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With Ottawa signalling it plans to table a new law allowing first nations to sell reserve land – to members and outsiders alike – it marks the end of a campaign years in the making. Critics warn it will only alienate many first nations groups while serving no real purpose, arguing adequate land ownership laws already exist.
The debate centres on whether first nations need full land ownership, known as fee simple, to trigger housing and economic development on more than 600 reserves. In doing so, they risk giving up control of parcels of reserve land.
What's the status quo?
The housing challenges facing Canada's first nations are overwhelming: a lack of supply, pressing needs for repairs and heavy overcrowding in some cases.
Part of the problem, according to advocates of the Conservatives' First Nations Property Ownership initiative, is that first nations people don't "own" their plot of reserve land, and therefore they can't, for instance, easily take out a mortgage. Instead, it's up to band councils to build houses and green-light repairs, many of which must be approved by the federal government – a process critics say has become woefully bogged down in red tape.
"The only way to alleviate that is to have first nations be able to be empowered," says Manny Jules, chief commissioner of the First Nations Tax Commission and a former chief of the Tk'emlúps first nation in Kamloops, B.C.
Many first nations have turned to other systems of land title, short of full ownership, that allow people living on reserves to take out a mortgage and claim tenure over a certain plot of land – all while preserving the spirit of communal ownership and without opening the door to non-natives buying up land.
"What I think needs to be put out there is: let's not use up valuable time, resources and energy on creating something that already exists," says Jody Wilson-Raybould, regional chief of the B.C. Assembly of First Nations.
What would the law change?
The law would allow – not force – an individual first nation to opt in and hold the legal "fee simple" title to all or part of its reserve land. It could therefore serve as collateral for development or, for instance, prevent a band council from unilaterally moving a family. "The purpose is to free the dead capital that's here in our communities, and communities can restrict it as well," Mr. Jules says.
But it would make any "fee simple" land available to outsiders or developers. Allowing non-natives to own land would "erode our collective rights in our reserved lands," according to a 2010 resolution from the Assembly of First Nations, and "impose the colonizer's model on our Peoples."
Where has it been done before?
Several communities have some form of property ownership. The Nisga'a First Nation in British Columbia opened the door to fee simple ownership of residential land three years ago, after signing a treaty in 2000. It's seen as a foray into first nations land ownership, but the Nisga'a stress they're a different case than the law Ottawa is drafting, in that the band – not the Crown – owned the land after the treaty was signed.
The Nisga'a land project hasn't yet been implemented, but Mr. Jules's initiative, if brought into law, would essentially extend that option across the country. But other first nations have adopted a series of measures, such as long-term leases, that already deliver the benefits of land ownership to reserves without forfeiting control over the land.
Why support it?
Mr. Jules says the argument is simple: the current system is broken beyond repair. A lack of land title ripples throughout the first nations economy.
"It really hinges ultimately on our freedom, and it's an important step toward getting rid of the Indian Act," he said.
Why oppose it?
The notion could prove explosive with some first nations communities, as the AFN considers property ownership "a concept that is in direct contradiction to first nation sacred responsibilities and distinct relationship to our territories."Report Typo/Error
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— ABC News (@ABC) May 30, 2013
A letter addressed to President Obama was intercepted today and was suspected of being poisoned with Ricin.
NBC New York reports the text in the mail was identical to those poisoned letters sent to NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg and his Washington, D.C., gun control advocacy group Mayors Against Guns.
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Just after 1:00 P.M. on Thursday NBC confirmed that the letter sent to President Obama as well as the letters sent to Mayor Bloomberg tested positive for Ricin.
Earlier today NBC, confirmed recent tests on the letter received by Mayor Bloomberg tested positive for Ricin.
Letter to Mayor Bloomberg Contained Deadly Poison Ricin
A second poison letter was sent to his anti-gun organization in D.C.Click here to read more
The letters reportedly contained vicious anti-gun control rhetoric and made death threats. The letters were addressed from a location in Shreveport, Louisiana. Both NBC and CNN quote the three letters as saying:
You will have to kill me and my family before you get my guns. Anyone wants to come to my house will get shot in the face. The right to bear arms is my constitutional God given right and I will exercise that right till the day I die.
This comes in the wake of a similar story from March when President Obama and other politicians were sent letters covered with the deadly Ricin. Ricin became a household word after its reoccurring appearance in the popular television show Breaking Bad.
Ricin Letter Sent to Obama: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know
A letter laced with the deadly poison risin has been intercepted on its way to President Obama.Click here to read more

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Indiana's Pease Takes Home Women's Cross Country Weekly Honor
Oct. 19, 2010
PARK RIDGE, Ill. - Indiana senior Sarah Pease has been tabbed the Big Ten Conference women's cross country Runner of the Week, the conference office announced on Tuesday.
Big Ten Women's Cross Country Runner of the Week
Indiana's Sarah Pease earns her first Big Ten women's cross country Runner of the Week honor after outrunning 468 competitors at the Chile Pepper Cross Country Festival on Saturday. Pease's first-place finish led the Hoosiers to second place in the 56-team field. The senior crossed the tape in 16:39, finishing the 5-kilometer course 10 seconds ahead of her closest competition. The win marks her second of the season, having won the Indiana Open earlier this season.
Last Indiana Runner of the Week: Wendi Robinson (Oct. 6, 2009)
2010 Big Ten Women's Cross Country Runners of the Week
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Gordon Brown and Nick Clegg face damaging revolts when MPs vote on demands for a referendum on the European Union's Lisbon treaty ... The battle to succeed Ian Paisley as first minister of Northern Ireland and leader of his Democratic Unionist party has swung in favour of his current deputy, Peter Robinson ... The minimum wage is set to rise from £5.52 to £5.73 this October, Gordon Brown said ...
All this and more at our new-look politics section. Plus PMQs: Andrew Sparrow's minute-by-minute report.
Listen to PMQs here.
Cheering news arrives from a colleague that the next election might be winnable for backbenchers in marginal constituencies despite all Lord Ashcroft's money. Andy Slaughter had an I Want a Referendum (IWAR) referendum in his constituency, despite never really having spoken out about Europe. It's easy to see why he became convinced IWAR was a front for the Tories. The Tories regard his constituency to be a "low-hanging fruit" - possibly a guava given how metropolitan yet ethnic it is.
Anyway, it got messy (guava often does). Andy confronted IWAR's chairman - Derek Scott, Tony Blair's former economic adviser - when the two appeared on Radio 4 and Scott refused to say where IWAR's funding came from. Andy was energetic in his arguments - he's no slack-bencher - and after the interview Scott is supposed to have crossed the radio booth, held out his hand and said: "You are an even bigger arsehole than they told me you were."
I'll let Andy pick up the tale: "To which I simply said: 'Fuck. Off.' It is quicker than 'No, I won't shake your hand'. Later, a government minister sympathised with me and said of Scott: 'What you have to remember about Derek is that, as Tony's economic adviser, he had the most irrelevant job in the country.'"
Anyway. I said there was good news, didn't I? The referendums were staged on Sunday and, despite what Andy believes to have been around £50k of Ashcroftian, anti-Andy money, a "paltry" number voted for a referendum. It looks like Andy won't be forced into retirement just yet; he'll be able to carry on swearing ON the radio rather than at it.
Committee corridor, yesterday afternoon at 5:50pm, outside room 11. A noisy salutation occurs. "Lord Ahmed, salaam aleikum," shouts Labour MP approaching from other end of corridor to the Lord. "BUZZZ BUZZZ," oncoming MP says/buzzes when he eventually reaches the ursine Ahmed, whereupon they both look up and pretend to be searching the ceiling, something they both find very funny. "Why, Lord Ahmed, it's incredible - you can even hear it monitoring us as we speak." Impressive to see the bugged minister Sadiq Khan so sarcastic in the face of HM's secret service. This Backbencher thinks him very brave.
The Backbencher is considering joining her male colleagues and the former sports minister, Kate Hoey, in the habit of reading the daily newspapers back to front - oops, sorry: starting with the sports pages first.
So eager not to let a sentence of Gordon's utterings go unchecked, a transcript of Gordon's Sky News Q&A - as good as being in the room - has been obtained. "There's a famous American judge," the frenetic typist records Gordon telling a grateful audience, "who said that he always turned to the sports pages because these were the stories of human accomplishment and he only in the last minute would turn to the front pages because these were the stories of human failings."
So the Backbencher has started reading about the altruism of Newcastle's millionaire Mike Ashby standing by Kevin Keegan. But there's a problem if, like the Backbencher, you read all your papers online. How the Diablo do you perform the "last-minute" turn back to the front page? Do you close your eyes while you navigate away from the website's sports page to the front page? Text updates of sports stories might be the answer.
One night this week the Backbencher performed another stand-in for the previous Backbencher - remember her? Now in the Chiltern Hundreds for bad behaviour. The task was to appear on a Progress panel about electoral reform: with an audience so earnest, the Backbencher wouldn't have been surprised if someone had got out needles to begin knitting electoral reform.
Anyway, the Backbencher is just about to declare herself the resident dyslexic of the debate - too many acronymic voting systems: AV, STV, FPP, AV+, RIP, etc. - when a member of the audience gets to his feet to ask a question. He is heard clearing his throat and there is the unmistakable sound of acid and bile and vitriol gathering. This man directs his ire at Polly Toynbee on the panel to the Backbencher's left.
"Polly, I'm just remembering when you stood in Lewisham East in 1983 as an SDP candidate and how you split the leftwing vote and the Tories got in."
The Backbencher moves away as Polly, whose eyes narrow with recognition of a former foe, metaphorically rolls up her sleeves.
"Ah, I see the turkeys are here." (Her position is that activists like him don't want electoral reform because it would particularly hinder the Labour party. Hence turkeys. Voting for Christmas.) "I believe in compulsory voting," the man elaborated. By this point everyone had clocked who he was: John Prescott's former special adviser. Prescott, the arch-enemy of electoral reform. It was almost like having a Tory in the room.
"I believe there are certain things you just do," Prezza's former adviser continued. "You drive on the left, you pay your taxes, you don't punch people in the face and you vote in elections." We know Prezza didn't listen to him on at least one of those counts.
We've had the review of the new drinking laws this week: mixed results, ministers tell us. Has had good and bad effects, like a champagne-mixed-with-Diamond-White hangover. Well. The Backbencher thinks she has seen a hint of a future policy, buried further within the very excellent transcript of this Brown Sky Q&A (so worthwhile to fillet that transcript).
"I was in hospital in the 60s and 70s and the first hospital I was in was an incredibly old building," Gordon says in a non sequitur to a question. "The only good thing about it was that at nine o'clock every evening - I was only sixteen at the time - thanks to a donation to the National Health Service they came round and started serving beer and wine and alcohol." Take it from this Backbencher. In the future, the sound of an ice bucket dropped in Tredegar will reverberate around the Palace of Westminster. Maybe she'll table an EDM on it.
There was no competition last week because the Backbencher had just been informed of her fall from grace and was in no mood for giving out presents. But now we have a copy of Anand Menon's Europe: The State of the Union to give away to the reader who can supply the best example of pork-barrel politics in the UK this week.
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4pm, Radio 4: Jim Naughtie talks to William Hague about his biography of Pitt the Younger
8.30pm, Radio 4: The Guardian's David Walker presents Analysis: Doing our Duty, about the responsibility of modern citizens
8.45pm, BBC Parliament: Women Against the Vote. Mark D'Arcy talks to author Julia Bash
9pm, BBC Parliament: A Marriage Made in Portsmouth. On the formation of the Lib Dems
Sunday 10.45pm, Radio 4: Budgets. The Guardian's Michael White presents the Sunday Supplement
Monday 9pm, Radio 4: Menzies Campbell talks to Andrew Marr about his new autobiography
9pm, BBC4: Prime Ministers and Press Barons
9pm, BBC2: Rivers of Blood. Documentary about Enoch Powell
10.30pm, BBC2: 10 Days to War. First of a series of short dramas about the build up to the Iraq war
Martin Kettle on why the Proms are a bizarre target for a minister to attack.
Zoe Williams on liberalising the drinking laws.
Michael White: all is not lost for Clegg.


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Justin Lookadoo is more than just a motivational speaker.
He's a humodicator.
He uses humor to motivate and educate students and communities at-large.
And he will be traveling from his home in Dallas, Texas, to Marion County this week to speak to local middle schools, the high school and the community.
His message is one of hope, empowerment and understanding how to have meaningful, healthy relationships.
Last week I spoke of how, except for wild turkeys, most all our hunting seasons start on or after Sept. 1.
I now stand corrected! Our 2013 squirrel season started last week. Early on during this season you can experience some things nature has to offer. You have the pre-dawn, you have a hicker nut tree, and you have a quarry.
Many Marion County residents are wondering whether the Bluegrass Pipeline project will be bringing natural gas liquids through the community. Meanwhile, another project could take advantage of a pipeline that's already here.
On Aug. 7, Kinder Morgan Energy Partners, L.P., and MarkWest Utica EMG, L.L.C, announced a joint venture that includes converting 900 miles of the Tennessee Gas Pipeline to carry up to 200,000 barrels of natural gas liquids daily.
The Kentucky legislature returned to Frankfort Monday to make another attempt at redefining its districts.
The issue has lingered over the legislature since 2012, when the Kentucky Supreme Court ruled that the plans approved during that year's General Assembly were unconstitutional.
Leading up to the special session that started Monday, legislative leaders from both parties presented redistricting proposals.
The former owner of a Raywick bar has agreed to $10,000 payment to settle a discrimination complaint stemming from an April 5, 2012 incident.
Susan Riggle, the former owner of Susie's Bottoms Up, agreed to make the payment to Naquan Thurman, a patron who was denied entrance to the bar because of his race. The payment was part of a conciliation agreement that the Kentucky Commission on Human Rights approved at its Aug. 15 meeting in Louisville.
By Brandon Mattingly
Landmark News Service
Monday, August 26: Maple Burstin' mini pancakes and toast or assorted cereal and toast, sliced peaches, variety of juice, milk.
Tuesday, August 27: Assorted Poptart and two toast or assorted cereal and two toast, variety of juice, banana, milk.
Wednesday, August 28: Egg and cheese breakfast burrito w/salsa and toast or assorted cereal and toast, pineapple chunks, variety of juice, milk.
Thursday, August 29: Biscuit and sausage or assorted cereal and toast, tropical fruit salad, variety of juice, milk.
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The Federal Government will not raise taxes or excises on the tobacco industry to cover the cost of tobacco-related illnesses, despite signing a national strategy that recommends such a move.
The radical proposal is part of Australia's five-year plan to fight smoking, which was agreed to by state health ministers and federal health parliamentary secretary Christopher Pyne yesterday.
The proposal to shift the costs of smoking from taxpayers back to the industry was drafted by a National Expert Advisory Committee on Tobacco.
The tobacco strategy recommends creating an "overarching legislative framework that ensures that the costs of addressing tobacco-related harm are borne by those who manufacture or sell tobacco, rather than by other Australian taxpayers".
Despite endorsing the plan, Mr Pyne said the Howard Government had no plans to change the law. He said the strategy constituted broad guidelines only.
It includes a number of other tough recommendations, including making cigarettes more expensive and eliminating all forms of tobacco promotion.
On Thursday, after The Age reported the national strategy, Prime Minister John Howard said some recommendations were unrealistic. He even suggested anti-smoking measures had gone too far.
Victorian Health Minister Bronwyn Pike said she would like to see more work done on laws to make the industry pay.
"We don't want this shut down," she said. "I think most people would be disappointed if it were not at least investigated.
"It's incumbent on (the Commonwealth) to at least explore the option."
Mr Pyne said the Federal Government interpreted the clause about shifting costs as a broad principle rather than a call for immediate legislative change.
An earlier version of the strategy, obtained by The Age, specifically referred to "an increase in funds paid by the tobacco industry". It said options included "additional taxes on profits (and) licence fees" for tobacco companies.
These references were deleted from the version ratified yesterday. Ms Pike disputed Mr Pyne's interpretation of the strategy.
"It seems the Commonwealth is trying to put the dampener on further reform when you've got a national strategy that urges further reform," she said.


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Primitive Antique Writers Box Wooden M. of Pearl Inlaid
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- Sold Date: Oct 16, 2007
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This auction is for an antique Writer's Box. I purchased this box several years ago and was told it is from the 1800s. I don't know this for a fact, however. It has Mother of Pearl inlaid. Notice how it unfolds into a desk top shape when opened. I have provided photos of the chips and cracks from the years of wear and use. These areas are located on the back side of the box. This box is in good condition beyond these few visible wears. The trays are in great shape. They fit neatly within their frames and can be removed with ease. The design of the box is that of simplicity and tastefulness. The inlaid Mother of Pearl exhibits elegance in it's refined, graceful style. The box measures 11.75" x 9" x 6.25".I have always found this box to be unique and have it's own measure of class. If you have any questions, please ask. Thank you for viewing this auction and good luck.


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San Cristobal in the morning mist
Jesus was born in a time of dense fog. Herod, like many rulers, felt powerful controlling the information and applying his anger against any opposition to his rule. So he tried to co-opt the mages, wise men of different religions and peoples that deep inside heard the beginning of a new era. They, guided by the divine light of dreams and revelations of their hearts, followed their intuition and distanced themselves from the murderer. They offered their worship to the one - a small one, a child, one among the people, one who was poor; they worshiped Jesus. Herod could not endure a rival that would unite peoples and religions far from his control and ordered the killing of children. With clear memory of the pain of the world, Jesus grew up and spent his life to shine, as the star that illuminated the Magi. Jesus broke through the fog of hatred and power with his denunciations of institutional and personal sin and announcements of justice, with healing and forgiveness, and with words and gestures that dignified the lives of many men and women. This Jesus we follow.
Doris and I feel an immense privilege to be back in Chiapas and feel that this star shows us the way. Our children are in Puerto Rico and we pray for them so that their paths will be illuminated with the same light that illuminates the paths of our ministries in Chiapas. A light dispels the darkness in our lives and in the challenging ministry of our context.
Returning late at night from a community meeting, Juan Ramon, a young Mayan man of 19 years old came with us back to san Cristobal. Juan Ramon was distressed by a recurring dream where he was chased by wild cows, brilliant pebbles were given to him and a dear dead friend invited him as a corpse to smoke. Juan Ramon refused and showed him the brilliant stones. The anguish of that dream kept awakening him in tears. He did not know what to do. While conversing, the road seemed to echo his pain because that night the fog was so thick that we could barely see the road just 3 feet away. I drove carefully and slow. We talked, and in the process of asking and responding, God revealed Juan Ramon's loneliness, his grief over the loss of his friend, his shame of becoming distant from God, and the cultural values that he still treasured and feared to lose. There among the mists and lonely roads, Juan Ramon asked Jesus to guide him, to forgive him, to become his friend. There in the cabin of our truck we became family. There in the dense fog, light shone forth.
Many young indigenous men suffer not only extreme poverty and forced migration, but also the theft of their culture and community values. Many receive a foreign cultural avalanche through the mass media without spaces to talk about this, to adjust to changes, nor to discern the values opposing their history, values and memory as Mayan people. The fog threatens them to lose their ways.
On the other hand, in Chiapas a lament is heard like in biblical Ramah. There is an increase in intimidation, aggressions, raids, arrests and detentions of the state against those who are beyond the control of Herod. A dignified rage increase with each assault. Also an increase in symbols, bright lights and images about Christmas cloud the deep commitment to Jesus with a superficial and silly life. There is a dense fog and we could lose the steps.
However, the light of Life slowly shows us the way forward. We asked those who walk with us: where do we walk to? Shall we continue? Our Mayan brothers and sisters accompany us and together we work with these young lives. And you, with your words of encouragement and your supportive presence, also dare to walk with us... You tell us, YES, there is a light in the way!... And so we keep walking. The star of Bethlehem is lighting the path and you walk with us through the fog!
Pray for our children and our family back at PR. Pray for wisdom in the processes that will help us clarify how to extend the kingdom with justice and hope. Pray for our brothers and sisters facing a challenging year of yet more scarcity. Pray for the rain and the wellness of the land.We pray that this time of remembrance of "Immanuel - God with us" be of deep personal and family renewal. Let there be PEACE.
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Olympics-Egyptian sailor finds time for Ramadan
By Martyn Herman
LONDON, July 20 (Reuters) - Egyptian sailor Ahmed Habash has his own way of dealing with the difficulties faced by the hundreds of Muslim athletes who will fast at the London Olympics. He plans to keep his watch on Egyptian time.
The holy month of Ramadan, one of the most important periods on the Islamic calendar, began on Friday when Muslims around the world fast from dawn until dusk.
That presents an acute problem for athletes and while Habash, like other Egyptian Olympians, has been given license by the High Egyptian Islamic Council not to fast during competition days, he will obey the rules during training at the south coast town of Weymouth, albeit on Egyptian time.
"I can't eat during the day, and I can only eat after sunset, but I choose to fast according to Egyptian time, which makes it easier," Ahmed, who will compete in the men's RS-X fleet, said.
Sunset in Cairo will actually correspond to 1800GMT in Weymouth, meaning Habash will not have to wait quite as long to re-fuel after a hard day on the water.
"During the actual races I am not going to fast, but it does mean when I return home I'll have to re-fast, but only for the five days that I miss," he added.
Algeria's team spokesman Mohammed Azzoug said there were no hard and fast rules for team members.
"It's a very personal thing," he told Reuters. "We just give them the basic information and let them make their decisions." Continued...


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Mortal Kombat: Office Edition Hits the Kansas City Star
Earlier this week, local news site KCConfidential reported that the Kansas City Star told two newsroom staffers, Karen Dillon and Dawn Bormann, that one of them had to leave her job, and it was up to them to decide who would go.
"Karen Dillon has seniority, so she has the option of taking it or not taking it," a source told the site. "And if she does, Dawn gets laid off. Dawn's a great person, but I think Karen will vote in favor of herself because she's got teenage kids at home."
Media reporter Jim Romenesko confirmed the story with Dillon and is now reporting that Bormann is out of a job.
This practice is, by all accounts, ill advised (and harmful to employee sanity). So we came up with five even better ways to conduct layoffs, which at the very least give both staffers a fighting chance:
1. Have the employees race in a 50-yard dash. Whichever employee looks better in her running shorts get to keep her job.
2. Send both employees on a weekend trip to Miami. Whichever employee comes back with the evenest, most golden tan gets to stay.
3. Shut both employees in an empty room with no food or water. Pipe in My Heart Will Go On at full blast on loop. Whichever employee comes running out screaming first gets fired.
4. Sneak both employees into a taping of The Voice. Whichever employee is able to win a staring contest with Cee Lo Green while he's intently stroking his cat gets to stay at her job.
5. Send both employees on a journey to retrieve treasure from a fire-breathing dragon named Smaug. Whichever employee gets burned to death gets fired.


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A Teacher's View: We Need the Reforms
As a teacher, I know attendance is important – but I wasn't at my school, East Bronx Academy for the Future, one day a few weeks ago.
I wasn't sick and I didn't spend the afternoon at the movies: I testified in front of the New York State Senate Standing Committee on Education, bringing the often-ignored voice of teachers to the education policy table.
The public hearings are meant to "assess" the progress of New York State's education reforms. Assess is the right word to use. After all, we are increasingly assessing our students, teachers, schools, and principals, so it only seems fair to evaluate the system itself.
From where I stand in front of my classroom, the reforms – specifically, the new teacher evaluation system and Common Core learning standards – have advanced both teaching and learning in New York public schools.
This year, many teachers in New York will, for the first time ever, have a candid conversation with their principals about what effective pedagogy looks like, about what their strengths and weaknesses as instructors are, and about how they develop areas of improvements.
Another first: the system will, attempt to recognize the diversity in our teaching force. We'll receive one of four ratings, as well as tailored feedback and ways to improve if we are struggling. The phrase "common-sense" is thrown around a lot in public policy debates, but the notion of evaluating professionals based on their work and supporting them in improving is as genuinely commonsensical as it comes.
The evaluations of 'how' we teach come as we implement the new Common Core State Standards. One would think from the tone of the debate that a few greedy for-profit textbook companies are the only entities on earth that support the new standards. But I have some news for the professional Common Core–haters: it's just not true. A recent poll conducted by the National Education Association – the country's largest teachers' union – found that about 75 percent of teachers favor the new standards.
I am one of those teachers.
It turns out that much of the rhetoric about Common Core is just that: rhetoric. Their claims have been repeatedly debunked, but they continue to crop up, reminding us that, to paraphrase Mark Twain, a lie can travel half way around the world while the truth is putting its shoes on.
What are some of these falsehoods? Teachers were not involved in writing the standards – false. Common Core was designed and forced on states by the federal government – false. Common Core is designed to be a federal government take-over of locally run school districts – false. Common Core is a curriculum – false. Common Core will inevitably lead to an erosion of students' data privacy – false.
Of course, they have also come with real challenges, but they are no reason to delay or avoid fully implementing policies that will help New York schools. If anything, these challenges prove the need to go full speed ahead, with a willingness to adjust course when necessary.
I also would follow President Obama's simple advice that came while he was visiting a Brooklyn school: "We should stay at it." After all, I think our president knows something about pushing forward with reform even when a vocal minority purports to speak for everyone, and even in the face of implementation glitches.
During my testimony, I offered a different voice from the politicians and experts. It was an on-the-ground perspective from the one of the people living and breathing the state's reforms. I hope my voice is heard because I know that what I have to say is important: the progress in New York's schools is real and it needs to continue.


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By BOBBY WARREN
Staff Writer
WOOSTER -- Area fans were ecstatic Sunday when their beloved Cleveland Indians clinched the AL Central Division title with a 6-2 victory over the visiting Oakland Athletics.
"It's great. What can you say," said Bob Johns, owner of Acres of Fun who is part of a group of season ticketholders. "I'm excited to go up to the playoffs again."
"It reminds me of old times, back all of 10-12 years ago," said Bob Reynolds, an attorney who is part of another season ticket group.
"Obviously, I'm very happy," said attorney Jim Ross, who is in the same group as Reynolds.
"It's fantastic. It's a great day for Cleveland," said Greg Long, an accountant who is in the same group with Johns.
Attorney Dan Plumly, who is in the group with Reynolds and Ross, said he told someone at the beginning of the season this was going to be Cleveland's year.
"I hope they can stay hot through the playoffs," Plumly said. "They played so well the last month. It would be nice for something magical to happen this year."
"They've done a good job putting a team together, and I think it's great," Ross said.
Johns likes Cleveland's pitching staff and predicts the American League playoffs will be good.
"It will probably be Boston, New York, Los Angeles and Cleveland. It will be just a good set of playoffs and match-ups," Johns said. "Their starting rotation, right now, is probably pitching as well as starting rotation. Their relievers have been real solid down the stretch. I think they have an advantage with pitching."
Whether they will win depends on if the team can score enough runs, Johns added.
"I think they have as good a chance as anyone," Reynolds said. "I think anytime you get in, you have a shot at it. Last year's St. Louis Cardinals' team was probably the weakest one on paper, and they got it."
Ross said he is not sure how the Indians will fare in the playoffs.
"It's a short series, anything can happen," Ross said.
The playoff atmosphere was great in 2001, the last time Cleveland made it to the playoffs, Ross said. "The fans are really great. It was exceptional in '95, '96 and '97. It was really something."
"This is a really solid team. What has carried them was their four starting pitchers," Long said. "I think they will do well this year."
If Cleveland matches up against the Boston Red Sox, "I'm predicting a big win over Boston," Long said. "It's been a good season. They really hung in there well. This group seems to really get along. I think that's important."
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CARE Canada hosted a special ceremony at its Ottawa headquarters on February 11 to hand out the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal to members of its Board of Directors, staff and volunteers.
Minister of International Cooperation Julian Fantino presented the awards at the event.
"Through your work, all of you have left important Canadian footprints in the developing world," said Minister Fantino. "You exemplify the virtues that make our country great, and stand as excellent examples of the calibre of Canadians receiving the Queen's Diamond Jubilee Medal."
Louise Fréchette, chair of the Board of Directors and Kevin McCort, CARE Canada's president and CEO, co-hosted the ceremony.
"These medals are recognition of the important role that CARE, as an active, engaged non-governmental organization plays in promoting Canada's values of tolerance and social justice across the world," said Mr. McCort. "Canadians from all walks of life want to support our collective development goals, and many find organizations like CARE provide the opportunity to make a meaningful contribution."
In closing, Madame Fréchette spoke of the important contribution each recipient has made to CARE.
"The Queen's Diamond Jubilee Medal you have been awarded is not simply a reflection of the significant contribution you have made to CARE," she said. "It is a symbol of the important work you have done to ensure CARE has the proper governance, structure and resources to move forward, to meet our mandate to defend dignity and fight global poverty for years to come."
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In total, 31 individuals will receive the Queen's Diamond Jubilee Medal from CARE Canada. Of this number, 21 recipients were present at the Ottawa ceremony, while others will receive their medals in subsequent events across the country. View photos from the Ottawa ceremony.
In addition, six members of CARE Canada's Board of Directors automatically received the medal as holders of the Order of Canada, while three additional Board members were presented the award from other organizations.
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Clarence Cheng
Piers Cumberlege
Paul Drager
Doug Horswill
Tony Miller
Shahid Minto
Hilary Pearson
Susan Smith
Ken Sunquist
Helen Wesley
Janet Yale
CARE Canada Quebec Council
Richard Giroux
Jean Serge Grisé
Terry Soucy
Gillian Barth
Bogdan Dumitru
Suzanne Grenon
Stephen Gwynne-Vaughan
Mwaura Kibui
Serge Lantagne
Kevin McCort
Dennis O'Brien
Kathleen O'Brien
Richard Paterson
Caroline Saint-Mieux
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Megan Campbell
Sarah Jamieson
Alain Lapierre
Dr. Paul Loofs
Chris Minns
Brian Wolff
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Denis Desautels
Louis Fréchette
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There are three kinds of promises. There are promises made among equals, freely kept and just as freely disregarded with no lasting hard feelings. There are promises the poor are obliged to make to the rich and to the state, which are enforced at gunpoint. And there are promises the wealthy and powerful make to the poor, which are almost invariably broken. Turns out this is a handy guide for which promises the Obama Administration has chosen to kept.
Promises To The Poor, or Promises to the Rich? Which Ones Does Barack Obama Intend To Keep?
A Black Agenda Radio Commentary by BAR managing editor Bruce A. Dixon
Promises To The Poor, or Promises to the Rich? Which Ones Does Barack Obama Intend To Keep?
A Black Agenda Radio Commentary by BAR managing editor Bruce A. Dixon
"Governments enforce the promises the poor make to the rich...But what about when the wealthy and powerful make promises to the poor?"
The most important things about a promise, as David Graber in his book Debt: The First 5000 Years explains, are who makes it, and to whom it's made.
Promises made among equals are freely made and freely kept, or freely disregarded when the parties deem it convenient. If your brother in law doesn't repay you the money you lent this time last year you might be disappointed but you're unlikely to involve the courts and the state in your family affairs. On the other hand, if your brother in law borrowed that money from Bank of America, a late payment or a series of them is certain to bring punitive repercussions down on the debtor, backed up by the full force of the state.
So the promises which poor men and women make to each other are not at all the same as promises the poor are obliged to make to the wealthy or to the state in whatever sort of society they live. Governments enforce the promises the poor make to the rich, ultimately at gunpoint.
But what about when the wealthy and powerful make promises to the poor? Wealthy corporations and the politicians fronting for them invariably promise thousands, tens of thousands of new good-paying local jobs in return for this or that tax break, suspension of environmental regulation, loan guarantee or other piece of corporate welfare. Nobody blinks an eye when it turns out they've lied, and practically no mechanisms exist to restore the public property malefactors obtain in this way. The promises of politicians, both during and after their campaigns seem to have the same character.
With a good 33 more months left in the White House, President Obama apparently has a few more promises to make.
By the first days of his presidency, Barack Obama made direct promises to see NAFTA renegotiated, to raise the minimum wage in his first months in office, to close Guantanamo, to create a path to citizenship for the undocumented, to make union organizing easier, to cease kidnappings, secret imprisonment and torture, and craft an open, transparent process for the drafting of what became known as Obamacare. The thing of it was, that all these were promises made to poor people. Thus they were of little and soon disregarded. But they were not his only promises.
Barack Obama made other early promises as well -- to wealthy interests, to the Pentagon, to Wall Street and London banksters, to charter school sugar daddies, the galaxy of public employees and private contractors euphemistically known as the "intelligence community." He promised them that no torturers would stand trial, military manpower and budgets would continue to rise, that greedy drug companies and private health insurers would be protected over the public, that so-called "entitlements" would be reined in, and that Wall Street would be protected against the mobs and their pitchforks, and apparently that public education would be privatized. Unlike his promises to the poor, President Obama has striven mightily to keep all these.
With a good 33 more months left in the White House, President Obama apparently has a few more promises to make. He'll likely keep some of them. If the first 63 months of his tenure are any guide, and you want to know which promises will be kept, the handwriting is on the wall. The promises made to the wealthy and powerful will get first priority. The pledges made to the legions of ordinary people who made his career possible, not so much. For Black Agenda Radio I'm Bruce Dixon. Find us on the web at www.blackagendareport.com.
Bruce A. Dixon is managing editor at Black Agenda Report and a member of the state committee of the Georgia Green Party. He lives and works in Marietta GA and can be reached at bruce.dixon(at)blackagendareport.com.


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Uniform for the pep-band is khaki pants and your VSU Band polo shirt. Drinks are provided at all games and you are guaranteed some of the best seats in the P.E. Complex. VSU's basketball teams have been very competitive the last few years and this makes for a fun and exciting season. As a bonus, a monetary stipend is provided for all pep-band participants at the end of the basketball season.
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SCSU Triathletes is the triathlon club for SCSU.
While triathlon season is technically from around April-September, SCSU Triathletes train and race all year around in other events such as 5k's and indoor triathlons. The club is only a year old, but they have already started the SCSU Indoor Triathlon, and participates in triathlons together during the summer.
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Morgan Run is a Private Golf & Tennis Club complemented by a beautiful Boutique Resort and Conference Facility. Located in San Diego's North County community, this Rancho Santa Fe resort is embraced by perfect weather as well as the surrounding communities of Del Mar, La Jolla and Carlsbad. Dine in the exclusive Rancho Grill Dining room - or explore the many delectable restaurants in the area. You can lie out on the sandy beach, or at the resort's private pool. The possibilities are endless!
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Ferris State recorded the program's eighth consecutive winning campaign this year and the 2005 season marked the 25th-straight year the Bulldogs have reached double-figures in victories. Ferris also advanced to the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (GLIAC) Tournament for the eighth year in a row this campaign while the squad's 22-10 mark represented the school's seventh 20-win season in the last eight years to date.
Senior libero Brittny Godlewski (St. Clair Township/Marysville) was named the squad's Most Valuable Player Award recipient. The 5-7 Godlewski concluded her career with 1,419 career digs and ranks second all-time in school history. She was only 50 shy of matching Janna Biggs' (1985-88) school-record total of 1,469 digs. Godlewski attained All-GLIAC Second Team recognition for the second consecutive year this campaign after becoming the first libero position player in league history to receive either first or second-team GLIAC kudos in 2004. The two-time GLIAC All-Academic Team pick totaled a team and personal career-high 449 digs this campaign and recorded 23 double-figure dig outings. Godlewski also received second-team Daktronics All-Great Lakes Region laurels for the third consecutive campaign.
Senior middle hitter Lauren Heine (Ypsilanti) and junior outside hitter Jamie Palazzolo (Emmett/Yale) were named co-recipients of the team's Bulldog Award, which is annually presented for displaying the heart and desire of a Bulldog. Heine compiled a personal career-high 319 kills, 48 digs and 32 service aces in her final season. She also totaled 100 total blocks and ranked second among the squad's overall leaders in blocks, kills and aces. The 2004 GLIAC All-Tournament Team honoree finished her career with 748 kills, 374 blocks, 139 digs and 84 service aces. Heine tallied honorable mention All-GLIAC laurels and was named to the Findlay TownPlace Suites Classic All-Tournament Team (Sept. 9-10) this campaign.
The 5-7 Palazzolo started 15 of the squad's 32 outings this season while playing in 108 of the team's 113 games. She netted both the third-most digs and aces on the squad with 272 digs and 31 aces, respectively. Palazzolo also recorded 28 kills, 23 assists and nine total blocks.
The Coaches Award was given to freshman outside hitter Katie Edwards (Cedar Springs), who appeared in 11 matches and registered 11 kills in 16 games. Edwards was one of seven freshmen listed on FSU's 2005 roster.
Tenth-year FSU head coach Tia Brandel-Wilhelm also honored and gave Senior Awards to the squad's senior class, which included Godlewski, Heine, senior middle hitter Becky Thurau (Troy/Birmingham Groves), setter Emily Clouse (Tiffin, Ohio/Bascom Hopewell-Loudon) and outside hitter Sarah Miller (Bay City/John Glenn). Thurau had 151 kills and 82 blocks in her final season while Clouse compiled a team-leading 851 assists. Miller played in only five matches before her senior season was cut short due to injury.
Ferris State made the school's 13th overall NCAA Division II Tournament appearance this season where the Bulldogs dropped a 3-0 decision to Southern Illinois-Edwardsville in the NCAA-II Great Lakes Regional quarterfinals (Nov. 17) in Grand Valley State's Fieldhouse Arena at Allendale, Mich.
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GAINESVILLE- The Santa Fe Saints softball team took on Florida State College Jacksonville today.
The Saints went into the game with just one conference loss on the season.
Karal Claudio stepped up big yet again for Santa Fe with 11 stirkeouts.
The Saints added five runs late and get the win 5-1.
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Chesney and McGraw Release New Videos
Tim & Kenny put their lives IN their videos
In case you missed it, Tim McGraw's new video for "Meanwhile Back At Mama's" debut last Friday video – and today, his longtime friend, Kenny Chesney,releases his new clip for "American Kids."
- While Tim's video centers on "no matter how famous we are, we're still the McGraws at home" sentiment, it cannot be overstated how gorgeous – and in love – Faith and Tim appear to be. While shots of their debut performance on the stage are in play, it's the simple life vibe of their home that pervades. "I love singing with Faith," Tim recently said. "And the warmth and beauty of her vocal really made this song what it is." Let's face it – they BOTH make this video what it is.
- On the flip side, we've got the high voltage madness in Chesney's "American Kids." shot in and around Southern California and with a more "Burning Man" flavor, Chesney's "Kids" features an eclectic group of young men and women making music. It also features a wild and crazy, painted school bus that is meant to represent getting beyond what you know, as well as coloring outside the lines. "I don't care who you are or what you do," says Chesney, "everybody needs to let their hair down. Just forget expectations and be in the moment." This song – and this video – totally achieves that.
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- Local Approaches to Immigration: Rolling Out the Welcome Mat
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Aurora Greenway must come to grips with old age while those around her try to cope with such problems as an unwanted pregnancy and a prison term, in a sequel to Terms of Endearment.
McMurtry reprises the character of Aurora Greenway, star of his earlier novel, Terms of Endearment.
It was a strong book, but not as good as "Terms of Endearment."
n Larry McMurtry's wonderfully funny and poignant novel The Evening Star, the reader meets up again with one of literature's most compelling and honest characters in the name of Aurora Greenway. Feisty, brutally direct and lively - Aurora takes command of this novel from beginning to end. McMurtry sets the novel many years after his blockbuster Terms of Endearment and shows the reader the fates of that novel's beloved characters: Tommy, Melanie and Teddy (Emma's children), Aurora's gruff lover The General, and the unflappable Rosie. Told in alternating points of view and spanning nearly twenty years, the reader is tugged into the life of each character to experience all the turmoil, joy, humor and sadness that their journey has to offer.
Some of my favorite parts of this novel were Aurora and Rosie's meditations on age and sex. Their relationship is a fine tribute to long standing women's friendships that only grow stronger as the years pass.
Filled with humor, philosophical meanderings, and the sometimes heartbreaking process of aging, The Evening Star does not disappoint...it is McMurtry at his finest
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Here old age and death catch up with some beloved McMurtry characters familiar to readers since Terms of Endearment . Willful, tart-tongued Aurora Greenway and her outspoken maid and confidante, Rose Dunlup, sp ok? yes are in their 70s when this book begins; Aurora's lover, Gen. Hector Scott, is nearing 90. Their eccentricities have been exacerbated by the passing of years. Still greedy for life and sexual fulfillment, Aurora convinces Hector that they need psychoanalysis to ensure his better performance; then she begins an affair with the therapist, who is 30 years her junior. Aurora's grandchildren, the legacy of her dead daughter, Emma, are painfully neurotic: former dope dealer Tommy is in prison for manslaughter; though trying maintain mental stability with Jane and their adorable baby, Teddy again comes close to breakdown; pregnant Melissa's feckless boyfriend abandons her for a woman with a Ferrari. The vicissitudes of all these lives occupy the overlong narrative, which blends humor and bathos, snappy dialogue and tedious conversations. When McMurtry is at his best, as in capturing the wise and witty exchanges between Aurora and Rosie, the novel is irresistible.
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Storms prompt flood warnings in Pittsburgh, surrounding counties
A day of storms flooded roadways and toppled trees on Sunday in Allegheny and Westmoreland counties.
Firefighters in Monroeville rescued a woman whose car stalled during a flood just before the water began to enter her vehicle.
Deputy fire Chief Robert Bourdon said Station 5 responded at 11:24 a.m. to an unidentified woman who tried to drive through a flooded area on Beatty Road and Old William Penn Highway. He said the water was at the door handle when they arrived.
"And by the time they reached her, it was coming in her driver's door window," Bourdon said. The woman was not injured.
In Mt. Lebanon, lightning struck St. Bernard Church and put a stop to the music.
"The organ did suffer some damage, and we're looking at that, but the building did not suffer any damage," said the Rev. Ken Marlovits, parochial vicar at the Catholic church. "Lightning may have struck one of lightning rods, which may have prevented any damage to the church."
Marlovits said an assessor from the diocese insurance office examined the organ, which stopped working after the lightning strike.
The heaviest rain and storms began about 9:30 a.m., and most road flooding subsided by noon. In some areas, pockets of heavy rain lingered late into the afternoon.
In Westmoreland County, firefighters reported a flooded Rodebaugh Road in Hempfield and downed limbs along Logan Ferry Road in Murrysville. Flooding at Third Avenue and First Street in Sutersville made the road impassable for motorists.
Across the Youghiogheny River in Elizabeth Township, crews were using heavy equipment to clear debris from Nichols Hill and Douglas Run roads, where floodwaters from an abandoned mine covered the roadway.
"Just about every one of our counties had spotty rain of at least an inch," said Lee Hendricks, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Moon.
The weather service issued flood warnings that expired at 12:30 p.m. in Allegheny County and 2 in Westmoreland. Forest, Clarion, Jefferson, Armstrong, Indiana, Westmoreland and Fayette counties were under a flash flood watch through the evening.
The Allegheny County Airport in West Mifflin had the most rain with 2.08 inches.
In Penn Hills, authorities closed a portion of Rodi Road and responded to reports of cars stranded in high water.
There were reports of flooding on Neville Road on Neville Island because of poor drainage. Officials said they responded to reports of flooding on Route 51 from Overbrook all the way down to Forward. Officials closed roads in Dravosburg, McKeesport and the West End when creeks overflowed their banks. Wind and lightning toppled trees from Ben Avon to Penn Hills, in some case taking wires with them.
Staff writers Mary Pickels and Stacey Federoff contributed to this report.
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It also needs to have the same swing as the upper hinge or it will bind.
When I do the hinges I will level them out in the closed position and check to make sure they are the same levelness, i'll even use a angle meter, then put them in the open position and do the same thing. if this is not perfect you will get premature bushing wear and/or binding.
This is why you see so many doors drop down a little or up when open.. this is to keep the 2 hinges parallel all the way through the swing. sometimes you can only do so much..
This is also why I buy the suicide doors hinge kit when I do them.. that way I know the bushings and everything are going to be mounted on the same plane on each hinge.. that way when I measure the angle of the hinges, I know i can count on the hinge bushings being on the same angle to the hinge on each hinge. Each hinge is put in the same jig before welding..
Normally I put the hinge assembly together before cutting the hole in the pillar also.. I can make the hinges work on the same plane before installing..
then I can set it up to the piller and try got get it as level as possible without getting into the skin..
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HIGH SCHOOL WRESTLING: LV defeats United
ARMAGH — Ligonier Valley beat United, 46-34, in a Heritage Conference wrestling match Thursday.
Gordon Matson (120 pounds), Max Caldwell (126), Dalton Clark (132), Daniel Croyle (138), Joe Neiderhiser (160), Nathan Trottier (170) and Justin Bellas (182) each won by fall for the Rams (2-3). Carlos Chavez (106) won by decision.
Caleb Bracken (145) and Tyler Mack (152) won by pin for United (8-3). Seth McLendon (220) won by decision.
United competes in the Richland tournament today, and Ligonier welcomes Marion Center on Tuesday.


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Dear all AK friends,
Uncle Adrian aka blogmaster for http://animal-kaiser.blogspot.com will be hosting a celebration party for his blog one years old anniversary. *clap clap
When : 27 Aug 2010 (Fri) from 8pm onwards
Where : AKClub @ E2MAX (Cineleisure level 9)
Program installed :
Program A - Scorch challenge - have you defeat this version 4 strong boss yet? Out of 5 attempts, are you confident of defeating it in all the 5 rounds?
How to enter :
1) Prepare a digital camera or mobile phone with video capability.
2) Choose to fight the version boss animal, Scorch ; record the entire battle with Scorch * you must defeat Scorch to qualify.
3) Upload your video to youtube.com
4) Email the youtube link of the video(you defeating Scorch) to email@example.com
First video by Sandy Wee, (King Cobra VS Scorch)
Prize : Ultra rare card Siegfried
Program B - Normal knock-out tournament
Prize : Gold Champion Bengal Tiger card and box set
blogmaster (Adrian) - "Hints: ..OK free seq will be given on that day ....if you show up for the events....Deck (A-H)
Limited first 20 families ...."
More info : http://animal-kaiser.blogspot.com/2010/08/in-conjunction-with-our-blog.html
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text: By- Dr. Amy MoviusWe are on the threshold of a major winter storm, one accompanied by frigid temperatures. Many people (hopefully most) will be hunkering down and riding the storm out at home. Essential workers and others will have to venture out. Everyone needs to be prepared to stay safe from hypothermia and frostbite. It is recommended that people stay off the roads if possible during a major winter storm. However, it is still important to be prepared for the possibility of power loss at home. The following lists necessities for such an event:1. Have a back up heat source such as a wood stove or generator.2. Emergency supplies to have on hand include extra blankets, flashlight, matches, first aid kit, manual can opener, show shovel and rock salt.3. Drinking water, nonperishable food, and medication to last a few days are essential.4. Dress in several layers and wrap in blankets to conserve heat.5. If you are worried your environment isn't warm enough, go elsewhere (friends, neighbors, shelter) until your home is safe again.People who must venture out in their cars need to be especially careful. Anyone involved in a car accident or breakdown can be very susceptible to hypothermia/frostbite. If you must drive, first and foremost, go slowly and let someone know where you are going and what route you are taking. In addition, follow the guidelines below.1. Be sure your vehicle is in good working condition for storm driving. 2. Have emergency gear with you at all times. This includes a cell phone, flashlight, jumper cables, sand or kitty litter (for tire traction if needed), ice scraper, small shovel, blankets, warning devices such as flares.3. Extra warm clothing and hand warmers in your emergency supplies may also be useful.4. If you are taking a longer trip bring some drinking water, food, and any medication as well.5. IF YOU GET STUCK ON THE ROAD, place a flare in front and in back of your vehicle. While awaiting rescue, stay inside with a window slightly open for air circulation. Also, wrap yourself in blankets and run the heater for a few minutes each hour.Hypothermia occurs when the body temperature is abnormally low. It can happen to anyone though some people are more susceptible to it than others. The poor, elderly, those with substance abuse problems, and children are groups particularly at risk. Hypothermia can happen suddenly or more gradually, and is affected by how cold it is, how long a person is exposed to the cold, and each person's general health. Hypothermia can kill. The first sign is often some confusion or sleepiness which might not be obvious. Slow/slurred speech can follow as well as excessive shivering or NO shivering at all. Hypothermic people will have slow and clumsy body movements. If you think someone is hypothermic, seek medical attention immediately. If this isn't possible, move them to a warmer location, wrap them in blankets or lie close to them. Do not rub someone with frostbite or hypothermia – this will cause more damage.