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Amidst the estimated 5,000 people who attended a Valentine's Day rally at the state Capitol last week in support of stricter gun control stood Ginna Ortiz with a sign carrying the word: "Enough."
As the debate over gun control continues, here are some statistics that should concern all of us, even a few card carrying members of the National Rifle Association.
There is only one country in the developed world that doesn't license gun owners, the United States.
There are only three countries that do not register all guns, the United States, Canada and New Zealand. But Canada and New Zealand do register handguns and military-style automatic weapons; they exempt rifles and shotguns. That leaves the United States alone in not registering guns of any kind.
The United States has a population of 313,914,000, not counting those added this year, and about 270 million guns or not quite 89 firearms per 100 people of all ages. No other country comes close. India is second with about 46 million guns, four for every 100 people.
When you subtract the children, the elderly, the infirm, the incarcerated and others not likely to possess firearms, the 89 per 100 population figure would increase to well over 100 guns per 100 people. There's more�
The United States has 4.5 percent of the world's population and about 40 percent of its firearms. This does not include the firearms in the hands of its military forces, the world's largest.
The U.S. death rate by firearms - homicides, suicides and accidents - was 10.2 per 100,000 deaths in 2009, the last available year for worldwide comparisons. Finland was second at 4.47 per 100,000 and the United Kingdom, with the kind of gun control that renders the NRA apoplectic, is well under one death at 0.25 per 100,000 British deaths. These statistics come mainly from the U.S. and other governments, from universities and the United Nations and its World Health Organization.
True, governments, universities and the United Nations are not quite trusted by the NRA, conspiracy theorists and gun zealots of various species, but that's their problem, not ours.
The numbers are sufficiently discouraging to support fears that even with the strictest new gun legislation, this nation is going to continue to have too many guns. But that doesn't mean we have to remain the only nation that doesn't license gun owners. We don't have to be the only civilized nation in the world that doesn't register handguns and military-style weapons.
If we can't stop ourselves from drowning in guns as a nation, our Congress can reduce the violence they reap by banning weapons designed for the military and multi-shot magazines meant to be used on an enemy, not six-year-olds.
At the very least, we can keep track of them. We have been registering cars and licensing drivers for nearly a century and no one has ever raised a bogus fear about the government using the documents to confiscate cars or round up drivers. And no one doubts that licensing and registration make it easier to track down drivers who break the law with their cars.
We can do the same thing here by following the example of the rest of the civilized world - by licensing gun owners and registering their guns. We can also conduct background checks of those buying guns at gun shows, where upwards of 40 percent of all sales are conducted.
Connecticut can and hopefully will do more, like banning the military-type assault weapons and the magazines used in Newtown, but if the nation fails to achieve at least some modest licensing, registration and gun sale reforms, the NRA can disband.
Its work will be done.
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Chief executive Mark Clare said the firm had seen a surge in interest in its schemes in Bromley-by-Bow, Lewisham and Ashburton Grove near Arsenal's Emirates stadium, selling more than 200 homes since July to a mix of first-time buyers and investors.
Interest has been aided by the Government's Help to Buy scheme, under which Barratt has made 2800 sales since its April launch.
Clare said: "We've seen it step up quite significantly. We're seeing much more action further out and sales rates are moving up quite rapidly. It is partly from Help to Buy but also economic recovery. You would expect to see waves going out from central London to the boroughs, the South-east and the rest of the country and that is what is happening."
Barratt said private sales hit £1.13 billion in 19 weeks since July, 47% ahead of the previous year.
It is spending on land to meet increased demand but Clare said: "Historically the industry has only been able to grow at 10% a year, so it could be a few more years before [it] gets back to what it was."
Peel Hunt analyst Clyde Lewis said: "We continue to believe the sector looks good value and Barratt should offer reasonable upside in the next 12 months."
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'Dead Drops' is an anonymous, offline, peer to peer file-sharing network in public space. USB flash drives are embedded into walls, buildings and curbs accessable to anybody in public space. Everyone is invited to drop or find files on a dead drop. Plug your laptop to a wall, house or pole to share your favorite files and data. Each dead drop is installed empty except a readme.txt file explaining the project.
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This is a discussion on Is Castrol 2T Snow oil any good? within the General forums, part of the Snowmobiles category; Never used it before and it seems kinda thin compaired to Polaris Blue oil, is it any good?...
Never used it before and it seems kinda thin compaired to Polaris Blue oil, is it any good?
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thats all ive ever used is casrol 2t. ive never had a problem.
OK, that's good to hear!
I'll run it.
Just seems thin.
I know that it is JASO rated. I see it for sell everywhere and it does sounds liquidy when you shake the bottle. I know my father used Castrol back in the early 80s on our old 1970s sleds. I still have an old bottle in the shed.
That is what i use never had an issue works well!
Ditto for my Polaris. Previous owner used it exclusively too. No issues to date. Note, the Poo doesn't have power valves.Originally Posted by crazyzrt600
According to Indy Dan at Indy specialties,
it lubes better than synthetics.
He builds 800 and 900 Poo motors and does warantee the crank and all,
Until you run synthetic oil, then the warantee is void.
As he puts it, It lubes better but you have to clean your exhaust valves more often so just do your maintenence.


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One of south Florida's natural jewels, this 83-acre garden, named after renowned botanist and Miami resident David Fairchild, is filled with tropical splendor: a lush rainforest with a stream, sunken garden, dramatic vistas, an enormous vine pergola and a museum of plant exploration. A must-see is the exquisite rare plant conservatory, a stunning showcase of palms, bromeliads, orchids and ferns. Narrated tram rides (given on the hour from 10am to 3pm) give visitors a close-up look at the resident flora. The Richard H Simons Rainforest, a two-acre site dominated by a gurgling 500-foot waterfall, opened in 2001. In addition to Fairchild's annual events, among them July's International Mango Festival, every five years the garden is home to a rare plant phenomenon: the blooming of the amorphophallus titan, a gigantic single bloom as large as a person, which emits the powerful stench of rotting flesh to attract insects for pollination. Fairchild also has a fun gift shop and associations with well-known artists (sculptures by Dale Chihuly and Roy Lichtenstein have both been displayed here among the greenery).
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Fat Joe Is No One-Hit Wonder – The Music Speaks For Itself
I want Fat Joe to win. Not because I'm some Stan or anything 'cause I'm not, but I've met him a few times and he's actually a pretty nice guy. (Trust me, that's rare for this industry). There's just a certain charismatic energy about Joe. His eyes light up when he tells a story and it's obvious that he not only has a love for hip-hop but also a passion for it. That's why it sucks to see someone like that constantly get the short end of the stick.
I can't front, I chuckled earlier this year when I first heard that Joe was named No. 2 on Billboard's One Hit Wonders of the 2000s list for Terror Squad's "Lean Back," http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ajmI1P3r1w4 but then it hit me: Wait a second, Fat Joe's had more than one hit… A lot more.
The Crack Man has come a long way over the years. When he first dropped back in '93 I didn't think much of "Flow Joe." Besides, Latino MCs didn't get much burn back then—or today for that matter—but it's 17 years later and Joe's still flowin'.
Say what you will about Fat Joe, but he's responsible for introducing us to one of the best MCs in the game. And dare I say it again, Pun may have been better than Biggie had he had the chance to be with us longer.
But this is about Joe, so I digress…
Beyond his Pun affiliation, Joe has made hits. I don't know (or care) if Billboard merely focused on their own chart system to determine what a "hit" was, but Joey Crack's got tracks that you can stack in the back of an Ac'.
Don't believe me? Well, here's my own personal playlist for Fat Joe's Greatest Hits. —Anslem Samuel
1993 Represent
Following his introductory track, "Flow Joe," which was pretty basic by today's standards, The Gangsta showed off his storytelling ability with "Shit Is Real." The Beatnuts did a good job producing the original, but Premier stepped up to score the official remix and I think this record stands out as a hidden gem in Joey's catalogue.
1995 Jealous Ones Envy
Not for nothing, I was geeked off the title of Joe's sophomore album alone. Maybe it's a Bronx thing, but much like KRS-One's acronym (Knowledge Reigns Supreme Over Nearly Everyone) I felt like Jealous One's Envy was eloquently to the point.
"Success" was another street anthem. Lyrically nothing crazy was said that we hadn't heard already, but the hook ("Hustlin' is the key to success/Money is the key to sex…") struck a chord with me.
Then of course was "Envy," which flipped Marvin Gaye's "Sexual Healing." Sure, jackin' for undeniable beats is a easy way out, but Joe could have farted on the track and it would have gotten spun because of the track alone. In retrospect, I wonder how the hell he got that sample cleared?


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The Real Freedom
Poem by: dynamic12
Status: Finished
Genre: Poetry
The Real Freedom
Freedom is responsibility
Not the right without limit
It's a right to sensibility
To take the goodness to its summit.
You can't claim freedom
To shoot at random and will
Even soldiers have guns
But they think before they kill.
You can't have freedom
To roam in an inebriated state
And rape around freely
And let victims rue their fate
Impropriety is no freedom
Though it's often misunderstood
Due to clash of ego, gender and race
Viewpoints differ without any base.
Hotly debated is freedom of speech
And it will always be
For words carry many meanings
Like a lock with many different keys.
Still you can't simply abuse
On the basis of religion, race and so on
Controversies and enmities are then born
This way seeds of disrespect too are sown.
Freedom is to spread love and peace
For this, go to any extreme and feel the bliss
Real freedom is remaining strong
From the lure of what is really wrong.
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Thought provoking, good work !
Spread the word, and we all will be free.
well said and aptly written..bravo sir!
I love the word freedom ringing in my ear....
Seems like a never come true dream...
Is this poem anyways connected to the recent delhi issue??
Good work.....loved it.....nice job
Thanks a lot for reading and kind comment. One can assume that poem is connected to the Delhi issue and recent shoot-out at school in US. These things do happen frequently around the world because people take freedom for granted forgetting the corresponding responsibility. Poem deals with that.
Very thought provoking which ticks a box for me. Could do with some more punctuation in places i felt, i'm looking forward to reading more :-)
Now this poem I relate to! I really enjoy it and wish there was more like it... Have you read my novel?
nice one.every one has their own veiw about freedom.
very nice and thoughtful :)
Yes, Freedom without morals, ethics, and respect for others is not freedom at all, it's chaos.
Your are right. Freedom requires responsibilty, not wild abandonment. It is a gift to be cherished not a license to abuse.
Well done my friend
awww,nice poetry n u explained meaning of freedom in a very gud way.
Great and sensitive topic for a poem. Freedom isn't actually freedom, its just the power to do good because you have the ability to do so. Sorry if that made no sense. Gets a like from me!
Beatifully written and polished with some great rhymes and wrapped in a nice flow.. Very wise words indeed.. Thanks.. Keep shining friend.
Nicely presented and thought provoking
Great poem explaining the real meaning of freedom and how it should be portraid (Sorry about the spelling). A great read with another like given :D
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Sue, Rod and Luna the dog came to cheer on the Luna team
For those that like the nitty gritty race details here you go. This year the organizers made some substantial changes to the course lay out. The hallmark descent was removed and replaced with a rough rocky one, the course looped back on itself even more than usual and 2 short but challenging climbs were added.
The women were scheduled for 4 laps and it promised to be slick if not actually raining. The start was going to be critical. After a relatively short climb up a mix of dirt road and grass we were fed into singletrack where passing would be impossible unless someone dabbed and let you by. Based on world cup points I was called up in 5th position. From the gun, things were a little dicey with a rider veering over into me, but everyone stayed upright. I let myself get forced off to the side on the grass climb and a surge of riders swarmed me. I entered the woods in 9th, but not in the top 3 which I thought would be critical to winning.
A gap of about 20-30 seconds opened between me and race leader Marie Helene by the first feed zone (<8minutes in), but I had the bit between my teeth and two steep climbs ahead before the end of the lap. On the first climb I moved up to 5 and picked off another rider in the woods. Into the rock chute I could see Marie-Helene followed by Irina Kalentieva and Marga Fullana. Everyone seemed to be riding the chute and a safe distance ahead for me to follow them in. I closed the gap fast though and was soon caught behind 2 of them walking it. Thankfully Marga stepped aside and I made it down safely. Willow Koerber meanwhile had taken the alternate line and slipped ahead of me. On the next grassy uphill I was able to repass Willow and squeak by Irina. Keith was waiting for me on the ascent into the switch back climb giving me time gaps to Marie and yelling enthusiastically for me to close it. I was able to get by Marie into the Switch backs and focused on cresting it hard to try to open a gap.
The rain at this point has started falling pretty hard and the rocks, roots and earth were slick. I held the lead with a small gap over the chasers until the rock chute where I did a "Catharine on the rocks" and scraped myself up pretty good while losing my time advantage. I got back on my bike still in the lead and had to refocus on how to open the gap again. Luckily I started putting my riding together better in the woods and after regrouping from the crash I knew I had to put out a fast 3rd and 4th lap. My legs were up to the challenge and the gap slowly increased until I crossed the finish line with 1 min 31 seconds over Irina Kalentieva of Russia. It felt amazing to win at Mont Sainte Anne. I've watched for years as other women have done it and had set it as a long term goal.
My teammate Katerina Nash from Luna and the BC Bike race rode an amazing racing finishing 3rd after spending a good chunk of the race in 2nd in her first World Cup of the season. Watch out for her in Bromont! Georgia also had a good day finishing 7th in a stacked field and giving Luna 3 solid results to claim the top team award. This weekend Chloe also joined us for her first World cup in 2 years and pulled off a top 40 which she's looking to build on for next weekend.
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Welcome to the Quilting Board!
This is great! Thanks for sharing!!
Be a blessing to others, as you may entertain angels unaware!
Very pretty! Thanks for sharing!
If a woman's work is never done....why start?
How beautiful! don't you want to start a new quilt?
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The number of government 'tsars' is on the increase and their work is directly impacting government policy, according to the first in-depth review of tsars, carried out by researchers at King's College London.
In their report, researchers reveal that over 260 tsars were appointed between May 1997 and July 2012. They found the prominence of tsars has soared, from a rate of 3 appointments per annum in the first New Labour administration to a rate of 43 per annum since the Coalition came to power in 2010.
Dr Ruth Levitt and William Solesbury, Visiting Senior Research Fellows in the Department of Political Economy at King's, found that ministers clearly value the work of tsars, because they see the arrangement as speedy, cheap, authoritative and direct and they frequently heed the advice their tsars give them.
Levitt and Solesbury's report reveals that Prime Ministers and ministers in HM Treasury, the Departments for Education, Business, Innovation and Skills and the Cabinet Office have been the keenest to appoint tsars. Tsars come from business (40%) - many from the City; 37% come from public service (often retirees) and 23% from research, mostly from universities. 18% have a career background in politics, sometimes as serving MPs, including several ex-ministers - those tsars seemingly rewarded for services rendered.
However, Dr Levitt says: 'Our review reveals a picture of ambiguity around the whole framework of the policy tsar. There is no consistency in just about every variable of tsars' appointments and outputs – from how long they work for, to pay, reporting expectations and style of conduct.'
'Tsar' is the popular, unofficial, name given to individuals from outside government who are appointed by a minister for a limited period of time to advise on a particular policy. Although tsars have no executive authority they do have the personal power to influence a minister's thinking and decisions and can make a significant difference to policy or legislation or to wider understanding of big issues.
The report provides evidence that ministers choose and appoint their tsars quite informally and place a high degree of trust in them. Most ministers select people they know or know of, and some ministers are much keener to appoint tsars than others. Tsars are given considerable independence in how they undertake their work. There is no framework or basic guidance on how they should go about their task and no evaluation of what has worked best for a department or across government. These are public appointments, funded by the taxpayer, yet they are not advertised, nor are there formal recruitment procedures and only sometimes are there formal terms of reference for their work. The Government keeps no central record of these appointments.
Levitt and Solesbury show that the overwhelming majority of tsars are male (85%), white (98%) and over the age of 50 (83%). Most tsars are unpaid; they receive administrative support from civil servants and can have close contact with their minister. Some are very open in their working methods, others much more secretive. About 80% of tsars produce a published report on their work, but for some there is no evidence of any output.
The researchers recommend that to achieve more transparency, clear, published principles and practices should apply to tsar appointments. There should be more careful matching of potential appointees' expertise to their actual remit, clearer contractual definition of their tasks, greater consistency in their terms and conditions, stated expectations of outputs and an obligation on ministers to respond publicly to tsars' advice. Tsars should be demographically more diverse.
Dr Levitt says: 'The Coalition has been arguing that there is a need to 'open up' policy making to inputs beyond the civil service. They seem unaware that tsars have already been doing this for at least 15 years.' Ministers increasingly prefer to find a tsar rather than commissioning researchers or consultants, seeking professional opinions, getting help from expert committees, setting up inquiries or holding consultations.
Dr Levitt says: 'To increase the effectiveness of tsars' contributions to policy development, ministers and civil servants need to take greater interest in tsars' working methods. Tsars should be offered resources of people and money appropriate to a work-plan they have been required to propose and the results of their labours should be subject to suitable review for objectivity and rigour, before their advice is accepted and acted upon by ministers.'
Dr Levitt and William Solesbury, with Ken Young, Professor of Public Policy, have been awarded a small grant by the King's Policy Institute to develop and promote a simple and appropriate 'code' of guidance on tsar appointments, to address the propriety and effectiveness issues identified in the research report. This work is now underway and will continue to the end of 2013.
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This is nice work R-M.. and yes, this one was a bad ass pic to start from (seemed to be a painting in the first glance) and you extracted the whole life outta it..
This is nice work R-M.. and yes, this one was a bad ass pic to start from (seemed to be a painting in the first glance) and you extracted the whole life outta it..
Thanks Buddy, waiting for the next one now lol. Hopefully will not be as bad as this one. Enjoyable none the less though
Hey Chris,Well,
The other image I was working on has been accepted so I am now a volunteer for Operation Photo Rescue.
I was given access to the galleries to pick the first image to repair.
I pick this one:
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2 Hours in and I have this:
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Still lots to do, re-colouring and textures as well as getting any healing tool patterns removed. Coming on not too Bad though.
Will keep this thread updated as I proceed with this project. I am in no rush, and they understand it's not going to be an over night thing. Enjoying the challenge at the moment
Great job with the image, this was definitely an extremely hard one to do. You inspired me to see what I could do with it and I think I'm going to volunteer myself. I don't want to step on your toes though, so I want to know if it's cool with you if I post what I did with it on the forum.
Chris H.
No problems at all buddy, go for it and look forward to seeing the results
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I was instructed to take down this site on January 5, 2016. Following that, we entered a transition period that I have called finishing school, referring to the finishing up with unfinished business from our time in 3D and also the kind of schooling that would be a preparation for us to step out into a new life, similar to what young women did a century or so ago.
Between then and now, I was inspired to create a totally new site that would go more deeply into the perspective that was offered in the material on this site. It's a blog and this is where I am discussing all emerging trends and how they relate to the journey to Terra. If you have found value in the material on this site, I think you will enjoy "An Unorthodox View of 'How It Is.'" There is a mailing list there for people who want to be kept up to date re- AUV.
This evening (October 3, 2016), the Hosts asked me to deliver a new Message regarding upcoming events and how we should be with them as they unfold. You can read it here. You can see the Spanish translation here.
There is no mailing list for this site, so if you would like to receive any news as this unfolds. sign up at AUV.
Love and blessings,
Welcome to the home of the new dawn! This site contains information about the journey to a totally new world Terra that will arise from this one shared reality that we refer to as Planet Earth. Only one of several timelines leads to this particular destination, but this is the next step in human and galactic evolution. It is the new dawn that will come after the dark times that are just ahead.
This site was developed over many years, beginning on June 30,1999 and completing on January 5, 2016. Most of the material came in the form of a series of Messages telepathically transmitted from higher-density beings who refer to themselves as the Hosts of Heaven.
Their communications have come through a 3D person named Sara, via her connection and identification with a 4D being known as Lyara. In February 2009, Lyara totally withdrew back into 4D, where she will remain until it is time for the preparations to colonize Terra, the 4D positive-polarity version of our present planet Earth. Adonna is the 4D being that Sara expects to express as on Terra, but in the new site, she signs herself as "A Fellow Traveler," or Traveler for short.
The Hosts have indicated that each person's experience will be uniquely their own. They have also indicated that it is important for us to become more self-reliant and independent of outside authorities, including them. This is why the OT site was taken down for several months. Everyone has the capacity to discern what is "right action" for them in each moment, and that will be the best way to navigate your course through the days ahead.
If you are new to this site, or if you haven't read all of the material available here, please follow the steps listed below:
Read the entire About Operation Terra section for an overview of Operation Terra, what it is about, and how it is structured. Then read the Messages, from the first to the last, in the order they were received. Be sure to read the questions and answers sections, too, including those at the end of the You Don't Have to Die article.
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For additional information, go to the Articles section, where you will find the foundational vision I received in 1982, a description of some of my experiences with the spacecraft of the Hosts, My/Our Story, that You Don't Have to Die and more!
Your script has already been written by your Oversoul, so you can be sure that you will get to where you are supposed to go. No one else has your answers or magic ways of circumventing the inner work, so just remember to breathe, remain grounded and centered, and to take each day as it comes, one step at a time. That's all you can really do, anyway. Good journey!
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Building owners in Australia's largest office market will now be able to access "green loans" for sustainable asset upgrades, after the City of Sydney signed an agreement with Low Carbon Australia Ltd (LCAL).
Commercial and apartment building owners will now be able to access finance for approved sustainable retrofits, then pay the cost back as a levy on their council rates. By signing an environmental upgrade agreement with a financier, LCAL and the City, the council then pays back the financier.
LCAL chief executive Meg McDonald said it was hoped the first upgrade agreement with a Sydney owner would be signed within months.
LCAL's focus was now on educating landlords about the new program's potential.
"Any decisions on building upgrades are really two to three year time frames, so we are really trying to get to as many of the building owners who are at that stage so they can see this as an option, that might allow them to undertake a bigger upgrade than they had originally planned," she said.
LCAL has an initial $100 million budget for environmental upgrades.
The government-backed independent body also has an arrangement in place with National Australia Bank and Eureka Funds Management to provide project funding.
The LCAL program tied in with the City of Sydney's own plan to cut carbon emissions by 70 per cent by 2030, City of Sydney chief executive
Ms Barone said the city already had close ties with the owners of 60 per cent of the city's existing buildings, through the Better Buildings Partnership, which aimed to improve the sustainability of Sydney's existing building stock.
She hoped that with so many owners willing to back investment in sustainability, the other smaller owners would be pushed to follow.
"The interest is definitely there, there is a high level of commitment, it's just good business sense to do it," she said. "But what we needed to do is unlock methods that would enable it to happen."
Speaking at a conference this week, City of Sydney sustainability director Chris Derksema said upgrading existing buildings was the key to achieving sustainable outcomes across the city.
Most of the development applications the council received exceeded the standards set for sustainability, he said.
"We really need to start to concentrate on the second tier of owners," Mr Derksema said.
Owners of existing buildings often resisted making improvements as they bore the costs of upgrading while their tenants reaped the benefits.
In urban settings, buildings are responsible for about 80 per cent of greenhouse gas emissions.
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This past weekend, my parents came up to visit me and Tony. We showed them around the area, some of the cool neighborhoods near us, and they even came out to cheer me on during my soccer game. (It was like being 9 years old all over again!)read more
Yes, I got a whole week. Last week was a bit of a whirlwind. Tony and I both had birthdays (YAY!) and every day was filled with something! Tuesday was my birthday. I've been doing Krav Maga a couple times a week, so after my class, I went to pick up Tony from work and have a little birthday lunch.read more
Vegan cheesecake has been my "White Whale" of culinary achievements. I've made a few, they're always pretty good but nothing has been fantastic! Until now. Now, this isn't my own recipe, so I'll just link to where I found it. But I'm going to take this recipe and tweak it and change it up a bit and make it my own. When I do, I'll share that with you.read more


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Monday, November 20, 2000
Steamboat Springs The 2001 city budget, considered one of the tightest in years by city officials before the October budget retreat, may get even tighter.
The City Council will vote tonight on whether to approve the revised budget, which would force the city to dip $450,000 into its reserves.
Since the original budget talks, the city has proposed a number of new items to be financed in the budget.
The Transit Department needs a $62,553 grant match increase to secure a federal grant to finance new vehicles, while the Regional Affordable Living Foundation is asking for its usual $35,000 that was left out of the original budget.
The bus department, in part because of the grant, will be fully compliant with the Americans with Disabilities Act by 2002.
Other smaller items have added to the city's deficit, pushing expenditures to $34,883,317 on revenues of $34,424,123.
Because the city recently agreed to increase what planning department officials said were abnormally low planning fees, some people in the community thought the city might have some extra cash on hand and council recently received new requests for community support funding.
The city, however, had already included the projected revenue from the fees in the original budget, even though the City Council had not yet approved the new fees.
Council President Kevin Bennett said that anticipating the revenue from the fees before approving the fees was an "irregular" action but noted that the City Council had indicated its support for the new fees before the budget was proposed.
He also said most of the revenue sources proposed in the budget are, in fact, based on projections that might not manifest.
Sales tax revenues, for instance, are projected to increase next year, though sales tax receipts are based primarily on the strength of the tourist season.
The tourist season, in turn, is based heavily on the amount of snow that falls on the city in the winter.
The revenue in the 2001 budget, because it is based on projections, many of them (such as sales tax) conservative, will likely change as the year progresses and the city ascertains the actual state of the economy.
The city will vote on items to be funded in omnibus ordinances throughout 2001.
The third omnibus ordinance for 2000, which provides for items such as Wastewater Main Improvements and an economic analysis done by a group of consultants, will also be reviewed tonight.
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FITSNews – March 12, 2008 – Of all the ridiculous headlines we've seen in our lives, "Pamela Anderson To Develop Eco-Friendly Housing In Canada" is officially number one with a bullet. Of course, it does give us an excuse to put up a picture of Pam Anderson (lamentably not a naked one), which is why we're not really complaining. From the, um, story:
Movie and television star, sex symbol and animal-rights advocate Pamela Anderson is returning to the Canadian town she grew up in to help develop a new residential, eco-friendly development. Anderson is teaming up with former professional hockey player Geoff Courtnall to build upon five waterfront-acres previously owned by her grandparents in the town of Ladysmith. The 83-unit, condominium-townhouse development will feature a reduced footprint and several eco-friendly features.
Uh-huh … sure it will. Is it just us or does something seem a bit suspicious here? Like maybe everything. A bimbo and a former hockey player teaming up to build eco-friendly houses? In Canada? We consulted a few friends of ours in the development business and they told us these homes have a 0% chance of remaining upright for longer than five minutes. They did, however, agree that Pam Anderson's breasts are good clean family fun.


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Pro Spotlight: Surging Jets One Win From Super Appearance
If the word confidence was a stock to make money, whatever the New York Jets have invested has worked so well in their playoff run they could make a killing on Wall Street.
The belief factor is so high right now with the Jets that it is not out of the realm of possibility that they can walk out of Lucas Oil Stadium on Sunday evening with a win over the Indianapolis Colts.
Yes Jets fans, a Super Bowl appearance for the first time since January 12, 1969 can be a possibility. A win over the Colts in the AFC semifinals will be the ticket needed to send the Gang Green faithful to Miami on Feb-ruary 7 for the Super Bowl.
But it won't be easy. The Jets kept to their faith of as tout defense and a strong running game, which upset the Chargers. Now the stakes are raised against a Colts team that started the Jets magical ride up to this point with a Week 15 victory.
"Motivation is going to come from the fact that the winner of this game advances to the Super Bowl. That's probably motivation enough," said Jets coach Rex Ryan. "The fact we did win that game by 14 points, it wasn't like we squeaked it out by one point or something like that," Ryan said.
"We played well. Granted, it was the Colt JV team or whatever people want to call it; they still had the Colt uniform on."
But why would anyone now think the Jets have no chance Many pundits still don't think a win is possible. Leave it up to Jets coach Rex Ryan to make believers out of anyone.
"I'm not an 'I-told-you-so' guy — until after we win the Super Bowl. (smiling) Then I'll make that comment. But it's not even about that at all. It's about a belief in the people we had at the organization from the top, from (Jets owner) Woody Johnson, all the way down, just a strong belief that we had a lot of things in place," Ryan said.
"You've got everybody buying in. I mean, I've got guys crying in the locker room because they're not active. So that's a real positive thing for me. Everybody wants to contribute to the team's success, not the individual success." It's worked so far for Ryan's team. If the Jets defense can find a way to confound NFL MVP QB Peyton Manning and an efficient offensive machine, then it will be a close affair.
"You can't give (Peyton) Manning the same looks all the time. You have to really mix things up because he is going to go back to the sideline, look at the pictures and make his adjustments," said Jets LB Bart Scott.
"You have to continue to be changing and evolving during the game as well so (that) everything looks new to him."
No doubt Scott has kept hearing how the Jets would not have won the Week 15 game against the Colts if Manning had remained in the game.
Indianapolis was up 15-10 when Manning was removed and the Jets then made their comeback win.
"We were holding our own; we were weathering the storm. He's a great quarterback and they've been in that system for so long that they can do it with their eyes closed," Scott said.
It will all come down to how much the Jets can slow down Indianapolis' offense. CB Darrelle Revis will get plenty of time to shadow the Colts Pro Bowl WR Reggie Wayne. But the Jets must get a consistent pass rush to fluster Manning. They must also not allow TE Dallas Clarks to catch multiple balls up the middle of the field.
Offensively the Jets must do three things to succeed which they accomplished against the Chargers. The offensive line knows they must protect Sanchez and open holes for RBs Shonn Greene (128 yards against San Diego) and Thomas Jones.
The second thing is to not allow pass rushers Dwight Freeney and Robert Mathis, two speedy defensive ends to go wild and sack Jets QB Mark Sanchez.
We got a pretty good feel for how those guys play and what they're all about. (Robert) Mathis didn't play the last game, so that's going to be a little different," said Jets offensive lineman Damien Woody.
"(Dwight) Freeney only played in third down situations, so this time around they're going to play on all three downs. That's definitely going to present a challenge especially when we're throwing the ball because those guys are probably the best defensive ends in the league as far as rushing the passer.
We're definitely going to need to be smart when we pass and run."
And the pressure will be on Sanchez to repeat a close to mistake free day. Except for one interception against the Chargers, Sanchez ran an efficient game. He made a nice pass into the end zone in the fourth quarter, which Dustin Keller caught for the Jets touchdown to give them the lead.
And with the world all looking at the Jets, only 60 minutes stand in the way of them making history. Scott says he knows the stakes all too well.
"We are just going in there with a sense and understanding of what type of moment we're in. Four quarters and we're going to the Super Bowl."


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How cuddling may be key to a better sex life
Published Thursday, May 29, 2014 11:31AM EDT
A Canadian study has found that cuddling may be the way to achieve both a better sex life and a closer relationship.
Cuddling, caressing and kissing were found to lead to overall satisfaction with relationships, according to the research conducted by a University of Toronto fellow.
The paper, called "Post Sex Affectionate Exchanges Promote Sexual and Relationship Satisfaction," was based on two studies involving a total of 436 participants. Both studies looked at the duration and quality of time couples spent together after sex.
Lead author Amy Muise focused on the period after engaging in sexual activity as an "important time for bonding and intimacy."
Muise found that people who reported a longer duration of post-sex affection reported higher relationship satisfaction.
Higher rates of post-sex affection also seemed to translate into higher sexual satisfaction in general.
"On days when people reported feeling more satisfied with their post sex affection more than they typically did across the study, they were more satisfied with their sex lives," the study said.
The findings were consistent among men and women, meaning both genders seemed to benefit from the added intimacy.
The study is published in the Archives of Sexual Behavior.
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Chris Hardwick leads three celebrity contestants down the ultimate internet wormhole. Culling from the darkest recesses of social media, they compete to determine who will be the funniest person for the next twenty three and a half hours.
Another Period follows the lives of the obscenely rich Bellacourt family and their many servants in turn-of-the-century Rhode Island. Natasha Leggero and Riki Lindhome lead an all-star cast -- including Michael Ian Black, David Wain, Christina Hendricks, Jason Ritter and Paget Brewster -- in this historical satire about narcissistic aristocrats and the poor souls in their employ.
Archer is an animated spy thriller that follows Sterling Archer (H. Jon Benjamin) and his fellow operatives (voiced by talent including Chris Parnell, Aisha Tyler and Jessica Walter) as they engage in undercover surveillance, pursue dangerous missions and quibble about office politics. They're out to make the world a better place -- or a worse place, depending on which pays better.
Created by UCB alums Abbi Jacobson and Ilana Glazer, and produced by Amy Poehler, Broad City is an odd-couple comedy about two best friends navigating their 20s in New York City. Abbi and Ilana are broke and flawed, and they don't shy away from the sticky situations NYC throws at them -- they dive right into the muck. No matter how bad it gets, these broads are always down with whatever hits them.
It's not just a show -- it's a social phenomenon. Dave Chappelle's singular point of view is unleashed through a combination of stand-up bits and street-smart sketches. Hailed by critics and beloved by fans, Chappelle's Show brings the funk and the noise -- and some of the funniest comedy on television.
Comedians take the stage to tell a funny story about a song that means something to them, then live out their rock star fantasies by performing the song with a live band, making for a night of entertainment that'll have you dancing as hard as you're laughing.
The Daily Show is an Emmy and Peabody Award-winning program that looks at the day's top headlines through a sharp, reality-based lens. Along with the help of The Best F#@king News Team Ever, Trevor Noah covers the biggest news stories in politics, pop culture and more.
Best friends and fledgling ad men Sam and Tim may not have the money, connections or talent that the big corporations do, but they have more than enough ambition to build a local advertising empire. Whatever they do, they do it together. And no matter what, Tim and Sam's love for each other and their city never wavers in this new show co-executive produced by Lorne Michaels and Jason Sudeikis.
Based on the popular web series, Drunk History is the liquored-up narration of our nation's history. Host Derek Waters, along with an ever-changing cast of actors and comedians, travels across the country to present the rich tales that every city in this land has to offer. Booze helps bring out the truth. It's just that sometimes the truth is a little incoherent.
Hatched from Matt Groening's brain, Futurama follows pizza guy Philip J. Fry, who reawakens in 31st century New New York after a cryonics lab accident. Now part of the Planet Express delivery crew, Fry travels to the farthest reaches of the universe with his robot buddy Bender and cyclopsian love interest Leela, discovering freaky mutants, intergalactic conspiracies and other strange stuff.
The Gorburger Show is a run-of-the-mill Japanese variety show, except it's been taken over by a furry blue alien named Gorburger (T.J. Miller) who has a taste for human flesh. Get ready for games, celebrity guests and hopefully minimal bloodshed.
Join Doug Benson as he presides over actual courtroom arguments. The catch? Judge Doug makes all his rulings while extremely high. After hearing both sides, Doug smokes up with a guest bailiff and deliberates. (And yes, this is legal. Somehow.)
Straight from Amy Schumer's provocative and hilariously wicked mind, Inside Amy Schumer explores sex, relationships and the general clusterf**k that is life with sketches, stand-up comedy and woman-on-the-street interviews. Executive produced by Schumer, Dan Powell and Jessi Klein.
Jeff & Some Aliens follows Jeff -- Earth's most average guy -- and the three aliens who share his lousy one-bedroom apartment. They've been sent to Earth to observe the intricate complexities of the human condition, but instead they just wreak havoc on Jeff's life. Featuring the voices of Brett Gelman, Alessandro Minoli and more, Jeff & Some Aliens began as a series of animated shorts on TripTank.
This four-night televised roast-off features Jeff Ross, host Brian Moses and a panel of celebrity judges. The comics will compete onstage while adhering to the Roast Battle rules: original material only, no physical contact, and every battle ends with a hug. In this competition, 16 comedians will enter the ring, but only one will emerge as this year's Roast Battle Champion.
Key & Peele showcases the fearless wit of stars Keegan-Michael Key and Jordan Peele as the duo takes on everything from "Gremlins 2" to systemic racism. With an array of sketches as wide-reaching as they are cringingly accurate, the pair has created a bevy of classic characters, including Wendell, the players of the East/West Bowl and President Obama's Anger Translator.
The losers dominating late-night are in for a rude awakening when the smartest, handsomest, most winning-est president of all time enters the fray to address the nation. The President Show brings television back to the people – by putting a plutocratic billionaire behind the desk.
Moshe Kasher brings the internet's most contentious topics into the studio for face-to-face discussions that are sure to make everyone uncomfortable. It's a message board come to life – but this time, hiding behind a username isn't an option.
Review stars Andy Daly as critic Forrest MacNeil, who does not review boring things like films, food or art. Instead, Forrest reviews the most intense experiences of life itself -- by living them. From the dangers of drug addiction to the joys of sleeping with a celebrity, Forrest fully commits to showing us what life feels like, sometimes at the expense of his family and humanity in general.
South Park is the Emmy-award winning animated series about four boys living in one screwed-up Colorado mountain town. Between local and global tragedies, as well as parental and celebrity interference, Kyle, Stan, Cartman and Kenny manage to have themselves a time.
Tosh.0 is a weekly topical series hosted by comedian Daniel Tosh that delves into all aspects of the Internet, from the ingenious to the absurd to the medically inadvisable. Through segments like Video Breakdown, 20 Seconds on the Clock and Web Redemption, Tosh has established himself as the preeminent expert on exhibitionist weirdos, injurious idiots and the best worst things on the Web.
Workaholics follows Blake, Adam and Ders, three friends who work together as telemarketers from 9 to 5, live together from 5 to 9 and party together 24/7. Whether they're at their house in Rancho Cucamonga or getting ready to rage at a Renaissance Faire, the guys find trouble wherever they go.


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Juan Cole: 10 Ways Arab Democracies Can Avoid American MistakesRoundup: Historians' Take
Juan Cole is Richard P. Mitchell Collegiate Professor of History at the University of Michigan. For three decades, he has sought to put the relationship of the West and the Muslim world in historical context. His most recent book is Engaging the Muslim World (Palgrave Macmillan, March, 2009) and he also recently authored Napoleon's Egypt: Invading the Middle East (Palgrave Macmillan, 2007).
Your peoples have demonstrated enormous courage and idealism in challenging a whole series of seedy police states throughout the Middle East. In two instances, Tunisia and Egypt, you have managed to overthrow dictators who had ruled through fear, intimidation and massive theft of public resources for decades. In Yemen, you are keeping pressure on the regime of wounded President Ali Abdullah Saleh, rejecting the attempt of his son to succeed him or of his relatives and cronies to retain control of the state and the economy. In Libya, you have fought off vicious bombardments of civilian populations in Ajdabiya, Misrata and the Western Mountain towns, and have a good chance of moving to parliamentary rule once the Qaddafi mafia flees. In Syria, you have stood up to tanks, snipers and secret police mass arrests, keeping the pressure on week after week despite vicious repression that has left an estimated 1400 dead. In Bahrain, despite the crushing of your street protests, you have continued to mount demonstrations, to speak out, and to seek negotiations with the hard line monarchy. In Morocco you have impelled the king to give up some prerogatives in favor of the majority party in parliament, such that a small step toward popular sovereignty has been taken.
In Tunisia and Egypt, the next step is to move to parliamentary elections, a move that may come in some of the other countries of the 2011 revolutions in time. But let me just warn you about democracy. It is a vague ideal and the old-established democracies like the United States are seeing it undermined by a whole host of undemocratic practices that are reminiscent of the police states you just challenged. Here is some advice on how to avoid the mistakes of my generation of Americans, who have perhaps fatally undermined our constitution and turned ourselves into a corporation-dominated national security state. From a twilight democracy heading toward being a large Company town where the workers are deprived of any right to privacy or a fair share of national income to a young vibrant set of democratic movements in the Arab world, I send you this dire warning.
1. Contemporary political campaigns in the US depend heavily on television commercials. In the UK these ads are restricted, and in Norway they are banned. Consider banning them. But whatever you do, do not let your private television channels charge money for campaign advertisements. Television advertisements account for 80-90 percent of the cost of a senate or presidential campaign in the US, and the next presidential campaign will cost each candidate $1 billion. The only way a candidate can win is to fall captive to the billionaires and their corporations, leaving the people powerless and victimized by the ultra-wealthy. Consider putting a ban on paid radio and television political ads in the constitution, because otherwise if it is only a statute, the wealthy will try to buy the legislature so as to overturn it....
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Organizers reflect on Bloomfield's bicentennial celebration
Dozens of events commemorated Bloomfield's bicentennial, from March 2012 to March 2013.
It started with a kickoff celebration at the Bloomfield High School and continued with bicentennial versions of the Memorial Day parade and Fourth of July fireworks. There were also historical tours and talks.
The yearlong celebration ended with a gala last Friday at the Oakeside Bloomfield Cultural Center. About 175 people attended including the mayor and council, some Bloomfield Board of Education members and U.S. Rep. Rodney Frelinghuysen.
Michael Sceurman, Bloomfield Recreation Department director and co-chairman of the Bloomfield Bicentennial Committee, said all the events were made possible by donations.
"It was difficult to do all the things we had planned," he said. "We were able to combine some existing programs and make some new programs. We have to thank our sponsors. Our events were free, of great quality and all-inclusive. It didn't draw on our tax base."
Many organizations, residents and former residents were looking for ways to contribute, said Michelle Davidson, the committee's major events chairwoman.
"There's where that feeling came," she said of community involvement. "People were just really ready to get involved. It was such a once-in-a-lifetime thing."
About 70 volunteers made the events worthwhile, said Gary Iacobacci, who coordinated volunteering.
"We had a lot of good people participate," he said. "It was a team effort."
"We all had certain expertise," said Davidson. "Whoever came gave their best. I made lasting friendships."
Resident John Cataldo, a community theater actor, portrayed Gen. Joseph Bloomfield at every event. He said that he was often confused for George Washington.
But portraying Bloomfield came naturally, Cataldo said.
"I didn't have to sound a certain way. I didn't have to sing or dance or act. I just smiled and waved," he said.
Davidson said that Cataldo "really added a lot to the bicentennial."
"His heart was in it from the start," Davidson said. "It fit him like a glove."
For Sceurman, the annual Fourth of July fireworks and Memorial Day parades are can't-miss events. He's attended every one in the last 34 years. This past year's bicentennial twist made them even more special.
"The Memorial Day parade had a lot more people come out," he said. "I was the emcee, which I was a little apprehensive about at first. But it was nice to see the participation. I remember walking down the street in the parade when I was a kid."
The Bloomfield Cultural Commission wants to continue events in "the same vein" as the bicentennial, said Davidson, a commission member.
"We want to have free events coming up," she said. "We want to give back to the community. It feels so good to do this for the people."
"If we can continue to push and move forward on some of the initiatives...it will live on forever," Sceurman said of the bicentennial spirit.
Some unfinished business: Burying the bicentennial time capsule in the Oakeside Bloomfield Cultural Center's soon-to-be-restored rose garden. It's intended to be unearthed for Bloomfield's 250th anniversary in 2062.


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Boat Tours Back in Georgetown
Mule-powered boat rides are back in Georgetown on the C&O Canal. In an effort to preserve the 19th-century form of transportation, the National Park Service is offering the tours of the canal until October. Park rangers aid in the historic experience with period clothing and stories of the canal's past. The hour-long tour costs $5 for adults and children ages four and up. Children three years old and younger ride free.
Boats leave from the Georgetown Visitors Center at 1057 Thomas Jefferson Street, NW. Tours are given at 11 a.m., 1:30 p.m. and 3 pm.
For more information and group reservations contact the visitors center at 202-653-5190. The center is open from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Wednesday through Sunday.


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INDIANA COUNTY: Commissioners approve preparation work for Creps plant
The Indiana County commissioners Wednesday took action to help get a county business back in operation as soon as possible and put about 100 people back on a payroll.
The commissioners approved a contract with Adam Eidemiller Inc., of Greensburg, for grading work to level a lot for a pad at the new Windy Ridge Business and Technology Park in White Township where Creps United Publications will build a new printing plant to replace the one that burned in October.
The contract price for leveling 1.8 acres of the lot is $213,433.
A groundbreaking for the new business park is planned for Friday, and already the park's first tenant is preparing to move on site.
"This speaks for the importance of having this park in the (county's economic development) plans," said commission chairman Rodney Ruddock. He commended the Indiana County Development Corporation, the owner of the 197-acre future business park, for moving ahead so quickly in getting the park ready and for helping the leadership of Creps decide to rebuild and keep their operations in Indiana County.
"This is an indication that we have a partner out there to make these kinds of things happen," Ruddock said.
Creps United is one of the largest printers of full-color advertising in the eastern United States. It specializes in newspaper inserts.
Managing partner Jake Creps said Wednesday that his company's plans are to have their printing presses running again from the new location by late August or early September, in time to capture orders during the important fall advertising season.
Going backward from that date, printing presses would have to be installed by late June, so the company's new 91,000-square-foot building would have to be substantially completed by then. And the tentative schedule calls for the pad to be leveled by April 23 so work on the buildings' footers could begin immediately after that.
One concern, Creps said, is that the unpredictable spring weather may disrupt the construction timetable.
Creps said his company laid off about 110 of its 260 employees following the October fire, and he's not sure how many will be called back to work, or how soon. That will depend in part on how quickly Creps' customers start giving the company new printing orders.
If Creps is back in production by September, it would mean the company bounced back from a devastating fire and accomplished a turnaround — with a new building and mostly new equipment — within 11 months.
"As soon as it happened we started looking for new equipment," Creps said. And the company's insurance companies have been good in helping the company get back in operation as soon as possible, he added. "We've been fortunate. Things are running smoothly."
Creps said the company chose to build at a new site, rather than rebuild its old plant along Philadelphia Street in White Township, because the Windy Ridge park will afford the company more space and the new park is designated a Keystone Opportunity Zone, a state economic development program that excuses businesses within such zones from paying taxes for a time.
Meanwhile, demolition work continues at the site of the former Creps plant. That is being handled by M.D. Sleppy Construction, of Penn Run.
Yet another improvement is on the way at the Indiana County/Jimmy Stewart Airport. The commissioners accepted a tentative allocation of $97,500 from the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation's Bureau of Aviation to help install a new automated weather observation system at the airport. The airport's existing AWOS is 18 years old, is not operating and repair parts are not available.
Todd Heming, airport manager, said the AWOS gives pilots an idea of what weather conditions at the airport are like to help them decide if they can safely land there or need to divert to another airport.
The AWOS provides information on visibility, cloud ceiling heights, wind direction and velocity, barometric pressure (needed to calibrate instruments on board aircraft) and weather trends.
The Indiana County Airport Authority will contribute $32,500 as a local share of the AWOS system and $3,000 as a local share toward the cost of removing an obstruction.
Heming said the new AWOS may be in use at the airport by summer.
The commissioners hope to reverse a revenue stream for the county that has been drying up in recent months.
The Indiana County Jail at times held as many as 70 state inmates, and the county has received about $54 per day from the state for each of those inmates. But as new state prisons are completed, the number of state inmates being incarcerated temporarily in county jails has been dropping, and the final 33 state inmates were pulled out of the county jail a few weeks ago.
The commissioners Wednesday approved a new agreement for the county jail to hold state inmates when needed. Warden Sam Buzzinotti said county wardens around the state are trying to get the state to agree to pay counties $65 per day for each state inmate incarcerated in a county jail in an effort to cover the costs of more services these jails are required to provide inmates.
In other action Wednesday, the commissioners:
- Renewed the agreement with the Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency for the Pennsylvania Statewide Automated Victim Information Notification system to continue in the county. PA SAVIN is a free, confidential system for alerting crime victims when there is a change in the custody status of a criminal offender. The change may involve a release from custody, a transfer to another jail or an escape.
- Appointed David Norris, and reappointed Karen Brunetto, both of Indiana, to the Armstrong-Indiana Behavioral and
- Proclaimed March "Intellectual Disabilities Awareness Month" in the county.
Randy Wells has been a reporter and staff writer at The Indiana Gazette since 1988. His regular assignments include coverage of the Indiana County commissioners, Indiana Borough council and the Marion Center Area School District. His email address is email@example.com.
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What type of Assessment of children with special needs in 1908-1916?
Because mean kids are mean kids and call everyone retarded.
What is assessment of children with special needs?
Answer If you started your period you are not pregnant.
What are the Challenges of quality assessment for children with special needs?
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WSC Doles Out Annual Awards
The Women's Security Council (WSC) hosted its second annual Women of the Year Awards on Tuesday.
April 10, 2013
LAS VEGAS — The Women's Security Council (WSC) hosted its second annual Women of the Year Awards. The program recognizes top female professionals and their contributions to the security industry. More than 100 people attended the program, which was hosted at Pinot Brassiere. The awardees include:
- Mary Jo Cornell, president and CEO, Linstar
- Pamela Petrow, president and CEO, Vector Security
- Donna Kobzaruk, vice president of global security and investigations, JPMorgan Chase & Co.
- Bodil Sonesson, vice president of global sales, Axis Communications
- Karen Evans, President and CEO, Sielox
- Martha Entwistle, trade publication editor
- Volunteer of the Year: Renae Leary, Senior Director of Global Accounts, Tyco
"Each of this year's award recipients are paving the way for increased roles of responsibility and opportunity for women in the security industry," WSC Founding Committee Member Rhianna Daniels says. "They are a reminder to us of the tremendous impact that women leaders have. Many of them have assisted in mentoring women in the industry and take this as a critical responsibility in the ongoing success of female security professionals."
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Deanna Briody – Volleyball
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Deanna Briody has been selected as the women′s student-athlete of the week. Despite the 3-0 loss Friday night to Thomas More, Briody contributed a team high 25 assists. Her effort throughout her four years at Geneva claimed the career assist record with an incredible 4,424 assists. Briody crushed the previous record of 3,690 set in 2009.
Rocco Colavecchia- Football
Senior- Quarterback
New Castle, PA
Shenango High School
Rocco Colavecchia has been selected as the men′s student-athlete of the week. Colavecchia scored two touchdowns Saturday in the 49-34 loss to W&J which broke him into the top slot in the Geneva record books. Those two touchdowns brought him to 280 points on his career sliding Colavecchia in front of the previous career record point holder Gerard Muschettee with 274 points. With one game left Colavecchia still has some time to add to his record breaking career.
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Milwaukee playwright brings 'Great Expectations' into focus
Chicago — Charles Dickens is the most theatrical of the great novelists, but unless one adapts a novella like "A Christmas Carol" — or has the luxury of eight-plus hours, as in the acclaimed adaptation of "Nicholas Nickleby" — the length of his novels makes them difficult to stage.
I was therefore intrigued to see how Milwaukee's Gale Childs Daly had tackled the challenge of adapting "Great Expectations," which is not only one of Dickens' best novels, but also among the shortest. It's being staged by Chicago's Strawdog Theatre Company, a 70-seat storefront theater with a history of rethinking classic texts.
Daly's adaptation involves a cast of six. One actor — Mike Tepeli — plays Pip, the waif who morphs into a gentleman. The other five quick-change their way through more than three dozen characters (costumes by Brittany Dee Bodley).
There's a lot to like — and plenty of food for thought — in Daly's assignment of roles.
Amanda Drinkall, for example, plays coldhearted Estella as well as warm and loving Biddy — underscoring both Pip's blindness and the psychic cost of Estella's malformation.
Similarly, Kyle A. Gibson plays two of the chief architects of Pip's destiny: Jaggers the lawyer and Magwitch the convict. Megan Kohl handles the maternal roles, including Pip's abusive sister, the manipulative Miss Havisham and the mysterious Molly.
In addition to making Daly's adaptation more affordable, such doubling is also true to Dickensian plotting and psychology, in which each of us, like Scrooge, might suddenly become someone else.
There's a bit of the young Scrooge in Pip, but Tepeli's guileless face never lets us forget that Pip — unlike Ebenezer — never entirely loses his moral compass. Tepeli's Pip may turn his back with embarrassment on who he once was, but he also is clearly ashamed that he is so ashamed, laying the foundation for his eventual redemption.
In Dickens' novel and this production, it's Herbert — Pip's best friend — who plays a large role in bringing him back from the brink. An excellent John Taflan does the honors, nailing Herbert's combination of charm, grace and humor, particularly in one sequence that mixes a necessary piece of plot-driven exposition with lessons for Pip on dining etiquette.
Even with Daly's necessarily radical surgery — we see little, for example, of Wemmick, Orlick and the Pocket family — there's still plenty of plot to get through. And while director Jason Gerace's crisp pacing and this agile cast gets the job done in less than 150 well-executed minutes (including intermission), many characters and scenes need more time to come fully alive.
We also could do with less of the singly dimensioned Miss Havisham and Estella and more of Pip with Joe (John Ferrick) and Magwitch — less, that is, of the illusions in Pip's life and a better sense of what those illusions have cost him.
It's telling in this context that Daly opts for the brighter of Dickens' two endings, allowing Pip and Estella to come together and start over. While beautiful, that revised ending was a cheat when Dickens wrote it. It's what's least believable in this production.
"Great Expectations" continues through Dec. 14 at Strawdog Theatre Company, 3829 N. Broadway, in the Lakeview neighborhood of Chicago. For tickets, visit strawdog.org.
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