I do now, however, have the comfort of knowing that a network of sympathetic world travelers is only an email away.
While I'm in Africa, I plan to freelance in pursuit of my career as a foreign correspondent. Who knows? Maybe one of my stories will find its way into ChildWorld.
by Frances Correa, Communications and Public Affairs Intern
The Communications team is in denial as our three terrific interns from Virginia Commonwealth University prepare to depart. They are blogging this week about their ChildFund experience.
When I started my internship at ChildFund International I wasn't completely sure what to expect. As a journalism major, I wanted to gain experience in video storytelling in a professional environment. I also had a passion for the ChildFund mission.
In my own personal experiences I have seen what can happen when children, while they have a lot of love in their lives, lack the means necessary to reach their potential because of their environment. I was excited to be a part of this mission of helping excluded and vulnerable children around the world, while also gaining experience.
This is now the last day of my internship. In my time here, I have created videos that tell the stories of children around the world including malaria victims in Africa, young people in Haiti struggling to survive after this year's earthquake and school programs in the Philippines.
More recently, I created a video about the contributions of one of ChildFund's more generous donors, Mick Foley. Foley has been a donor and child sponsor since 1992. Some of his most notable contributions include sponsoring seven children as well as funding the construction of an early childhood development center in the Philippines, seven schools in Sierra Leone and a community center in Santa Fe De Laguna, Mexico.
Needless to say, he's pretty incredible. Working with the video, I felt like I got to know him, and it only fed my passion for ChildFund's mission.
I have gained more from my internship at ChildFund International than I ever imagined. I have truly honed my skills as a video storyteller while working with an equally passionate group of people who have been nothing but supportive, encouraging and excited.
I love the job so much I'm even going to stick around a little longer. This summer, I will be working as an employee at ChildFund on a temporary basis while I search for full-time employment. (For those of you who are wondering, I am looking for a job in online multimedia journalism in the D.C. metropolitan area.)
Although I cannot stay in a permanent position at ChildFund, I still plan to support the mission. Once I do find stable employment, I will be calling ChildFund to become a child sponsor. After seeing the faces and hearing the stories of these children every week, I can't help but get involved.
I thank everyone whom I have worked with at ChildFund. I admire the work that you do and I look forward to getting more involved in the future.
by Kathryn Glushefski, Communications and Public Affairs Intern
The Communications team is in denial as our three terrific interns from Virginia Commonwealth University prepare to depart. They are blogging this week about their ChildFund experience.
My internship at ChildFund International wraps up Friday. Since January, I've worked in the Communications and Public Affairs Division while also completing the final requirements for my bachelor's degree.
From my first day, I was welcomed into the ChildFund family and quickly immersed in my assignments. It was exciting. I was finally out of the classroom and applying what I had learned to a real-world situation.
I quickly became acquainted with the Communications team and was also given the opportunity to interview four other ChildFund employees from neighboring departments. Each person I met had a unique story to tell, and I enjoyed writing features about their experiences throughout their careers and with ChildFund.
A considerable amount of my time was spent working on the Power to Play project, which is a unique collection of toys handmade by ChildFund children. ChildFund has developed a public relations campaign around the traveling exhibit. While working on the campaign, I was able to see and touch toys made by children of all ages. It was humbling to say the least. These toys truly illustrate how resourceful and adaptable children are.
For this assignment, I worked closely with Ellie Whinnery, public relations manager, on developing inventories for new exhibit venues and compiling press kits to achieve media coverage.
It was wonderful to work so closely with a campaign. Not only was the work educational and relevant to my career interests, it was truly enjoyable, rewarding and inspirational. This experience has been more than I could have hoped for.
On May 22, I will be graduating with a degree in mass communications and a concentration in public relations. I have no doubt that this opportunity at ChildFund has prepared me for whatever lies in my future.
To everyone I have met and for all that I have learned throughout this journey—thank you!
by Lani Tailor
Communications and Public Affairs Intern
The Communications team is in denial as our three terrific interns from Virginia Commonwealth University prepare to depart. They'll each be blogging this week about their ChildFund experience.
As my internship with ChildFund International is wrapping up, I'm feeling accomplished and confident.
My first day, Jan. 20, seems ages ago. I walked in the building and was met by Cynthia Price, director of communications.
She proceeded to give me an overview of the Communications and Public Affairs department. It's such a cliché, but that first day was such a blur! I enjoyed meeting everyone in the department. At the end of that day, I was jokingly asked to match everyone's names to their faces. Needless to say, the more I worked with the staff, the better I got to know them.
I'm so grateful to have been able to intern in this department. From assisting me in my projects to lending me a fork because I forgot to pack one for lunch, everyone has always been so eager to help.
One of my most memorable assignments was interviewing ChildFund staff about their travels. I enjoyed hearing their stories and learning about their experiences. I can only wish to see the wonderful sights they've seen and experience the joy of helping people around the world. Just a few things I learned about traveling: be eager to learn, enjoy the food and be prepared for anything, such as airplane rides with chickens.
My expectations of interning at ChildFund have definitely been more than met. I wanted an internship where I could utilize the skills I've learned in school and also acquire more knowledge in my field. I'm leaving ChildFund feeling enthusiastic and eager to move on in my career.
With just a week left until this wonderful experience ends, I want to thank everyone for being so welcoming and generous. Thank you!


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Although many have heard of Kings County Hospital, the huge medical center that sits right in the middle of Brooklyn between New York and Utica Avenues, few now remember the name of the Kingston Avenue Hospital, which occupied a site bounded by Kingston and Albany Avenues to the west and east, and Rutland Road and Winthrop Street to the north and south. And the reason we have heard of it here in the Brooklyn Collection, is that a doctor by the name of Boris Schleifer photographed the hospital and some of its inmates and staff during the 1930s. The resultant collection of over a hundred images somehow made its way to Brooklyn Public Library--with every photograph of the creator removed except those in which he is too small to be recognized.
Kingston Avenue hospital, founded around 1890, specialized in contagious diseases at a time when epidemics of smallpox, polio, diphtheria and scarlet fever were common. The hospital also treated people with venereal diseases, and seems to have offered long-term housing to a few people suffering from leprosy, (now known as Hansen's Disease,) three of whom--Tony, Graw and Joe--are shown in the picture above.
A leprosy case that was famous in medical circles was that of Henry Albury, who lived at the hospital for four years. The son of a wealthy tobacco merchant from Key West, Henry Albury was diagnosed with what was termed "elephantiasis" at the age of thirteen. Dr. Calvin F. Barber of South Oxford Street in Brooklyn, an acquaintance of the family, was able to secure his admission to the hospital in Kingston Avenue. A small house was erected specifically for Henry's use and, with some difficulty, a private nurse was hired. Afflicted with a particularly vicious form of the disease, Henry Albury died at the age of eighteen. Although effective treatments for this stigmatizing disease were found in the 1930s, the hospital still housed at least one sufferer as late as 1947, when one Creacion Manguel, perhaps tired of confinement, walked out of the hospital in his blue flannel pajamas and set off a full-scale manhunt. Mr Manguel returned after one day on the run, refusing to say where he had been.
Hospitals cannot help but be theaters of tragedy, and Kingston Avenue was no exception. In 1901 a boy named Theodore Perry was carried in suffering from scarlet fever. According to his grief-stricken mother, Theodore was placed in a ward with forty-three other patients suffering from the same infection or from other diseases such as measles and diphtheria, both of which he contracted. The boy died, causing a furore over unsanitary conditions and inadequate staffing.
The following year a smallpox patient named Jeremiah Shea jumped out of a window and began wandering around Flatbush in his nightclothes, scaring everyone he met with the sight of his floridly pockmarked face. Eventually Mr Shea ran into the arms of a policeman who had the presence of mind to call an ambulance to take him back to his ward.
Early buildings at the hospital were intended to be temporary, but they remained in use for years. The site stood in a depression in which water gathered during wet weather, sometimes to a depth of several feet, so that boats had to be used to communicate between buildings. In 1905 it was decided that improvements were needed and plans for a hospital complex costing $7 million were set in motion. The photographs in the Boris Schleifer collection, taken when the hospital enjoyed more salubrious quarters, show a staff working in clean but Spartan conditions.
The diseases that filled the beds of the Kingston Road Hospital have largely been eradicated thanks to vaccinations and the discovery of antibiotics. The hospital was closed in 1955 and the site is now a part of the Kings County Hospital complex.
Thank you for sharing this fascinating piece of history. Unfortunately, there are 250,000 new cases of leprosy every year and millions suffer from leprosy-related disabilities. American Leprosy Missions has been leading the global fight against this devastating disease for more than 100 years. For more information about leprosy and our worldwide ministry to touch, treat and transform the lives of people with leprosy and related diseases, please visit www.leprosy.org.
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thank you for this info. i am a born Brooklynite and happened to come across the name of the hospital while reading about Dr. Emily Dunning Barringer, who at one time worked at the hospital
My Mother, Miriam Catherine McKee Andrejkovics was in Nurse's Training at St John's in Long Island City from 1938 - 1941. Mom affiliated at Kingston Ave Contagious Disease Hospital during her undergraduate years. I remember her telling me a story of how she volunteered to care for a patient with Leprosy, when no one else would. Mom felt a special calling to care for those who had the greatest needs. She was a saint and died on November 16, 2011 at the ge of 94.
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My mother contracted bulbar polio in October 1954 during the greatest epidemic America had known and only a few months before the vaccine became available. She was taken to Kingston Avenue Hospital where she was in an iron lung for two months. I would sit in the waiting room in a separate building off a breezeway while my father went to visit her. The doctors did not expect her to pull through, but she surprised them.
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I spent three months training at Kingston Ave. Hospital in the TB ward. I was at the Fordham Hosp. School of Nursing from 1943-1946. Hope the hospitl continues to thrive.
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I have a photo of the nursing staff (which included my mother), taken at was then known, as Kingston Avenue Hospital. The photo is dated 1931. Do you have a website with other photos of this institution c. 1930=1950?
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When I was a kid my dad made me go to church, and I was always bored out of my mind. There was a Sunday night mass we would go to during the summer when my dad golfed in the morning, and they had full copies of the Bible in the pews, not just the prayer books and hymnals. So I would sit and read the Bible, because he wouldn't let me bring my other books in. We were by no means religious, I think he just thought I'd pick up stuff by osmosis. Devoid of context, or outside interpretation, there's a ton of sick stuff in the Bible: rules for raping women, waging war on rival tribes, how to acquire and keep slaves, etc. Stuff that I never really understood why it was there, but whatever. I would always go to Revelations, because it contained the most vivid imagery. My favorite verse was Rev. 12:1-5, because it was about a DRAGON EATING A BABY. For real, check it out. This was also in the early 90's when people started doing stuff like writing Bible verses in their autos, which I also thought was different and cool. I decided then, that if I ever get famous, that's my go to inscription. Or the one where Noah's daughters are checking out his dong. Either/or.
Ha ha that's awesome. Did you see the episode of its always sunny in Philadelphia where Mac confronts the tranny and her new black husband. He throws out that the bibles says gay marriage is bad and that everything in the bible is true. Then the black guy says "Exodus 21:20-21, If a man beats his male or female slave with a rod and the slave dies as a direct result, he must be punished, but he is not to be punished if the slave gets up after a day or two, since the slave is his property."
I remember in Sunday school a kid brought that up and in our "Sunday school bibles" those versus were missing. In a lot of bibles they have changed the verbiage of that specific verse. And also in exodus it talks about if a man gives his daughter to a slave owner she is now the slave owners property. He is free to do with her as he pleases. Very interesting because it says that it is a sin to have sex with another mans slave but doesn't say anything about your own. The bible is filled with all kinds of wonderful happy things
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Bruce Gilbert walked into The Center, formerly known as the senior center, on Kingwood Street in Brainerd a month and a half ago with an idea to make wooden toys for children.
Ron Kulla, Don Holmstrom and Clem Sauer were happy to take up the cause.
"Sawdust runs in my veins," Sauer said. "I have been working with wood since I was 10. We used to knock orange crates apart to use the wood."
The men cut the wood in the wood shop at The Center and at their homes, then one day a week they come together and assemble the toys. Diane and Dick Miller are the toy painters. It has been a busy time for the Toy Makers, but they said they love it and plan to make toys all year round in 2013. So far this holiday season they have donated toys to the Marine Corps Toys for Tots, the Women's Shelter in Brainerd and most recently to Essentia Health-St. Joseph's Medical Center Pediatrics Unit and Emergency Department.
"We are grateful to be able to give these toys to our little patients. They are adorable and the kids will really appreciate them," said Jeanette Ruff, registered nurse, director of Family Birthplace and Pediatrics at Essentia Health-St. Joseph's Medical Center. To join the Toy Makers or learn more about the activities at The Center in Brainerd call 829-9345 or visit thebrainerdcenter.com.


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Chuck -- Are you getting this high degree of germination consistently year-to-year?
Iâm also checking with a colleague in Region 3 who has been planting in a greenhouse for some years now, to see what her experience has been. -- Griff
Chuck Chapman
Friday, December 03, 2010 11:58 PM
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This year I had about 96% seed germination.
Seeds placed into pantyhose legs, each pod with it's own marker, and tied offf
Seeds in panty hose soaked in water and rinsed, once a day. Several rinses of water and pantyhose squeezed. earch day.
Seeds then put with damp peat moss, into small plastic baggies. Peat moss soaked, and when used, squeezed out so just damp.
Peat moss has something that helps seeds germinated. It has been tested experimentally several times. And when just damp, can hold air, which is essential for germination, as seeds need to breath.When wraped in damp paper seed can sometimes be deprived of air and suffocate.
Then into fridge at about 4C or 38C. After about 2-3 months, seeds have germinated.
Out of about 150 pods of bearded iris, only about 5 had less then about 90% germination.
The beardless (siberian, pseudacorous, versicolor) had only about 10% germination, but about 100% within a week of being planted in soil.
Chuck Chapman
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Forgetting all the seed burritos, tacos, enchildas, napkins, blankets, refrigerators, toilet tanks and what have you, and addressing only the matter of removing the germination-inhibiting coating from the seeds (the existence of which I accept as a reality), there is really a very simple way to do it. I empty the seeds from ripe (splitting or about to split) pods into individual little plastic containers (the kind that dairy products like cheese spread come in) and let them dry out for a couple of months. Mold may form on some of the seeds, but it doesnât do any apparent harm.) In October (if I get to it that early), I run about a quarter of an inch of water into each container and stack them atop one another, letting them sit for at least 5 to about 10 days. By that time, the coating has been reduced to an evil-smelling gunk in which the seeds are sitting. I then pour each containerâs contents into a wire mesh washing machine lint trap and hold it under the cold water tap in the kitchen full force. You can turn the contents this way and that under the faucet to ensure they get a good rinse. This only takes a few seconds, and it removes the evil gunk. I then shake the seeds back into their containers, which also have been rinsed free of the gunk, and stack them atop one another. The seeds will stay moist for a couple of days as I plant them into pots.
Now, this supposedly betters the odds that our seeds will germinate, but it by no means guarantees it. Other factors apparently are involved, and I donât think we know what all of them are.
If I went back through my yearly records, I might find patterns of more or less successful germination from pods involving one or another cultivar -- or I might not. I havenât had the time to do it. But, regardless of traits peculiar to certain cultivars, there is a pattern that I have observed over the years. That is, that no matter whether the winter has been mild or severe, wet or dry, the overall (all pots) rate of germination of seeds here fluctuates wildly. In an average year, I can expect better than 60%. In some years, better than 70%. But I have also had years in which the rate has dropped below 20%, and this past year (shudder) less than 5%. So, where does the pattern come in?
The pattern is that all of my fellow hybridizers in Region 4 with whom I talk report similar fluctuations in the same years. Iâve been tracking this for several years, ever since I first began to notice the coincidence. This leads me to suspect that there is something in the genetics of bearded irises --something cyclical, perhaps -- that is a controlling factor in germination which is as yet beyond our ken.
Iâd be interested to know what others think on this subject. -- Griff
Linda Mann
Friday, December 03, 2010 8:59 AM
[iris-photos] Re: HYB: seed pots
That's what I was thinking. But I'm not sure exactly what I'm going to
do yet.
Maybe daily dunk burritos for a week, slosh them around, then squeeze as
much water out as I can, then back in fridge. That way, the ones that
need a little more chilling will be sure to get it at optimal
temperature (in the fridge), not as erratic as on the sunporch. Just
pick out & pot up the germinating ones, same as in the past.
But first, I have to get all the mess off the shelves on the sunporch -
summer storage!
> Will you be changing the water every day?
> <<I'll try to soak them in their baggies & plant afterwards>>
> Betty W.
Linda Mann east TN USA zone 7
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> Actually i would like to come up with a linear demand
> function like that:
> Consumption= constant+ beta_1*Price+beta_2*Income+ ...
> and a loglog demand function.
> I used the spreadheet programm and manually calculated
> Consumption for various prices and got the two demand
> functions from that, but unfortunatly, due to the log
> transformation i have the following problem:
> exp(E(ln(Consumption))) is not equal to E(Consumption).
> I thought more precise estimates would help-but as it
> turned out now- they don't.
> So, can I estimate the consumption for different
> prices directly in Stata to get the demand functions?
> Then, I should be able to deal with the retransformation
> bias as suggested in
> Cameron&Trivedi(2009):Microeconometrics using Stata.
You have two options:
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you can just use -predict- to get the predicted values.
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the left hand side and right hand side after a -glm-
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or specify the -eform- option) will lead to results
in the original unit of consumption, where this is not
true after -regress-. The solution offered by Cameron
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