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Cockerton, through her Re-Envisioning Foster Care in America Initiative, is now focused on bringing together diverse stakeholders – from social workers to state officials, families to philanthropists – to think creatively about how to change the foster care system, in part by developing programs that communities across the country can replicate. "Winning The Purpose Prize for Intergenerational Innovation is a tremendous honor," Cockerton said. "Encore.org and AARP are helping me realize my goal of improving the lives of children placed in foster care in Massachusetts and beyond." Cockerton will join four other 2012 Purpose Prize winners at an awards ceremony in February in San Francisco. Short summaries for the other winners are below. Profiles, videos and photographs are at www.encore.org/prize. The other 2012 winners, who each receive $100,000, are: Bhagwati (B.P.) Agrawal, 68, Sustainable Innovations Inc., Fairfax, Va. By using his engineering expertise, Agrawal is mitigating the water shortage in his native India. Through his nonprofit, Sustainable Innovations, he founded Aakash Ganga, or River from Sky, in 2003 to create a system for collecting rain – one of precious few sources of drinking water. Now, gutters, pipes and underground tanks gather the short-lived rains of monsoon season in six villages, home to 10,000 people. Susan Burton, 61, A New Way of Life Reentry Project, Los Angeles Burton knows how difficult it is to escape a cycle of incarceration. After breaking her own cycle by getting a job and quitting drugs, she started inviting women recently released from jail to stay with her. That informal shelter turned into A New Way of Life Reentry Project in 2000. Today the organization – which offers legal aid, job training and other services aimed at directing former inmates toward productive lives – runs five transitional residences that have served 600 women and their children. 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Police Sports Club captures third straight under-23 title
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National junior sprinting sensation Stephan James had the final say in the much heated and anticipated 200 metres race of the Athletic Association of Guyana U-23 championships by winning that race in a stylish fashion at the Police Sports Club ground Eve Leary, yesterday despite a high tide delay.
Elton Bollers, who upset both Ageday and James in the Under-20 metres last weekend, was outclassed yesterday placing fifth.
James won the race by running a brilliant curve and finishing hard clocking 21.4s for the top spot while beating the field by a clear margin.
Ageday was second in a time of 21.60s while Bollers fell to fifth falling more than a second off his win last week with a time of 22.30s. Akeem Stewart was third with a time of 21.90s.
"I told him once he won the turn he would win the race and that's exactly what happened," co-coach of the Running Brave Athletic Club Julian Edmonds told Stabroek Sport as he recalled what happened in the race.
Police Sports Club captured their third straight under-23 Championships with 366 points while Running Brave was second with 221 points.
The Guyana Defence Force followed in third place with 136 points.
James grabbed a sprint double by winning the men's 400 metres just after the 200 metres final in a time of 49.60s.
Earlier in the day, just before the 200 metres final, Ageday won the 100 metres in a time of 10.70s.
Neisa Allen was forced to relinquish her 100 metres Under-23 100 metres female title to Alita Moore who executed an amazing drive phase to come out with the win in a time of 12.20s. Allen fell to third with a time of 12.80s while Tiffany Carto was second with a 12.50s run.
However, Allen did manage to run away with a sprint double at the Digicel sponsored games after claiming both the female 200 and 400 metres in times of 25.00s and 59.00s respectively.
Moore also claimed a double by winning the female long jump event with a distance of 5.22 metres.
Two-time 1500 metres gold medalist at the Carifta Games Jevina Straker won the female's 800 and 1500 metres in the absence of distance queen Alika Morgan who was forced to watch from the stands following registration issues.
Straker clocked 2:22.20 and 5:10.50s to run away with the 800 and 1500 metres events respectively.
Kevin Bayley then duplicated Straker's performance by winning the male version of both events by clocking 1:59.90s and 4:11.20s to claim the 800 and 1500 metres events while Nathaniel Giddings enjoyed his third straight victory at the 5000 metres distance without his rival Samuel Kaitan from Rupununi who was out owing to registration issues as well.
Giddings clocked 16:46.10s for the top spot while Bayley was second in a time of 17:32.60s.
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3:42 Jill Mahoney: Gillani: My business, Mr. Chairman, runs on reputation, personal integrity, and trust.
The effect of these allegations on my business has been devastating. Since April 8, four contracts that I have been working on for the past several years have fallen through.
3:42 : JT: Gillani has lost his girlfriend as a result of this "fiasco."
3:42 Jill Mahoney: Gillani: If I may, I would like to briefly return to the email of September 11, 2009. In that email, I also announced to colleagues that I would be spending four hours meeting my girlfriend's family for the first time-a big step. "Wish me luck," I wrote. This was the woman I hoped would become my fiancée. That plan has been derailed. I welcome your questions. Thank you.
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3:43 Jill Mahoney: Gillani: The only thing we had done was presented Jaffer and Glemaud with information. The Green Rite project was delivered to a govt' body. I received email correspondence from them.
3:43 : Jt: more coady -- clarity -- you talk about a co called RLP energy. did you know Jaffer subnitted it to government?
3:44 Jill Mahoney: Gillani: I did not know he had submitted anythign on RLP. RLP is a company that was part of the GPG portfolio. I met with them, I almost had the opportunity to bid on a proposal. RLP got funded from somewhere else.
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3:45 Jill Mahoney: Gillani: These types of agreements are typical in my industry. We used these types of agreements to ensure they can't simply circumvent us. I use the term finders fee.
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3:46 : JT: I am on a BlackBerry so excuse typos in my blogging. coady; more on Green rite contract -- Jaffer dinner with Mr. Baird -- did he speak of that?
3:46 Jill Mahoney: Gillani: I had no idea whatsoever. I had no idea that Mr. Jaffer met with Mr. Baird at all.
3:47 : JT: Coady: why were you so enthusiastic about your meeting with Mr. Jaffer??
3:47 Jill Mahoney: Gillani: I was exicted. We had met, we had agreed we would form an alliance. They would take on companies I brought to the table. There was no underhandness to that. What would have happened after that, I don't know
3:48 : JT: coady: do you know of any proposals that went forward to gov't? moving on to Environment Min Prentice. What was contact enail addresses for Mr. Jaffer?
3:48 Jill Mahoney: Gillani: The only proposal I know about that went anywhere was the Green Wright proposal because I was cc'd on an email.
3:48 Jill Mahoney: Gillani: I had no info on RLP. I had no idea the deal had been taken anywhere else.
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3:49 : JT: Coady wqants all correspondence between himself and Jaffer. asking whether he was aware of any other Jaffer meetings with gov't
3:49 Jill Mahoney: Gillani: I would be happy to present documents to the committee.
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3:50 Jill Mahoney: Gillani: All correspondence was between me and GPG, think Patrick Glemaud. There were several questions about Green Wright that were sent to Patrick, cc'd to our office and cc'd to Jim Wright.
3:51 : JT: Bloc: you met with him seven times and how did you get to know each other?
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Tractor Pulling Tricks: Change seat & steering wheel
Using a smaller steering wheel and a seat with a lower
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Tractor Pulling Tricks: Lighten the rear end
There are a lot of things that can be done to light the rear
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distribution on the tractor pulling tractor. The simplest way
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The goal of lightening the tractor's rear end is to add
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front end rise and applying pressure to the rear tires.
Tractor Pulling Tricks: Add weight to the front end
Making a solid front axle can add weight to front end, too.
Tractor Pulling Tricks: Lighten the front end
Sometimes there is too much weight in the front end of pulling tractors. You could add aluminum axle
housings if available, aluminum front axle, aluminum front wheels with lighter tires, fiberglass hood, and
move tractor parts backward such as fuel tank (if mounted forward) and battery. Remove all
unnecessary brackets, mower deck hardware, etc. Maybe hitch is too far forward and needs to be
moved backward away from the transaxle. Some people use a lighter starter on their pulling tractor, and
go with a remote start mechanism. Of course, it may also help to simply add weight to the rear by using
steel wheels, too.
Tractor Pulling Tricks: Move the tractor axles
It is possible to reinforce the tractor frame and move the front axle forward. This will most likely require
moving the tractor engine first. You can also move the rear transaxle backward, but this will require
frame reinforcement, a longer coupler for the driveshaft (must be fabricated out of heavy wall steel
tubing), and linkage to brakes and shift lever may also need lengthened. The longer wheelbase will
improve traction and weight distribution.
Tractor Pulling Tricks: Move the hitch
Lower the hitch (stay within pulling limits) and move it toward the transaxle 7"-8" from transaxle.
Tractor Pulling Tricks: Try different gears.
You may find your tractor pulls better in a faster gear.
Tractor Pulling Tricks: Lower the front end
Add leverage to the front of the tractor by using smaller wheels and tires, effectively lowering it closer to
the ground. You may find it better to fabricate a different axle with a pivot in the center or one that is
mounted upside down to lower the wheels. Be creative, but use strong materials and reinforce your
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