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Issue. With a proud heritage and an impressive list of achievements since the beginning of operations Enduring Freedom and Iraqi Freedom, the Air Force rescue community has yet to reach its full potential because of significant shortfalls in a number of areas. While the desire for stability is laudable for a community that has moved between commands twice in recent years, maintaining an organizational structure that sacrifices force/capability development for constancy imperils the rescue community's long term success. Currently, there is insufficient senior leader advocacy and strategic vision development/employment, which is required to revamp how rescue educates, trains, equips, tasks, and command and controls its forces. This is leading to suboptimal outcomes for the Air Force's most diverse conventional/irregular capability.
Background. Understanding that "words matter," discussion of oft misused terms is advisable. The terms combat search and rescue (CSAR), Personnel recovery, and Rescue are routinely used interchangeably to the detriment of the community. Personnel recovery is a function that is vast in scope and best viewed as a system DOD implements through multiple methods, each of which has an associated set of tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTP). CSAR is Air Force's method of choice. Rescue is a mission set that focuses on the end-state of saving lives. The United States conducts these missions directly through the personnel recovery function, or indirectly through irregular initiatives. Rescue saves lives, but has many other strategic implications beyond preserving the force, such as stopping enemy propaganda, avoiding intelligence collection, and maintaining the moral high ground. At the same time, Rescue saves lives with functions beyond personnel recovery, such as advising and assessing partner nation forces to increase their ability to execute a rescue mission. Unfortunately, there is no neat relationship between Rescue and Personnel recovery.
Personnel recovery, currently one of 12 Air Force core functions, remains of debatable importance in the minds of many Airmen. While the chief of staff of the Air Force clearly touted the community's capabilities in his 14 September 2010 address to the Air Force Association, the most compelling piece of the argument involves examining the issue of domains. Both the Army and Marine Corps operate in the land domain where an isolating event can be mitigated with forces capable of affecting a recovery by reassigning the task to the nearest or most capable ground unit. The Navy operates in the sea domain where it can retask any number of surface or subsurface assets to affect a recovery should a Sailor become isolated. The Air Force operates in the air and space domains. Unfortunately, if the Air Force experiences an isolating event, the recovery will take place on land or at sea, not air or space. If there were no dedicated Air Force Rescue community—capable of operating in a complex coordinated interdomain environment—the service would lack the requisite capabilities needed to recover downed or missing personnel. There are simply no other Air Force personnel capable of conducting such operations. The only way to meet the obligations laid out in DOD Directive 3002.01E, Personnel Recovery in the Department of Defense and Joint Publication 3-50, Personnel Recovery is with a well organized, trained, and equipped Rescue community. Since the service clearly has a "rescue bill to pay," the critical question facing decision-makers is how to modernize outdated paradigms while building and maintaining a capable and productive personnel recovery force that can operate in a complex strategic environment.
The Personnel Recovery Operational Concept expands the uses of rescue beyond traditional CSAR and into a broader definition that uses the rescue "ends" of saving lives to justify an expansive list of capabilities including humanitarian aid, disaster response, security cooperation, aviation advisory, and a broad array of air diplomacy missions. Additionally, the Air Force Irregular Warfare Tiger Team Report recommends using rescue forces in a building partner/building partner capacity role because their inherent humanitarian nature provides access to countries that would otherwise shun US military assistance. These visions will never be reached unless Air Force Rescue forces are organized under a single commander whose only focus is personnel recovery/rescue: development of forces, doctrine, equipment, and employment TTPs. If left in a system where rescue forces are dispersed across the combat Air Force (CAF), plugged into existing CAF Operations Groups (as they are overseas) and CAF numbered Air Force's (NAF), and led by senior officers newly arrived to the Rescue community, the capability will continue to remain on life support. When three of 11 active duty operations squadrons are under the command of nonrescue groups and NAFs—with no organizational ties to the rest of the Rescue community—there is no raison d'être to further the cause of the community and mediate between internal conflicts of opinion. How can we gain synergies and effectively manage a service core function and the force it executes without a single voice?
Personnel Recovery/Rescue currently has no command opportunity beyond the 23rd Wing commander. Thus, the last time a career Rescue–Airman can inform the service or advocate for the community is as a colonel. The limited path to flag officer, through 23rd Wing command, has the maximum potential of producing one brigadier general every two years. Additionally, any Rescue professional that attains flag officer rank is pulled out of the rescue chain of command and put into assorted positions, none of which relate to personnel recovery. This results in suboptimal decision-making in support of a strategic vision, and training and equipping initiatives. Unless Air Combat Command (ACC) is willing to place a senior Rescue–Airman in charge rather than leaders with no background in personnel recovery/rescue, serious problems that threaten the strategic and operational use of rescue assets will persist.
Recommendations. Two courses of action have the potential to alleviate current inefficiencies. First, move Rescue to the Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC). Overseas units will fall under SOC leadership either by creating Rescue Groups (add HC-130Js and/or LIMA aircraft while recapitalizing an aging HH-60 fleet) or attaching overseas squadrons to the 352nd or 353rd Special Operations Group. The last attempt to bring Rescue into AFSOC failed because rescue assets were not fully integrated into the command. When rescue forces deployed, they did so under the Combined Forces Air Component Commander. If Rescue is moved into AFSOC, it is imperative they integrate with SOC when they deploy, either under a theater special operations command for irregular warfare missions or a joint forces SOC/combined forces SOC for more conventional operations.
Second, remission 11thAir Force as a Rescue NAF under ACC. The NAF will maintain operational control (OPCON)/tactical control/administrative control of all rescue forces—in the continental United States or overseas, active, guard, and reserve. With the impending release of the new Unified Command Plan, Alaska will fall under OPCON of Northern Command/ North American Aerospace Defense Command so it follows that Alaska defense forces would fall under 1st Air Force, freeing 11th Air Force for retasking. This allows for the addition of a Rescue NAF with no increase in manpower requirements. By creating a Rescue NAF, there will be a single voice and vector that will attend tackle the organize, train, and equip functions necessary to achieve maximum results from a truly multidimensional Rescue community.
There are obvious branches to this concept: Bring the entire Rescue NAF underneath AFSOC to increase their ability to manage the large addition of forces, in essence combining the two options. Additionally, broadening the scope from a Personnel Recovery/Rescue to an IW NAF either underneath ACC or AFSOC would create an organization focused on balancing Air Force efforts in the irregular fight with those preparing for future conventional employment.
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I have still not figured out how to use KCCC.
I use it immediately after raking in my KCKT. My hair is still pretty wet, and I rake in the KCCC and then scrunch at the end with a bit more, squeezing the water out with each scrunch. Then I blot my hair with a towel, scrunch in a tiny bit of gel, plop, scrunch in BRHG, let air dry or diffuse, and then SOTC.
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The easiest way to convince a croaker to write a "script" for morphine is to fake gallstones or kidney stones.
The croaker" advises him to "buy an eye-glass and become a dandy and a gentleman.
There are only fools like this croaker here who see any harm in it.
croaker came to a halt, his head hanging until he could have nuzzled Drew's shoulder.
And then, for the first time since the disaster, the note of the croaker was heard.
Although a severe thinker you are not constitutionally a croaker.
The doctor was a croaker, as was the fashion of the time, with all who pretended to peculiar political sagacity.
The croaker says I'll come to time for six months longer—maybe a year if I hold my gait.
As unlovely as he appeared, croaker had endurance, steady nerves, and a most un-mulelike willingness to obey orders.
We are now hastening to the brink with a rapidity which, croaker as I have always been, I certainly did not anticipate.
"prophet of evil," 1630s, agent noun from croak (v.); a reference to the raven (cf. Middle English crake "a raven," early 14c., from Old Norse kraka "crow," of imitative origin).
A physician: Don't say ''croaker,'' say ''doctor'' (1859+)


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Severe Weather Awareness Week is Feb. 20-26 in South Carolina, and in preparation for the violent weather that affects South Carolina during the spring each year, a state tornado drill will be conducted on Wednesday, Feb. 23, directed by the South Carolina Emergency Management Division.
The average number of days with thunderstorms in South Carolina is between 45 and 70, depending on location. Being informed of the proper precautions and procedures to follow when severe weather threatens is imperative to saving lives and property. Therefore, the State Climate Office in the S.C. Department of Natural Resources provides the following information on thunderstorms and the associated risks of lightning, flash floods, hail, high winds, and tornadoes.
Most of South Carolina experiences the highest frequency of tornadoes in the month of April. The exception is the northern coastal plain where the potential for tornadoes is highest during May. Between 1950 and 2003, 637 tornadoes hit the state on numerous occasions causing 54 deaths, more than 1,500 injuries and more than $300 million in damage. The average number of tornadoes to affect the state annually is 11. Nationwide, tornadoes cause 70 deaths and 1,500 injuries each year.
The National Weather Service provides the public with warnings as severe thunderstorms and tornadoes move into a given area. The Storm Prediction Center in Norman, Okla., issues Severe Thunderstorm Watches and Tornado Watches for sections of the country deemed likely to see severe weather. Products from the Storm Prediction Center may be found at http://www.spc.noaa.gov. A severe thunderstorm is defined as a thunderstorm that produces hail of at least three-quarters of an inch in diameter and/or winds of 58 miles per hour and possible tornadoes. The State Climate Office recommends purchasing a NOAA All Hazards Weather Radio for your home to alert your family to life threatening weather conditions. Weather radios can be purchased at most department stores and electronic retailers.
The Federal Emergency Management Agency and the National Weather Service recommend the following actions before, during, and after severe weather. A thorough list of information and preparedness guides may be found at http://www.erh.noaa.gov/gsp/links/safety.htm.
Develop a family disaster plan and a disaster supply kit with a three-day supply of water and non-perishable food, a change of clothes, several blankets, a first aid kit, medicines, flashlights, batteries, NOAA All Hazards Weather Radio, cash or credit card, and other necessary items.
Identify a safe place for shelter.
Practice the plan to maintain readiness in the moment of panic when severe weather strikes. Know lightning safety. Stay or move indoors and do not take shelter under trees, small sheds, or near tall objects. If outside, find a low spot and squat on the balls of your feet with your hands over your ears and head between the knees. Do not lie down! Unplug appliances and do not use the phone or take a bath. Lightning causes 80 deaths and 300 injuries yearly in the nation. Know tornado safety. Stay or move indoors to a sheltered area such as the basement or a small interior room/hallway on the lowest floor away from windows. Do not stay in an automobile. Lie flat in a nearby ditch and cover your head. A bridge or overpass is not a safe place. Do not open windows in your home. The myth that your home will explode is not true and may cost valuable time in finding shelter. Know flash flood safety. Do not walk, swim, or drive into floodwaters. Find higher ground. Flooding is the No. 1 killer nationwide (more than 140 deaths) with thunderstorms each year.
Severe Weather Awareness Week is a valuable time to practice the preparation and response to severe weather that promises to affect South Carolina throughout the year. Please take the time to meet with your family members and discuss a plan of action during weather emergencies. It will save lives!
Additional information may be obtained on weather and climate from the State Climate Office at its Web site (http://www.dnr.state.sc.us/water/climate/sco) or you may contact Jason Caldwell, severe weather liaison, at (803) 734-0039 in Columbia or send an e-mail to email@example.com.


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Granting FAQ
Below is a list of the most common questions and issues grant applicants bring to us. This FAQ also details some strategies for successful proposals.
Do you have other questions? Let us know.
- Is my organization eligible for a grant?
- Is my project eligible?
- What areas will the Foundation NOT consider at this time?
- What are the key elements of a successful proposal?
- The Foundation is on record as supporting impact investing and social finance. Can I ask for a loan or investment in a social enterprise?
- Evaluation
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Priorities and Restrictions
- Can a grant application be submitted for a project in our local community?
- I am an individual (artist, researcher, community worker, etc.) involved in exciting and useful work. Can I get a grant from the Foundation?
- Our organization has received a grant from the government, but we need to match it with other funds. Will the Foundation consider such requests?
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Is my organization Eligible for a Grant?
Under the Income Tax Act, the Foundation may make grants only to "qualified donees." For the most part, this means federally registered charities and municipalities.
Note that not-for-profit organizations do not automatically receive charitable status, and many choose not to apply for it. For more information about becoming a registered charity, see the Canada Revenue Agency's publications on this topic.
Is my project eligible?
The Foundation will only consider projects that address our current granting priorities or complement active Foundation initiatives. In some areas we are unlikely to consider new projects for the time being; in others, projects are being considered by invitation only. Please consult each Foundation initiative for more information. Click here to learn more about our granting priorities for 2017.
What areas will the Foundation NOT consider at this time?
The Foundation has certain permanent restrictions on what it will fund.
The Foundation does not consider requests:
- to match government funding
- which are part of a general fundraising campaign
- to reduce accumulated capital or operating deficits
- for endowments
- for annual operating funds or other recurring costs, unless directly linked to a project that meets our other granting priorities
- involving partisan political activities
- involving strictly religious purposes or activities
- for purely academic or basic research; visit the RECODE program page to learn more about our post-secondary initiative
- oriented to Third World development
- for emergency needs
The Foundation generally does not consider requests:
- in which the primary activity is local or regional, unless it responds to a pressing national social issue and there is a high potential, demonstrated demand, and clear strategy for the wider application of the project's lessons
- in which the primary activity is the production of a film, video, or publication (although these can be part of a project or program)
- in which the primary activity is a conference, workshop, or seminar
- in which the primary activity involves training, scholarships, or subsidies
- in which the primary activity takes place outside of Canada
What are the key elements of a successful proposal?
From the Foundation's experience, successful proposals demonstrate many of the following characteristics:
Clear rationale: A clear statement of the challenge to be addressed and its context, and the reasons why the proposed activity will make a difference.
Organizational strength: Organizations most likely to be effective demonstrate a clear sense of mission and goals, capable management, committed volunteers, an experienced and engaged board, a supportive and involved constituency (i.e. the people or organizations to whom services are offered), and an ability to learn from experience.
Long-term horizon: Not all initiatives need to be sustained, but the Foundation encourages organizations that have the potential for lasting change to think carefully about sustainability and to develop a plan that outlines how the desired change will be maintained over time.
Evaluation: The Foundation encourages and supports a range of evaluation activities. Generally, strong proposals address the need to incorporate provisional outcomes or emergent lessons into ongoing program design. They also include a plan to assess outcomes against objectives and describe how progress and success will be measured. For more information on evaluation, read the evaluation section of the Granting FAQ.
Knowledge and dissemination: Our grantees are innovating and learning in many areas. We encourage applicants to develop a plan to share the knowledge that arises from their work with others in their field. This could involve creating or joining a community of practice, simply telling the story in a new way, or another activity that is appropriate for the kind of knowledge that is to be shared.
The Foundation is on record as supporting impact investing and social finance. Can I ask for a loan or investment in a social enterprise?
Through its partnership with Social Innovation Generation and the Causeway Initiative, the Foundation supports policy innovation to enable new financial resources to be directed to the public good. For more information, see the Task Force on Social Finance's recent report, Mobilizing Private Capital for Public Good. While committed to this strategy over the long term, we do not have the capacity to assess and manage individual requests at this time.
Why should I include an 'evaluation component' to my application?
At the Foundation, we value evaluation as a tool to improve our own work, as well as that of the organizations we fund. We see evaluation as an integral part of the grant, not something that is tacked on as an "extra" at the end of the granting period. As early as the grant application stage, you should think about how your project might benefit from evaluation.
Please note that if your activity or project has already been evaluated, you should mention it in your application. You may be asked to provide copies of earlier reports.
Sometimes, an outside or formal evaluation is unnecessary or premature. In these cases, informal and internal reflection and assessment may be sufficient to elicit lessons of value to the grantee.
In other cases, a project may benefit from evaluation to uncover what works, what doesn't, and why, such as when:
the project is based on an assumption or hypothesis that needs to be tested;
the project targets organizational development and learning that need to be systematically tracked and assessed;
the project aspires to an important social change that requires a long-term approach.
How do I add an 'evaluation component' to my application?
If you have decided that the project would benefit from formal evaluation, you will see that our application requirements invite you to provide a brief description of how you propose to evaluate the project.
Your project budget should include a line item for the amount you plan to invest in evaluation. The scale of an evaluation and its cost should be in proportion to the scope of the project and the organization's capacity to participate in an external review. Generally, such expenses do not exceed 10% of the budget.
There is no single right approach to evaluation. In preparing your application, think about
why you might want to conduct an evaluation
what you want to evaluate
who would benefit from the lessons generated
how you will integrate and act on those lessons
These are important questions to ask and should determine what approach to evaluation will be most relevant, and in what form the resulting information will be most useful.
What kind of evaluation should we consider?
You may wish to consider one or more of the following approaches to evaluation:
- A summative evaluation is often undertaken at the end of a project to answer the question: Did the project work? It is often used to help decision-makers determine whether to continue, expand or disseminate the well-defined program model that is being tested.
- A formative evaluation is often implemented in the middle of a project to answer the question: Is the project working? It is used by practitioners to improve project performance and by program designers to fine-tune the overall model that is being tested.
- A developmental evaluation is employed over the course of an initiative to answer the question: What are we learning? It is used to identify emerging dynamics and outcomes that can nourish alternative program designs.
Where can I find more information on evaluation?
There are a number of excellent online resources on the issue of evaluation models. We recommend the following:
- W. K. Kellogg Foundation: One of the early pioneers in evaluation for grant makers. Excellent free resources under the knowledge base section of the website.
- Harvard Family Research Project: A useful site, with electronic subscription to quarterly bulletins. Focused on family research, but provides broader thinking about evaluation.
- The James Irvine Foundation: Strong focus on evaluation; resources available from website for non-profits and foundations.
- Outcome Measurement Resource Network: A wide variety of resources on the evaluation of American United Way projects.
- Canadian Evaluation Society: Some useful resources mainly oriented toward evaluation practitioners.
- Voluntary Sector Evaluation Research Project (VSERP): VSERP offers an extensive variety of publications, links and other tools related to evaluation, as well as research papers produced by the Project and its partner organizations. Its goal is to improve the capacity of voluntary organizations to evaluate their work and communicate their effectiveness to their funders, stakeholders and the public.
- Social Return on Investment: Calculates a price on social value through metrics that quantify and monetize social value, and includes a web tool for non-profits to calculate their own SROI.
- For more information on developmental evaluation please see A Developmental Evaluation Primer and DE 201: A Practitioner's Guide to Developmental Evaluation.
Procedural Questions
What is the average amount of a grant? Is there a range of grant amounts the Foundation will consider?
There is no pre-established limit for grants. The Foundation generally makes larger grants, often for 2 to 4 years duration, for initiatives with pan-Canadian scope. We generally do not make small, short-term grants to local projects. Please review our "Granting Priorities" and the grants database for more detail on the size and scope of the Foundation's grants.
Can proposals be submitted in French?
The Foundation is pleased to receive requests in both official languages.
Priorities, Restrictions and Categories
Can a grant application be submitted for a project in our local community?
While recognizing that much creativity and many new ideas emerge at the local level, the Foundation's mandate is to address issues of national significance. Thus we occasionally support the dissemination of solutions developed and tested locally. See for example the descriptions of Opération Nez Rouge, Centre for Children Committing Offences SNAP program, Roots of Empathy, and JUMP Math.
I am an individual (artist, researcher, community worker, etc.) involved in exciting and useful work. Can I get a grant from the Foundation?
The Foundation can only make grants to organizations defined as "qualified donees" by the Federal government.
Our organization has received a grant from the government, conditional on our securing other funds. Will the Foundation consider such requests?
Requests are considered on their inherent merits, and not on the basis of there being a specific requirement to match another donor's contribution. Many of our initiatives are supported by a range of funders: foundations, government, private sector and communities.
I would like to talk to someone to find out if our project might be considered. Who should I call? Can I email a summary and get an opinion on whether our project might qualify?
If you have read about our granting priorities and believe that your project addresses an area where we are inviting proposals, please submit an online application. In so doing, you will not, as by email or telephone, be limited by the opinion of a single individual; an online application will ensure that your request receives full and fair consideration. The online form has been designed to be brief and simple in order to make it easy for applicants to submit a preliminary proposal and if more information is needed, we will contact you.
How can I arrange to meet with someone to discuss an organization or project?
Visits to the Foundation's offices are initiated by invitation only. Since the Foundation operates with a relatively small staff, it would be difficult to meet with everyone who would like to talk to us about a project. In addition, it is much more fruitful for us to discuss a project after we have been able to study both the application itself and the surrounding issues.
It is for this reason that we ask grant applicants to submit a proposal using our online form. The application is reviewed carefully by the staff and if more information is required, it will be requested. If it is felt that a meeting would be helpful, it is arranged at that time.
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Dredging Work Begins At Port
ROCHESTER, N.Y. (AP) _ The Port of Rochester is being dredged. Congresswoman Louise Slaughter says she will take part in a ceremony today to mark the start of navigational dredging.
Workers want to ensure safe navigation through the channel in the aftermath of silt build-up from Superstorm Sandy in 2012.


text: affordable care act NY State of Health enrollment deadline extended By Michelle Faust • Dec 15, 2014 Ellen Abbott / WRVO The national deadline to enroll in health care during the second year of open enrollment is today, December 15, but New York state has extended the deadline through Saturday, December 20. If you plan to use the New York State of Health Marketplace to sign up for health care, you have five more days to enroll if you want your coverage to start on January 1. The extension applies for new or renewing coverage. New Yorkers largely satisfied with new health insurance By Michelle Faust • Nov 18, 2014 WXXI File Last month, Harris Poll conducted an online survey of 250 New York State residents new to insurance through the state exchange. Ninety-two percent of those polled report being somewhat or completely satisfied with their coverage. David Sandman, senior vice president of the New York State Health Foundation, says they were surprised by some of the results. Open enrollment begins with window shopping By Michelle Faust • Nov 17, 2014 nystateofhealth.ny.gov The second year of open enrollment for health insurance in both state and federal exchanges began over the weekend. U.S. Health and Human Services opened HealthCare.gov early with a new "window-shopping" feature. Jessica Kendall, director of the Enrollment Assister Network for FamiliesUSA, says the changes intend to make the process of purchasing health insurance easier. ACR Health readies for Affordable Care Act's open enrollment period By Ellen Abbott • Nov 14, 2014 Ellen Abbott / WRVO The Affordable Care Act's open enrollment period begins Saturday. One Syracuse agency is getting ready to help people who want to sign up or make a change in their health insurance policies. In the first year of the Affordable Care Act, ACR Health in Syracuse signed up 8,000 central New Yorkers through the New York State of Health website, and about 6,000 of those people completed their health insurance enrollment. Now it's time for the agency to get back to work during the next open enrollment period. Officials say NY State Health Exchange ready for open enrollment By Michelle Faust • Oct 20, 2014 nystateofhealth.ny.gov Officials for the New York State Health Exchange say $27 million will go to help residents connect with insurance -- the same amount as last year. The state health department says it's ready for the second open enrollment period for the Affordable Care Act, starting November 15. National health care advocates worry that most states will be investing less on support staff to help sign people up for insurance, than was invested last year. Sinsi Hernández-Cancio, health equity director at Families USA, says the second year of the ACA open enrollment will need resources. Health care important issue to voters in 24th Congressional District By Ellen Abbott • Sep 22, 2014 Mercy Health / Flickr The Syracuse.com/Post-Standard/Siena College poll shows 17 percent of potential voters surveyed say health care is the most important issue to them. In recent interviews, the two candidates in the 24th Congressional District race say there are good things and bad things about it. Democrat two-term Rep. Dan Maffei voted for the Affordable Care Act back in 2010, and he says he still supports the reforms that came with it. But he admits there are problems. GOP continutes to wait for a viable GOP option to the Affordable Care Act By Gino Geruntino • Aug 26, 2014 During the last two elections New York and Pennsylvania Republicans campaigned on repealing and replacing so-called Obamacare – but House Republicans have yet to vote on a replacement plan. Remember "repeal and replace"? It's the campaign slogan that helped Republicans gain control of the House in 2010 and keep that majority in 2012. House leaders have done what they can to repeal the law – the GOP has cast more than 40 votes to scrap or defund all or part of the Affordable Care Act. But where's the replacement? ACR Health says not to worry about health insurance increase letters By Ellen Abbott • Jul 2, 2014 ACR Health in Syracuse is getting a lot of calls from people who signed up for healthcare through the Affordable Care Act marketplace, and are worried their health insurance costs are rising. But the experts who signed hundreds of people up for insurance in central New York say not to worry. Final enrollment day was busiest for state's health care exchange By Ryan Delaney • Apr 10, 2014 March 31 was the busiest day for New York's new health insurance marketplace. It was also the final day of the six month open enrollment period. Almost 470,000 people visited the site and 39,000 signed up on that last day, according to the state's exchange, to bring the total to 926,000 enrolled. Those newly covered signed up for a combination of the expanded federal Medicaid program, Child Health Plus, or a private provider. The exchange is crediting its early success in enrollment with a functioning website, something the federal exchange was plagued with. Hanna says Obamacare is hurting volunteer firefighters By Matt Martin • Mar 24, 2014 While touring a firefighter station in the Southern Tier town of Vestal recently, Rep. Richard Hanna (R-Barneveld) touted legislation that would exempt volunteer firefighters from the Affordable Care Act. The announcement comes a month after the U.S. Treasury Department already made the change. Originally, the ACA counted volunteer firefighters as full-time employees. That would have made the Vestal fire stations and others around the country responsible to provide healthcare if they had more the 50 employees. Affordable Care Act enrollment deadline is only one week away By Ellen Abbott • Mar 24, 2014 There's only a week left in the enrollment period for people to sign up to get health care through the Affordable Care Act. But there's been a steady flow of central New Yorkers signing up for insurance policies through the New York exchanges in advance of that deadline. ACR Health in Syracuse has been helping people in a nine-county area sign on to plans. Community Health Director Steve Wood says things have been going well so far, with 3,500 people covered by health insurance who weren't before. Cortland County counts down the days to the next Obamacare deadline By Ellen Abbott • Mar 11, 2014 Ellen Abbott/WRVO Cortland County has started a "Countdown to Coverage," to try and get the word out about the next major deadline for health insurance through the Affordable Care Act. According to Lindy Glennon of the Cortland County Community Action Program, the next important date in the Affordable Care Act timeline is March 31, which is a little over three weeks away. March 31 is the last day to enroll in health coverage through the New York State of Health marketplace, without facing penalties. Governor proposes offering low-cost 'basic health care plan" By Ellen Abbott • Mar 10, 2014 People who are finding it difficult to pay for a health insurance policy offered through New York sate's health care exchanges, may find a more affordable plan, if a proposal in Gov. Andrew Cuomo's budget goes through. The governor's proposed spending plan would allow New York to offer what's called a "basic health care plan," according to Mary Clark, regional director of Citizen Action League of New York. "That would really opens the doors to provide coverage at extremely low cost to families at 200 percent of poverty," she said. ACA deadlines, penalties approaching By Ellen Abbott • Feb 14, 2014 There are less than two months left for people to sign on to a health insurance plan and avoid tax penalties for not having insurance in 2014. Steve Wood, community health coordinator of the ACR Health Syracuse office, said they are continuing outreach in nine counties in central New York, encouraging people to get help from specially trained navigators who can help with the process. Affordable Care Act sign up deadline is today By Ellen Abbott • Dec 23, 2013 Ellen Abbott / WRVO Today is the deadline for individuals to sign up for health care coverage through the Affordable Care Act in order to get coverage by Jan. 1. So far, New York state's experience with this groundbreaking change in the way Americans get health care coverage has been generally positive. Todd Muscatello is a Vice President for Sales at Blue Cross Blue Shield in Syracuse. As someone who deals in the vagaries of health insurance every day, he says he's glad he lives in New York state. ACR Health rallies to register people into state healthcare exchange By Ellen Abbott • Dec 19, 2013 As the deadline for health insurance plan applications approaches, one agency that's offering individuals help with the process is finding itself very busy. ACR Health in Syracuse has exceeded expectations as far as signing people up in the state healthcare exchanges. According to navigator Brian Vanbenschoten, ACR has already helped more than 1,100 people sign up for health insurance plans that will go into effect Jan. 1. That's 300 more than the agency anticipated at this time. Health insurance enrollment deadline looms By Ellen Abbott • Dec 18, 2013 There are only five days left for individuals to enroll in new health insurance coverage under the Affordable Care Act, if they want that coverage to begin Jan. 1. But central New York insurers are urging people to avoid waiting until the last minute. Schumer says he supports Obama's Affordable Care Act promise By Aimee Hirsch • Nov 15, 2013 Ellen Abbott / WRVO News file photo Sen. Charles Schumer says he is glad President Barack Obama is keeping his promise to Americans by allowing them to keep insurance plans that would have been canceled for an extra year. The president announced yesterday that even if insurances plans do not comply with the Affordable Care Act, policyholders are now able to keep those plans through 2014. Medicare open enrollment deadline approaches By Ellen Abbott • Nov 13, 2013 There's less than a month until the Dec. 7 deadline, when Medicare's open enrollment period ends. Blaine Longnecker, a sales consultant out of Syracuse's Excellus Blue Cross Blue Shield office, said seniors eligible for the federal health insurance program who are looking to change their plan shouldn't bide their time. 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To all incoming undergraduate NEC students:
Welcome to NEC! As Chair of the Music Theory Department, I am writing to let you know what to expect when you arrive in late August. During Orientation week we will be giving several placement exams to all incoming undergraduate students. These exams will help us to place you in the appropriate courses in the fall.
First, it may be helpful for you to know something about our overall pedagogical approach. We believe that the purpose of music theory is to help students grow as practicing musicians. Music theory therefore involves much more than the teaching of conceptual knowledge; our objective is to help you develop important skills that will stay with you the rest of your musical lives. (And we hope you will continue to develop these skills after you leave NEC.)
We regard four skills as especially important:
- singing (including music reading skills)
- ear training
- keyboard
- writing (for instance, notational exercises such as four-part writing, or musical analysis)
As shown in this diagram, these four skill areas are interconnected (see the arrows). Developing your singing skills, for instance, will ideally help you with your writing skills, and vice versa. The same applies to any possible pairing in the diagram. The resulting "web" of interconnected skills is an essential component of musicianship.
Description of our core curriculum
The table below shows the typical course distribution for the first two years of music theory at NEC. Together these courses make up what we refer to as our "core curriculum." (Elective courses are also offered for the third and fourth years.)
Note that two different courses are listed for each semester. You will be expected to enroll in two courses simultaneously, one from the far right column, and another from the column just to its left. A possible exception is your first semester; if you pass out of Fundamentals of Music Theory (as explained later on this page), you may be taking only Solfege 1 during the first semester.
A summary of the courses appears below the table. Please note that considered together, these courses provide training in the four skills listed above. (This training includes not only drill-and-practice work, but also the practical application of those skills in musical repertoire.)
|first year
|[Fundamentals of Music Theory]
|Solfege I
|Tonal Practice I
|Solfege II
|second year
|Tonal Practice II
|Solfege III
|Tonal Practice III
|Solfege IV
Fundamentals of Music Theory: The study of musical fundamentals focuses on scales, keys, intervals, and chords. This course includes written work, ear training, and keyboard skills, with emphasis on both accuracy and fluency. (Fluency is the ability to provide correct answers with reasonable speed.)
Tonal Practice: Our three Tonal Practice courses focus on the study of tonal harmony and form. These courses include training in several skill areas: written work (counterpoint, part writing, analysis), basic composition, ear training, and keyboard skills.
Solfege: Our Solfege courses provide training in score reading, basic conducting, sight singing, and melodic ear training.
Explanation of placement exams during Orientation week
While the above table shows a typical course schedule, you might be able to place out of one or more of these courses, depending on your performance on the placement exams during orientation week. The following explains in more detail.
Required for ALL students
ALL entering students (both new students and transfers) will take a Fundamentals exam and a Solfege exam. These exams are summarized below. (Note that the Fundamentals exam contains several subsections.)
Fundamentals exam
- ear training section
This section of the Fundamentals exam will evaluate your ability to hear scales, intervals and chords (both triads and seventh chords); it will also include several short dictation exercises.
- written section
This written portion of the Fundamentals exam focuses on key signatures; scales and scale degrees; intervals; triads (root position and inversion) and seventh chords (root position only); and Roman numerals. While this section is not designed to be a speed test, we expect you to be able to complete this part within a reasonable amount of time.
- fluency section
This section of the test will evaluate your fluency with some of the most basic aspects of musical fundamentals. This fluency section resembles the written section (described above), except that it will feel more like a "speed" test. This section will consist of 6 pages, each of which must be completed within a specified time period, ranging from 40 seconds to a minute and 40 seconds.
IMPORTANT: in order to pass out of the Fundamentals course, you must first pass each of the three test sections described above. In addition, those who pass all three sections will then need to take and pass a Fundamentals keyboard test in order to pass out of the Fundamentals course (see below).
Solfege placement exam
This exam evaluates your sight-singing skills. You will be meeting individually with an instructor or teaching assistant for this exam, for which you will be asked to sight-sing several melodies. The exam will help us to determine how best to place you within the Solfege program.
Required for SOME students
In addition to the above required testing, SOME students will also be required to take a Fundamentals keyboard exam:
If you pass all three sections of the Fundamentals exam, you will also be required to take a keyboard exam in order to pass out of the Fundamentals course. (Since our Fundamentals of Music Theory course includes a keyboard requirement, we want to find out whether you have the necessary skills to meet that requirement before being placed into Tonal Practice I.) NOTE: If you are a piano major, either classical or jazz, you would be exempted from this keyboard exam.
Optional for all students
Tonal Practice placement exam
If you have already studied theory beyond the level of fundamentals and think you might be able to pass out of one or more Tonal Practice courses, you have the option of taking the Tonal Practice placement exam. The test will be given in three sections, with each section testing the content of a particular Tonal Practice course (I, II, or III). If you wish, you may take only one or two sections of the test.
The Tonal Practice placement test will include an ear training component, in which you are asked to notate the soprano, bass, and Roman numerals of a harmonic progression.
To summarize, here is our testing schedule, along with the specific times:
|Monday, August 31
|Required for all
|Fundamentals exam
(first three portions)
|Tuesday, September 1
|Required for all
|Solfege Exams
|Required for those that pass
Fundamentals Exam;
Piano majors not required
|Keyboard Harmony Exams
|Wednesday, September 2
|Required for those that pass
Fundamentals Keybaord Exam
(Will be notified at Keyboard Exam on Tuesday if you need to attend)
|Tonal Practice Placement Exams
Have a wonderful summer, and I look forward to seeing you during Orientation week!
Dr. Katarina Miljkovic, Chair
Music Theory Department


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Emerging Markets Morning Roundup: Baidu Q3 Rev Growth Slows; India's Corruption Crusader?
Baidu (BIDU) Q3 revenue missed estimates even though its profit beat expectations, Barrons.com colleague Tiernan Ray writes.
Reuters' Ross Colvin and John Chalmers write about Arvind Kejriwal, the man that has been behind the anti-corruption push in India.
Chinese investors took almost $3.8 trillion out of the country illegally, but much of that money comes back in as foreign direct investment, Economy Watch writes, citing a report from Global Financial Integrity.
With just 0.3% share of the market in China--home to a third of the world's cigarettes that are smoked--Philip Morris International (PM) is trying to boost its profile by expanding beyond cigarettes---even looking to develop flu vaccines. Seriously. Mike Esterl of the WSJ reports.
The Reserve Bank of India kept rates unchanged but cut its cash reserve ratios. Meanwhile, the People's Bank of China injected record amount of cash into its money market, the WSJ's Shen Hong reports.
Emerging Money's Steven Orlowski makes the case that Mexico could be the first casualty in the US fiscal cliff crisis.
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If you are like me and enjoyed writer/director Robert Hall's edgy slasher flick with attitude, Laid to Rest (and yes, this was way before I started working in the office for Hall), then prepare to start shining up your knives in deadly anticipation because a certain serial killer named ChromeSkull is about to gear up for his sequel.
Today, Hall and Dry County Films announced that production on ChromeSkull: Laid to Rest 2 is set to begin production on November 1st. Read on for more information from the press release.
From the Press Release:
In 2009 writer/director Robert Hall (Lightning Bug, Fear Clinic) introduced horror fans to a new face of horror: ChromeSkull, the mysterious and relentless killer who hunts down young women and records their grisly demises, all while donning an iconic silver skull mask and a video camera strapped to his shoulder. And while it may have seemed like ChromeSkull was dead at the end of the first Laid to Rest, every horror fan knows that evil never really dies.
Now Hall and the rest of the team behind the original are getting ready to take their modern slasher franchise to a boiling point. ChromeSkull: Laid to Rest 2 will begin principal photography on November 1st in Los Angeles. Hall is penning the script with producing partner Kevin Bocarde. Hall, Bocarde and Chang Tseng are producing the film under their Dry County Entertainment banner.
Returning for the sequel are original Laid to Rest stars Thomas Dekker (A Nightmare on Elm Street 2010) and Nick Principe, donning the by now familiar mask of ChromeSkull. Although casting is still under way, the film already boasts an impressive new line-up of stars including Brian Austin Green ("Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles," "90210"), Michael Biehn (Aliens, The Victim), Christopher Nelson (Kill Bill: Volume 1, The Tripper), Jennifer Blanc (Bereavement, The Victim) and Danielle Harris (Halloween, Stake Land, Hatchet II).
Producer Bocarde said, "Since the release of the first Laid to Rest, we have been hearing from fans who want to see a sequel. They wanted to know more about ChromeSkull and, more importantly, see him do what he does best. We're thrilled to bring him back to the screen, and hopefully we can deliver to all the fans what they want."
"We are currently in negotiations to secure distribution for ChromeSkull: Laid to Rest 2 in time for a Halloween 2011 release," Tseng said. "It's a calculated risk, but we are confident in the power of franchise; we know it will find the right home very soon."
In the first Laid to Rest, ChromeSkull raised the bar for serial killers everywhere by delivering indisputably some of the most inventive on-screen deaths seen in recent horror history (due to the top-notch special effects work designed by Hall and his Almost Human EFX crew), and Hall promises to up the ante for fans with more mind-blowing kills for the sequel.
"You can't really make a Laid to Rest movie and not have the best gore effects," said Hall. "We're doubling the carnage and doubling the fun. I know we raised the bar on the last one, but people have no idea what's in store in that department for the sequel – it's the original and THEN SOME. I'm so happy to have such a stellar cast involved, and I think Kevin and I have come up with a cool way to bring Chromey back without going all nutty and breaking our own rules."
Laid to Rest went on to become one of the top selling direct–to-DVD horror titles of 2009. The film garnered several top awards in the industry, most notably winning a Reaper Award for "Best Slasher." In addition ChromeSkull was on the cover of the April 2009 issue of Fangoria Magazine."
To get you fans pumped, you can dig on the early teaser art below and to keep up on all things ChromeSkull, you can follow production updates on Twitter via @LaidToRestMovie or check out the official Laid to Rest website!
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In an answer to an impatient user on Facebook, LG Italy said that the 4.4 KitKat update for the G2 is scheduled to arrive by the end of March. If that's the case, G2 owners in other European regions will probably get the update at about the same time.
We don't know if G2 users in the US should also expect to receive KitKat by the end of March, as American carriers have a tendency to push software updates a bit later than everyone else.
Earlier today, LG Saudi Arabia tweeted to inform fans that the G2 would get Android 4.4 KitKat at the end of January. However, the tweet has been pulled - which likely means the update won't be ready this month after all.
It's said that LG sold more than 3 million G2 smartphones around the world, so there are many users out there waiting to get rid of Jelly Bean. Here's hoping the wait won't be too long.
source: LG Italia via Android World (translated), GSM Arena


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"Excellent. Great quality, great price. Only negatives. The cake provided was beautiful but not very tasty. They promised free valeet parking but no one was there the night of the reception. Other than that, we loved the place and would use it again."
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American Idol winner Lee DeWyze married model/actress Jonna Walsh Saturday in Camarillo, Calif., People reports.
The bride walked down the aisle in a Lili Bridal strapless vintage-style lace embroidered gown in front of approximately 100 guests, many of whom flew in from DeWyze's hometown of Chicago. The couple exchanged classic wedding bands from Tiffany & Co. At the reception, guests enjoyed a five-tier buttercream cake at tables decorated with vintage Coca-Cola crates, as well as vintage movie reels and sheets of music.
American Idol's Lee DeWyze engaged
"Beautiful wedding, beautiful girl, just beautiful," DeWyze tweeted Saturday. "We're married!"
The couple, who met in October 2010 before getting engaged in July 2011, plan to honeymoon in Bali.
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I like you, PerriP.
And I don't even go to weddings anymore. Ditto on bar/bat mitzvahs, confirmation parties — anything that really celebrates family or couples. My issues with the subject are a bit different from yours, but that dreadful sense of sinking self-esteem for not being like everyone else sounds the same. If I'm projecting on you, I apologize, however.


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001. The old Roman's hair was pale in the moonlight, and he wore the toga in which he had been buried, with, beneath it, a thick woolen vest and leggings because this was a cold country at the edge of the world, and the only place colder was Caledonia to the North, where the men were more animal than human and covered in orange fur, and were too savage even to be conquered by the Romans, so would soon be walled off in their perpetual winter.
002. "I think maybe it's a scarecrow." "What's a scarecrow?" asked Bod. "It's a thing farmers put in fields to scare crows." "Why would they do that?" Bod quite liked crows. He thought they were funny, and he liked the way they helped to keep the graveyard tidy.
003. Bod stopped beside a grave that looked the way he felt: it was beneath an oak that had once been struck by lightning, and now was just a black trunk, like a sharp talon coming out of the hill; the grave itself was waterstained and cracked, and above it was a memorial stone on which a headless angel hung, its robes looking like a huge and ugly tree-fungus.


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Reviews of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology
Volume 203 of the series Reviews of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology pp 139-149
Heavy Metals Alter the Potency of Medicinal Plants
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Heavy metals, accumulated naturally in soil, surface water or through industrial and mining processes, pose a potential threat to various terrestrial and aquatic organisms (Greeger 1999; Larison et al. 2000; Dwivedi and Dey 2002; Hsu et al. 2006; Dhir et al. 2008). Exposure to high metal concentrations impinges on the growth and development of plants (Rout and Das 2003; Shanker et al. 2005; Dhir et al. 2009). Such growth effects result from alterations in physiological events such as photosynthesis, respiration, changes in lipid composition, enzyme activity, and distribution of macro and micronutrients at the cellular level (Sheoran et al. 1990; Van Assche and Clijsters 1990; Rout and Das 2003; Shanker et al. 2005). Research also suggests that abiotic factors such as heavy metals may alter the production of bioactive compounds by changing aspects of secondary metabolism (Verpoorte et al. 2002).
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Painting basement: Drylock over drylock
I would like to paint my basement before I set up my workshop so it's not so depressing. The current finish looks like might be a half-fast application of drylock over old paint. I've never noticed water coming through the walls before. Whether this is because the drylock is actually doing something or it wasn't a problem in the first place, who knows? Anyway I was thinking of painting it with drylock just for good measure.
-Is it in any way a bad idea to use drylock "just for good measure"?
-Can I just paint drylock over the old stuff or does it still need to be primed?
-If drylock is a bad idea (or just a waste of money) should I use exterior primer and paint?
-Is anti-mold/mildew paint worth it? I don't have a big water or humidity problem down there but I do get a little bit of water a couple times a year.
Go to a paint store and get "Block Filler". Its just a really thick paint that fills in the pores of the block better. Its cheap too, but the spread rate is less.
Be prepared to be exhasted when done, this stuff is HEAVY, but you really cannot apply dry lock over any other finish, so block filler shoud do what you need.
i would get the cheapest enamel you can find an do 2 coats .....use a heavy nap roller cover......that block you have is already painted so painting it again is gonna be a cake walk......... go with something with a high spread rate and youll be done in no time ...............
Thanks for the suggestions. Cheap...I like the sound of that.
Is anybody going to address the water stain problem. Block filler won't do it. You need to oil prime, Zinsser Cover Stain, the water stain. Have some serious ventilation or extinguish the pilot lights, that's a possible kaboom. Nothing is going to stop that moisture from coming through though, the drylock that's on there is no longer enough, and you can't, as ChrisN said, put drylock over any other finish, even drylock. Add some mildewcide to the finish and put a humidifier in the basement. It looks like you already have some mildew there, wash with bleach/water and rinse.
My appologies. I was going to say something in the original post but forgot. I Included that picture mostly to show how spotty the dry-lock (or it could be block filler) was applied. That stain along the bottom looks in the picture like it's from water coming through the foundation but up close you can see it's from something that was splashed or spilled on there from the inside. Who knows from what, a dirty mop or something. The corner looks darker mostly from the lighting but als the coating is spottier/thinner there.
sorry bout that .....latex enamel is what i meant
no problem, its our job here..............good luck with your basement !!
Drylock, Masonry Paint/Primer and Block fill are only good on bare block. They are meant to expand somewhat and fill the voids. They are basicly useless in that aspect once paint is on the walls.
Did you try tape and plastic on the wall over the mold to see if it is leaking and you don't know it because it evaporates right away from the moving basement air? Whew, I'm tired, it's late....LOL. Mold needs moisture to grow, the wall may be wet unless it's Summer mold, the interior wet air going out.... Point being, I'd use a latex based paint to allow the wall to dry when left uncovered from insulation. Drylock will force any outside water to find an alternate route in to your space using the next easiest place, slab, etc.
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I have new respect for hippies.
At least once a week, PETA cranks out pictures of their protesters wrapped in clingwrap, parading naked, locked in cages, dressed as animals, and various combinations thereof. I've become pretty inured to this stuff, but I'm sure it does its job of drawing attention from the general public. Now they've bumped it to the next level and it's pretty impressive.
In San Diego yesterday, a bunch of PETAneers demonstrated the savagery of line-fishing by sticking massive hooks through their flesh and dangling from a scaffold. I'm not sure any of them actually got hoisted by hook, and they still weren't able to resist the bodypaint and faux fish scales, but still. Yuck, ouch, wow, etc.
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While I know these people's hearts are in the right place, I'm not sure if they're going about it correctly. I'm just as angry and disgusted as the next guy when it comes to cruelty to animals, but doing these zaney things is just going to make the omni world think us vegan are effin crazy! Not to mention, flipping over hot dog stands and throwing paint on people is not going to get their attention in a positive way.
Instead, we should educate (in a civilized, respectful way) and make delicious vegan food! That's my opinion, anyhow.
Though, I must admit, watching these PETA fanatics is fascinating!
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I agree. I'm a "live and let live" type of vegan who gets a hard time when I "come out" to an omnivore about my diet. I think that fanatical organizations like PETA make it hard for the rest of us (respectful) veggies just trying to walk the earth.


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And it's official. As we previously speculated, ABC has been rumored to cancel One Life to Live and All My Children for some time now. Those rumors have now been confirmed. All My Children will come to an end in September 2011, while One Life to Live will close it's storybook in January 2012. Once these go off air, that will leave only four daytime soaps on network TV – Days of our Lives, General Hospital, Young and the Restless, and The Bold & The Beautiful.
So what will be replacing these long running daytime dramas, you ask? A food themed talk show, The Chew, and makeover central The Revolution (because I'm pretty sure we don't have enough of those filling our afternoon TV blocks).
In a statement released by ABC Daytime President Brian Frons, he notes that "While we are excited about our new shows and the shift in our business, I can't help but recognize how bittersweet the change is. We are taking this bold step to expand our business because viewers are looking for different types of programming these days. They are telling us there is room for informative, authentic and fun shows that are relatable, offer a wide variety of opinions and focus on 'real life' takeaways. All My Children and One Life to Live," he continued, "are iconic pieces of television that have made an indelible mark on our culture's history. Each of the shows has touched millions and millions of viewers and informed the social consciousness. It has been a privilege to work with the extraordinary teams who brought the residents of Pine Valley and Llanview to life each day, and we thank the cast, crew, producers and most especially the fans for their commitment to the shows through their history."
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I'm out of yarn for the blanket I'm working on and needed to do something else while I'm waiting. I've been needing to make a seat belt cover for MONTHS.
The problem is that I can't find one online anymore. I google it, but the links are always broken. Does anyone have or know of another?
I have never seen one but they can't be hard to make up.
Yeah, it wasn't complicated. It was knit flat in a rectangle and had some bobble things as a closure. I remember that I didn't like the bobbles but I didn't have a better solution.
Stupid seat belt always cuts into my neck and I need to try to lessen that at least. I thought one of those would help
Since Magknits is gone I had to use the Wayback Machine. This is probably the one you are referring to. There's no reason you can't just use buttons or a strip of velcro I would think. Velcro might be problematic for knits though. Maybe a snap strip. :think:http://web.archive.org/web/20041213032358/http://www.magknits.com/chilly04/patterns/snuggles.htm
That was the one. Thanks!


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I decided to do a neko, mainly because im lazy and don't like sewing, it was all easy to essemble and when worn, it makes me look like a scool girl with boots and cat features. lol XD.


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I must confess that, once upon a time, I was very anti-Pit Bull. I bought into all of the myths. Even though I was raised with a Doberman (named Lady), in my mind Pit Bulls were aggressive dogs. One would think that growing up with a powerful breed would make me more open to other powerful dogs. Unfortunately, I believed that Pitbulls were naturally aggressive, had locking jaws, and would kill any dog if given the chance. Any time I had my Yorkie, Dash, in a dog park I would immediately leave if a Pitbull came into the park.
And then one day, he was attacked by a Pitbull. That sealed the deal for me.
What changed my mind?
Adorno (pictured) did. Adorno was the very first Pit mix that I got to know and he absolutely stole my heart. When I first met him, I have to admit that my stomach turned. He was being fostered by a local store until they could find him a new home. I had just started working a few hours in the store and was a little uneasy that I'd be sharing my new place of employment with a Pittie.
I quickly learned how misinformed I was. Adorno, while a BIG dog, was no more excitable than my little Yorkie. And just as loving - if not more. He was just like any other dog, except he was fighting a bad breed reputation. Just like any other dog, he loved attention and affection. His manners left a little to be desired but his misbehaviors were never anything that put me in fear of my safety. He is a dog, like any other dog.
I can remember the very first time I felt that change in my mindset – I was sitting down and Adorno came over to me. He set his head on my lap and looked up at me with these adoring eyes – waiting for a head pat. While he weighed over 100 pounds more than my Yorkie, he was gentler, more loving, and wanted more cuddles than Dash. I soon learned that I could wrap my arms around him and he tolerated it. I could give a little tug on his ears and he would cover my hand in kisses.
The first time I walked Adorno, I was still uneasy. I knew that if he wanted, he could take off at any time and that there was no way I could physically control him. I'm sure he sensed my nervousness through the leash. And, despite a little pulling, he listened and respected me. He was, in fact, just as easy to walk as Dash was.
However, the actual experience of walking Adorno was quite different than walking Dash – in the way I was received by others on the street. Walking Dash down the street results in oohs, ahhs, and cooing. Walking Adorno? True dog lovers admired how gorgeous he was. But the average person? They would either stop in their tracks, move quickly aside or would actually cross the street. I lost count of the number of fearful and dirty looks I got. Other people walking their dogs pulled their own dogs closer to them and went out of their way to avoid us. I wanted to tell them how goofy Adorno was and that they had nothing to worry about – that Adorno was just like any other dog. Any dog can bite. Any dog can growl. Any dog can attack another dog. I began to realize that this is what the average Pitbull owner must go through every day when they walk their pups.
It's this kind of misinformation and prejudices that are the basis of BSL, or Breed-Specific Legislation. BSL seeks to ban certain kinds of dog breeds simply because they have a "bad" reputation. Of course, this bad reputation is based on misinformation, a few horror stories (which can involve ANY type of dog), and is the result of irresponsible owners. And BSL is across the country and spreading, make no mistake about it.
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Wall Street Journal contributing editor Peggy Noonan and nationally syndicated radio host Rush Limbaugh wrongly denied that conservatives are behind the promotion of Edward Klein's discredited attack book The Truth About Hillary (Sentinel, June 2005).
Limbaugh claimed that conservatives "have nothing to do with" the book, instead speculating that it was a "left-wing idea" intended to "inoculate" Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-NY) from criticism through the dismissal of the book's claims as "a right-wing hatchet job." Limbaugh drew a parallel to the controversy over his own 2003 comments suggesting that Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Donovan McNabb received favorable media coverage because "[t]he media has been very desirous that a black quarterback do well." Limbaugh said: "Because I deigned to criticize the media's coverage of McNabb, McNabb is now inoculated against any criticism whatsoever by media people in the NFL. Because they don't dare risk being on the same side of the issue with me."
In her June 23 column, Noonan similarly denied conservative involvement with the book, which she called "poorly written, poorly thought, poorly sourced." Claiming the book will "inoculate" Clinton "against future and legitimate criticism and revelations," she characterized Klein as having "no conservative bona fides" and described the book as "an anti-Hillary book by the MSM [mainstream media]."
Limbaugh claimed that The Truth about Hillary "has nothing to do with anybody in the conservative wing of any party. It has nothing to do with a bunch of right-wingers." He further stated that it was neither written by a conservative author nor published by a conservative publishing house like Regnery, the publisher of Unfit for Command: Swift Boat Veterans Speak Out Against John Kerry, the book co-written by Jerome R. Corsi and Swift Boat Veterans for Truth (SBVT) co-founder John E. O'Neill. But as Media Matters for America has noted The Truth About Hillary has much in common with SBVT's discredited attack on Sen. John Kerry (D-MA):
- Sentinel, the two-year-old conservative imprint of the Penguin Putnam publishing house that published Klein's book, has stated as its goal: "Just as the Swift Boat Veterans convinced millions of voters that John Kerry lacked the character to be president, Klein's book will influence everyone who is sizing up the character of Hillary Clinton." Similarly, the New York Post reported on April 12 that Sentinel spokesperson Will Weisser "said he hoped that The Truth About Hillary would do to Clinton what the Swift Boat Veterans bestseller did to Kerry. 'That would be our fondest wish,' he said, before adding, 'We're just trying to sell books. It will be up to the voters to read the book and decide for themselves about Senator Clinton. We're not out to get anyone, per se.' " SBVT was explicitly formed to defeat Kerry's presidential campaign; thus, the publisher's comparison of the book to the Swift Boat group reveals the book to be little more than a partisan political tool designed to influence an election.
- SBVT repeatedly lied, misled, and distorted the truth about John Kerry, as Media Matters and others extensively documented. The Truth About Hillary contains numerous factual errors, sleazy gossip and gay-baiting innuendo.
- Like SBVT antipathy towards Kerry, The Truth About Hillary author Edward Klein reportedly has a personal dislike of Hillary Clinton. He told Fox News host Sean Hannity in a June 21 radio interview that he does not want Clinton to be president. He called her "darkly Nixonian," "insincere" and a "congenital liar." He told Reuters in an interview, "I do not want to see her become president of the United States. I think that would be a dangerous thing; to have another darkly paranoid president like Richard Nixon, who has an enemies list and is inclined to do illegal things."
- Former Regnery editor Bernadette Malone now works as an editor for Sentinel.
Noonan claimed that the book "has been heavily promoted not by a conservative publication but by Vanity Fair magazine." In fact, the promotion machine for Klein's book includes Richard Mellon Scaife, the right-wing Pittsburgh billionaire who funded the 1990s dirt-digging operation against the Clintons known as the Arkansas Project. The first "news" of the contents of the book was published in a June 4 subscriber-only e-mail from the right-wing website NewsMax.com, in which Scaife is an investor and the third-largest stockholder. NewsMax, which has promoted the book for weeks, is currently offering it (a $24.95 value) for free with the purchase of a $39 one-year subscription to NewsMax's magazine. NewsMax has also purchased ads hyping the book on right-wing blogs, including MichelleMalkin.com and BlogsforBush. "NewsMax pundit" John LeBoutillier, a fervent Clinton attacker and a former one-term, right-wing GOP congressman from New York, interviewed Klein for the June 4 "exclusive" promotional e-mail. In a June 7 NewsMax column promoting Klein's book, LeBoutillier stated that he had been plotting the course of the book with Klein since its inception.
Other conservatives have joined in promoting the book, including Hannity, syndicated columnist and CNN political analyst Robert D. Novak, Washington Times editorial page editor Tony Blankley, and Limbaugh himself.
Limbaugh also falsely claimed that The Truth about Hillary is the first book published by Sentinel and stated that "that alone is designed to discredit the thing." In fact, Sentinel published five books in 2004, including: A Matter of Character: Inside the White House of George W. Bush by Ronald Kessler (August 2004) and Do-Gooders: How Liberals Hurt Those They Claim To Help (and the Rest of Us) by Mona Charen (December 2004). Sentinel plans to publish 10-15 books in 2005 and in subsequent years.
From the June 21 edition of The Rush Limbaugh Show:
LIMBAUGH: Yeah, I think that's a distinct possibility. I mean, if you want to talk about conspiracies, I wouldn't be a bit surprised if this whole thing is a left-wing idea -- put the book out there, label it a right-wing hatchet job, and use that to inoculate any information in the book or to inoculate her against any criticism down the road. Forget what's in the book, but just say, "Well, you can't believe the critics. They're all right-wingers."
It's sort of like good old Donovan McNabb. The guy is very lucky. Because I deigned to criticize the media's coverage of McNabb, McNabb is now inoculated against any criticism whatsoever by media people in the NFL. Because they don't dare risk being on the same side of the issue with me. So, you know, that's why McNabb wants to hire me or should hire me as his marketing agent because he's been inoculated against criticism.
Well, the same thing with Hillary here. Hillary, because of this book, the real risk is that after this book comes out and if the press successfully tars and feathers the right for having anything to do with this it's gonna -- any further criticism of her down the line after this book will be shrugged off as, "Ah, it's no big deal," to personalize it again.
What really ticks me off about this is that this whole Hillary book has nothing to do with anybody in the conservative wing of any party. It has nothing to do with a bunch of right-wingers. No right-winger wrote the book. No right-winger collaborated -- well, there might have been.
I don't know about that, but I do know that no right-winger wrote it and no right-winger works at this publishing house, and it's not a right wing publishing house. They may have a conservative imprint, and that's another thing. I forget who published this book, but this is the first book in their new "conservative imprint." Well, that alone is designed to discredit the thing. Don't you think? With the mainstream -- "Oh, yeah, probably just another one of these Regnery books. Ah, it's probably just somebody from Human Events. Ah, it's something out there from The American Spectator. You can't trust these people, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah."
And it's the same thing -- that if I can go back to it -- this Hillary book. This Hillary book, even though it's written and published by a bunch of left-wingers, this Hillary book is all of a sudden the fault of Republicans and conservatives -- conservatives are trying to trash Hillary. We had nothing to do with this book.
It just shows up in the stores today, so it's just the same old thing. Democrats accuse Republicans of doing what they, the Democrats, do.
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Georgetown coach John Thompson III was so focused on the details of the game that he claimed not to notice a momentum swing when Marquette Golden Eagles counterpart Buzz Williams was called for a technical foul in the 2nd half.
But his point guard felt it.
"Yeah, absolutely," the Hoyas' Markel Starks said. "Absolutely."
The 18th-ranked Golden Eagles were making a run at No. 15 Georgetown, having closed a 10-point deficit to 3 when Williams got T'd up for arguing an out-of-bounds call along the baseline with 12:13 to play.
The Hoyas replied with an 8-1 run immediately after the call, and Marquette didn't get closer than 8 points the rest of the way in Georgetown's 63-55 victory Monday night.
"I was just howling at somebody that would respond," Williams said. "We can make a big deal out of it if you want. I got a technical. I'm sorry. I may get a technical again next year – that's my average – and it'll likely be on the road."
Otto Porter scored 11 of his 21 points after the technical, Starks finished with 16 points, and Georgetown scored 24 points off 19 turnovers to move into a tie with the Marquette for 2nd place in the Big East.
The Hoyas (18-4, 8-3 Big East) won their 6th straight and avenged a 49-48 loss at Marquette Golden Eagles on January 5.
Williams indeed has 5 technical fouls in his 5 seasons at Marquette, in the opinion of the school, but this was a case of using up his reservoir of goodwill long before the call that cost him. He pushed the envelope continually in the first half with his now-familiar strolls outside the coach's box, twice venturing close to the midcourt circle with play under way. Hoyas fans began serenading him with chants of "Off the court!" in the 2nd half. NFL lines
Williams finally got the technical for disputing a call that would have gone either way. Porter made both free throws and then hit a floater on the ensuing possession to complete a 4-point series that pushed the lead straight to 41-34.
Williams asserted "any time you get a technical it's a bad time," but he also cited the Marquette Golden Eagles' 12 first-half turnovers and the fact that he did not have a player credited with an offensive rebound in the first 20 minutes as larger factors in the loss.
"I'm not sure you can win in Division I at home or on the road with those type of numbers," he said.
With both teams playing aggressive defense and the officials calling a tight game, the flow was virtually non-existent. Rather than trading baskets, the Hoyas and Marquette kept swapping some combination of turnovers, steals and offensive fouls.
Georgetown Hoyas went virtually 7 minutes without a field goal to start the 2nd half, but the pace was so laborious that the Golden Eagles were only in a position to outscore the Hoyas 8-2 in that span.
Georgetown went 9 for 24 from the field after the break but compensated by making 11 of 17 free throws.