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When the long-lost broadcast of the first Super Bowl arrived at the Paley Center for the Media in midtown Manhattan, it was in a shopping bag, on reels of two-inch videotape that weighed 20-ish pounds apiece.
Given that Super Bowl I was played on Jan. 15, 1967, that was the only way a recording of the game was going to get to anyone. Back then, video-recording devices were the size of Sub-Zero refrigerators (and much noisier) and networks routinely taped over things like soon-to-be-historic sports broadcasts in order to save tape stock.
That even one recording of the first Super Bowl's two national broadcasts survived, then, is something of a fluke event — and one that took 44 years to come to light.
In the intervening period, the holy grail of NFL game tapes spent 38 years in a Pennsylvania attic, underwent a top-to-bottom restoration in the summer of 2005, and was transferred to Betacam SP video. None of those media, of course, are anyone's idea of state of the art. Super Bowl I's decades in the wilderness are enough to make anyone appreciate that safe, silent digital video recorder sitting by the TV.
Maybe too much so.
Caveman-ish though the technology might seem, the cartridges holding Super Bowl I endured longer on dusty, heat-warped videotape than will the digital recordings on most home DVRs. The Super Bowl I recording lasted nearly 44 years longer than did Mike Alltmont's recording of the New Orleans Saints' win in Super Bowl XLIV, which would have celebrated its first birthday a few weeks ago.
Alltmont, a New Orleans native and lifelong Saints fan, lost his recording of a game he'd waited his whole life to see, as well as his recording of the anarchic post-game local coverage — "The live shots of the French Quarter," he says, "stuff that, even if you buy the DVD, you wouldn't get that moment" — when his Dish Network DVR conked out last winter. The box was one of what he estimates were four that melted down over a two-year period.
Technologically speaking, Alltmont's DVR is a marvel: a tiny, powerful microcomputer that can record numerous programs at once, and save them until he (or his fiancée) deletes them. In practical terms, though, Alltmont's problem reflects a larger issue. As the world transfers to high-definition digital formats and we all learn to live by whatever the hyperspeed version of Moore's law currently obtains, our ability to keep what we record has been both greatly enhanced in the short term and subtly, surprisingly diminished in the longer term. A magical box with months of television living inside it is just one of the commonplace tech miracles of the last decade, but given the fragility of those files and the devices that retain them, it could be argued that those recordings might be more future-proof on good old analog tape.
The Paley Center (formerly the Museum of Television and Radio) is digitizing its massive archives, but it is also moving terabytes of information onto data tape, which uses a supercharged version of the magnetic tape in your moldering VCR cassettes — LTO-5 data tape, the current state of the art, can hold 1.5 terabytes of information. Because the Paley Center does not compress its files for quality purposes, it needs every bit of that storage power — it would take more than 17 standard DVDs to hold an hour of TV recorded to Paley's standards.
Doug Warner, Paley's director of engineering, acknowledges that relying on actual physical tape creates storage-space issues — kind of an inherent risk when the goal is archiving every hour of television, ever — but he argues that analog technologies have their benefits.
"Think about the Super Bowl I tape," Warner said. "That sat in an attic for 40 years, extreme heat and cold, basically the worst conditions possible. But we can watch it." In contrast, he adds, "if I download a file over FTP and it wasn't uploaded properly, it can become corrupted. Even as a technologist, you can see how fragile data is, relative to the old analog methods."
Anyone old enough to have squinted through a third-generation VHS dub knows that there's something to be said for the robust visual splendor of high-def recordings. But factor in the fragility of digital files and a lack of standardization — there are currently more than 10 HD formats in the United States, with no standardization between them — and whoever has Warner's job three decades from now is likely to face some industrial-strength headaches.
Believing in the HD future is a leap of faith most amateur sports fan archivists have no choice but to make. And given the number of people recording each game and the efforts of institutions such as the Paley Center, it's unlikely that any future Super Bowl will suffer the lost-to-the-ages fate of the 1958 NFL Championship, which currently ranks as football's most-wanted MIA broadcast.
But Alltmont, among many others, can attest that "Save Until I Delete" is not always a guarantee. And even DVRs that don't melt down don't guarantee decades of rewatchability, given how quickly state-of-the-art digital technology becomes punchline-grade obsolete.
"The other day someone brought in Pele's old soccer tapes, which were on Betamax, and we transferred it for him," Warner said. "It was easy. But if he'd showed up with a 5.25-inch floppy disc, we would have been in trouble."
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Okay, so we're always being blamed for making fun of skiers, right? Well, in all fairness, we figured it was time to give our two-planking counterparts credit where credit's due. Sure, skiers have played the part of the Pied Piper's snakes for the past few years, but snowboarding wouldn't be as big a sport as it is without the help of skiing. With this month's installment of Sicktionary, we thought it would be a nice gesture to offer up some common jargon that you'd hear in the liftline from "those other guys." So sit back, relax, and read up—you'll probably learn a thing or two. On second thought, probably not…
––Pat Bridges & T. Bird
Pre-release [Pree Ree-leeuhs] noun: When skis release from one's foot before or during a trick, turn, or drop. Can be applied to any form of skiing or unfortunate post-après boudoir activity.
Suzy Chapstick [Soo-zee Chahp-stihk] noun: As the face of ballet skiing in the seventies, Suzy Chaffee was the ski-bunny pinup of the hot dog era. Once she signed on with Ford Models and found herself a big-time lip balm endorsement deal, the sobriquet "Suzy Chapstick" was born. Onscreen stardom came with a cameo in the critically acclaimed film Ski Lift to Death, and sauced-up suitors like Ted Kennedy soon followed. In addition to "serving" under a senator, Suzy served under four presidents as a member of the President's Council on Physical Fitness.
Texas Tuck [Tehx-uhs Tuhk] noun: At the height of World Cup skiing's popularity, the Cold War spilled out onto the slopes as Eastern Bloc skiers tried to avenge the USSR's loss to the American hockey team at the 1980 Lake Placid Olympics. Many speculated that the East German women's World Cup downhill team included a few male competitors. The unique procedure used by these "he/shes" to maintain a gender-neutral form in their speed suits was coined the "Texas Tuck" by Alberto Tomba.
Iron Cross [I-ruhn Krohs] noun: An award given to the member of the F.I.S. (Fédération International de Ski) that imposes the most hardships upon the sport of snowboarding.
Touring Ski [Toor-ihng Skee] noun: Touring skis are a holdover from the sport's counterculture roots. In the mid 1960s, "high" country hippies who couldn't afford to follow the Grateful Dead on tour would opt to ski from show to show, miracle-ing tickets in exchange for weed cookies and free hot waxes.
Acroski [Akk-roh-skee] noun: From the late 1960s until the mid 1990s, the unfortunate spectators of ski ballet competitions (later re-named "acroskiing") were treated to choreographed ski-dance routines combining flips, rolls, pole pivots, and pirouettes performed to music. Ironically enough, the root origin of "acro" means "height," which was not incorporated in this highly suspect recreation, begging the question, "Why the fuck did they rename it acroskiing?"
Skins [Skihnnz] noun: Essential to ski touring and mountaineering, "skins" were originally made out of actual seal skin, hence the name. Because of the seal's slanted fur (or "nap"), it allowed the traverser to climb up a hill without sliding back down. Though most modern-day skins are composed of mohair, nylon, or plastic, skiers must still feel a stinging pang of guilt every time one of those innocent, doe-eyed, doughy rascals gets clubbed into a cuddly, coagulated pile of brain matter. This is why we should all boycott the 2010 Vancouver Olympics. Go to olympicshame2010.com for the shocking truth. Seriously.
Stem Christie [Stehm Krihss-tee] noun: The Stem Christie is a beginner's turning technique named after Kristiania (now Oslo), Norway, where parallel turns were called "Kristianiasving." When executing the maneuver, a skier starts with parallel skis, then "stems" (slows down) the outer ski, and finishes by sliding the inner ski back into a parallel position.
Super G [Soo-puhrr Geee] noun: An abbreviation for Super Giant Slalom skiing, Super G is a "speed" discipline (along with Downhill), whereas Slalom and Giant Slalom are "technical" disciplines. It involves skiing between widely-spaced gates like the Giant Slalom, but with fewer turns over a longer course while achieving higher speeds, as in Downhill. To maximize aerodynamics, participants wear skintight spandex speed suits that break wind, yet really hold in the stink.
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Three painters work together on the shady side of a house to get the paint on quickly. Modern acrylic paints and stains tend to dry quickly compared with older, higher-VOC formulas.
If you've gone to the beach on a calm day in midsummer, you've probably seen the haze: a thin, brownish gray soup in the air that's not quite smoke, not quite fog, and not quite a cloud, veiling the horizon and dimming your view of the distant hills. What you can't see — but what is often there, along with the visible haze — is ozone. In the upper atmosphere, the ozone layer is good: it shields the earth from harmful ultraviolet radiation. But at ground level, ozone is bad: it's a corrosive form of oxygen that can irritate the eyes and nose or trigger asthma symptoms. Ozone even damages plants, causing billions of dollars of crop losses every year.
House paint plays a role in both the ozone and the haze. The "volatile organic compounds," or VOCs, evaporating out of paint solvents react with power-plant and vehicle emissions to help form the harmful ozone molecules as well as the tiny, light-scattering airborne particles that we see as haze. So as federal and state governments try to get a handle on the pollution problem, they're turning their attention to paint. A cascade of regulations, moving from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) down through regional federal/state commissions, and finally taking effect at the state level, is putting the squeeze on suppliers to reduce the solvent content of all paint, stain, and primer formulas, or else be forced to take the products off the market.
The gears of government grind slowly, however, so the regulations aren't ramping up overnight. Southern California imposed strict VOC rules starting in the 1960s, but the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic states are just beginning to regulate VOCs. Some coastal states have rules in place already, while others are still phasing them in. With plenty of lead time to adapt, paint makers are staying ahead of the curve, at least on the East Coast. After years of adjusting to California requirements, most suppliers can now put low-VOC products on East Coast shelves that come close to matching the performance of the old solvent-borne products they replace. But a close match isn't a perfect substitute — and therein lies the rub. For contractors in the field, the new formulas may call for some changes in the way they choose, handle, and apply their products.
What's a VOC?
The "volatile" of VOC means the material evaporates easily; "organic" means it's based on carbon; and "compound" just means that it's a molecule made up of different kinds of atoms. Alcohol and gasoline are examples of VOCs; in paint, the typical VOCs are solvents with names like toluene, benzene, acetone, and ketone. Most VOC solvents come from crude oil: the most common solvent in house paint or primer is a generic mix of petroleum distillates called "Stoddard solvent," also known as "white spirits" or "mineral spirits," or simply "paint thinner."
Not quite a cloud nor fog, the haze of ground-level ozone is clearly visible in this image captured from NASA's Terra satellite on the morning of August 2, 2006, off the mid-Atlantic coast. Also known as smog, this ground-level ozone is created when VOCs react with power-plant and vehicle emissions. Paint solvents contribute a small but significant part of the VOC problem. At the time, a high heat advisory was in effect for the region. In addition to trapping particulate pollution near the earth, high heat, stagnant air, and humidity generate more ground-level ozone.
Oils vs. Acrylics
When you talk about solvent-borne and waterborne house paints, you're basically talking about oil (or, more precisely, "alkyd") paints versus acrylics. And as the VOC rules get tighter, oil paints are taking the brunt of the heat. That's because of the different manner in which oil and acrylic paints are formulated: as a result of their different chemistries, oil paints and stains are typically solvent-borne, while acrylic coatings are always waterborne.
Solvent-borne alkyd formulas react with oxygen, leading to eventual brittle failure over time. Shown here is an advanced case of "alligatoring" of alkyd paint over old clapboards.
Alkyd paints oxidize as they dry; oxygen reacts with the string-like alkyd molecules and helps them "cross-link" together. So an alkyd paint coating actually becomes a continuous, chemically connected film as the paint cures. That's how oil-based paints develop their particularly desirable properties, such as high gloss, hardness, abrasion resistance, water repellency, and washability. But there's a downside, too: the oxidation process continues indefinitely. Exposed to sun and air, the paint will eventually yellow, become brittle, shrink, and crack in the process known as "alligatoring."
For house paints, longer-chain alkyd molecules tend to provide a better mix of properties than shorter-chain oils, but it takes a lot of solvent to keep those bigger alkyds in solution, and multiple coats are required to achieve a really good film build. Cutting down on the solvents makes the paint thick and heavy, which means it doesn't flow or handle as well. As a result, it's hard for an alkyd paint maker to even come close to the new VOC limitts and still make a paint that will perform the way it's supposed to. As the rules get tighter, traditional alkyd paints are increasingly ruled out.
Acrylic latex paints are a very different animal. Polyacrylic is a plastic polymer derived from petroleum, rather than from plant-based oils. Polymers are long, repetitive chains built up out of short links. Chemists can control the laboratory process to grow the big polyacrylic molecules to whatever size they like, out of a soup of short "acryl" pieces. And by varying the ingredients, they can modify the molecules to get special properties they desire, creating, for example, an acrylic polymer that is hard, soft, or somewhere between.
Acrylic paint resins "coalesce" as they dry, creating a continuous film on top of the wood. As long as the surface is prepped well, the paint will stick. But acrylics are particularly intolerant of conditions such as mill glaze and dirt, and surfaces should be sanded to give some "tooth" to which the paint can bond.
An acrylic polymer doesn't dissolve in the hydrocarbon solvents used for oil paint. In fact, acrylic won't dissolve in water, either. Instead, chemists blend the acrylic into water as an "emulsion" or "dispersion" — in simple terms, whipping the materials together with soapy surfactants and thickeners to form a smooth mixture, like making a milkshake. These surfactants and thickeners, along with flow agents, help to keep the mixture stable in the can, and help it flow and level out in use.
Compared with the small, stringlike alkyd paint molecules dissolved in a high volume of solvent, acrylic paint resins are more like large, semisoft balls suspended in a relatively small amount of water and customized additives. It's called a "high solids" formula. And as the paint dries, acrylic doesn't cross-link: instead, the bits of acrylic gradually soften and melt together, or "coalesce," to form the continuous film. Because it's not chemically active when it's dry, acrylic paint ages better than alkyd paint, especially outdoors, holding its color and gloss longer and not readily shrinking or cracking.
In addition to the acrylic binder, acrylic-based paints contain pigments and light blockers, to add color and to protect against sunlight. As the paint dries, it's tricky to keep the pigments and the binder evenly distributed, rather than clumping together and forming a faulty, inconsistent film. Because of this, waterborne paints generally have some kind of "coalescing agent" or "coalescent" additive that helps the acrylic molecules melt together around the pigment, trapping the pigment within the acrylic film. Coalescents are slow-evaporating VOC solvents — which is why even most waterborne acrylic paints contain at least 5% or 10% VOCs in the can, and it's why an acrylic paint job may take a week or more to fully harden and to stop smelling like fresh paint. As the rules get stricter, even some acrylic paint makers find it challenging to squeeze the VOCs out of their formulas to squeak in under the regulatory limit and still get the good film formation they want.
Paint Makers Adapt
Paint formulation is a game of trade-offs, explains Stewart Williams, director of the Rohm and Haas Paint Quality Institute. Even the very strict, 50 grams per liter, VOC limit enforced in smoggy Los Angeles is doable in a flat or semigloss acrylic paint, he says. "But if you go to the higher gloss, it's more challenging — because you've got to deliver those enamel-type properties that we've all grown accustomed to. I can give you a zero-VOC gloss today, but it won't have that enamel hardness or the other 20 things you may want."
Rohm and Haas and its competitors spend hundreds of millions of dollars on research each year. Advanced paints that don't exist today will be on the shelves in a few years. "There is no question that there are going to be breakthroughs," says Williams. "Whether it's on the acrylic end, or in the acrylic/alkyd hybrid end, or what have you — it's going to happen."
On the acrylic side, companies are working on natural, nonevaporative substitutes for petrochemical coalescents, hoping to get away from VOCs entirely. Acrylic polymers continue to evolve as well: Rohm and Haas' Avanse technology uses custom-brewed polymers to evenly embed pigments within the acrylic binder matrix, for better and more efficient coverage and hiding. Benjamin Moore's new Aura paint line goes a step further: the company claims its new polymerization method actually encapsulates paint pigments completely within the small spheres of acrylic polymer, achieving better gloss as well as more durable and brighter color — and with a zero-VOC formulation.
As rules tighten, 150-g/L flat acrylic paints (top left) and 350-g/L alkyd stains (above left) will be disappearing from shelves in the few coastal states where they can still be found. Taking their place may be advanced formulas such as Benjamin Moore's Aura brand (above right), a near-zero-VOC acrylic with an innovative colorfast pigment system.
Meanwhile, oil-based alkyd suppliers are working to break away from their solvent-borne past with a new "alkyd dispersion" technology, grafting modified alkyd chains onto acrylic polymers and blending them into a mostly waterborne matrix. That technology is only a few years old and still in its early stages of development. The hybrid alkyd/acrylic chemistry is tricky — it still needs some solvents to work, and it may not yet supply all the benefits of both the alkyd and acrylic ingredients. But already, ICI (Imperial Chemical Industries) has introduced a line of "advanced alkyd technology" paints under the Dulux brand, based on the alkyd/acrylic hybrid resins, that promises the hardness and gloss of an oil paint with the convenience of soap-and-water cleanup and the advantage of lower VOCs. The raw ingredients for the new waterborne oil paints are available to any paint company from outside sources, so as the method advances, more enamel and gloss paint brands are likely to appear using water-compatible alkyds.
In the Field
What does all this mean for the professional painter? Most agree that modern paints perform as well as, or better than, traditional coatings: they stick better, last longer, and hold color better. But the new paints tend to behave differently on the brush or in the sprayer. For many painters, adjusting can be a challenge.
Nigel Costolloe runs Catchlight Inc., a custom painting company in the Boston, Mass., area. Says Costolloe, "Years of habit and practice and skills, honed in the application of one type of material, when confronted with a material that behaves markedly differently, is a challenge for anyone." If a painter is accustomed to brushing or spraying oil formulas, he'll find modern acrylics tricky at first. Oil paints dry slowly and provide lots of "open time" for painters to brush back into their work, and oil paints relax gently, allowing brush marks or lap marks to disappear more readily. Modern acrylic paints dry much faster — especially if the weather is hot, dry, or breezy — and so lap or brush marks are harder to avoid.
To keep a house looking good, walls need to be routinely washed and repainted every few years. In coastal zones, three years between recoats is fairly good performance for paint or stain over wood siding and trim.
New England painter Charles Gilley has modified his technique to accommodate the faster-drying new acrylics. On a building exterior, for example, he has to paint fewer courses of clapboards at a time, in order to maintain a wet edge as he works. On sunny days, Gilley has to hustle to stay on the shady side of the building — once a wall is hot and sunny, the paint dries too fast. And for wood-panel doors, Gilley now follows a meticulous pattern, painting first the panels, then the rails, and then finally the stiles, so that cross brushstrokes won't create visible lap lines across the door's component parts.
Traditional painters particularly regret the loss of solvent-borne primers for repainting jobs on old weathered wood exteriors. The traditional method, which Gilley and other painters have practiced for years, is to start with an oil-based primer, and then apply an acrylic top coat. The solvent-borne primer wets the wood more readily and soaks in better, explains Gilley, and it can partially overcome difficult-to-remove dust and grime. "Just take some fine dust, like drywall dust, and put a drop of water on it, and you'll see what I mean," says Gilley. "Water will bead up on the dust. But if you put some paint thinner on that same dust, it will soak right in." In the same way, argues Gilley, oil paints will soak into wood through dust or dirt, where a water-based paint will get repelled and fail to form a bond.
A thorough and vigorous washing is the best prep for routine repainting. Don't neglect the areas under eaves — they can accumulate salt and grime deposited by moisture rising up from soil around the building.
Even Rohm and Haas, the acrylic specialist, won't argue with that tradition, says Stewart Williams. "If your substrate is sufficiently damaged and in need of repair, then yes — instead of moving large balls of acrylic through pores, you're moving string-shaped molecules with a solvent that penetrates. It's not just some belief that is out there — I think it has proven out that you get much better performance on difficult substrates by going with the old faithful alkyd primer followed by an acrylic top coat."
But Nigel Costolloe points out that a penetrating primer is no substitute for good surface preparation. Oil-based formulas may have better wetting power, he says, but years of accumulated grime and pollution can repel even an oil-based formula and prevent good adhesion. "I've seen oil-based primer flake and peel off a house prematurely when somebody didn't take the time to do the proper surface prep," he explains. "But if you do make sure that the existing paint is cleaved and the wood is sanded off to remove the deteriorated cellulose that has been damaged by ultraviolet light, and clean the surface, in my experience a waterborne primer can adhere just as well as an oil-based primer."
Even Costolloe, however, sees situations in which he prefers to use alkyd paints. "In the residential market, if you already have multiple existing coats of alkyd paint on a house, it's better to stay with an alkyd," he notes. Alkyd and acrylic paints expand and contract at different rates in response to changing weather, he explains, and where a base of alkyd paint already exists on the wall, another coat of alkyd on top of it is more compatible.
Good surface prep improves the performance of any paint. Here, sun-damaged wood fibers and remnants of an old prime coat are sticking to the back side of peeling alkyd paint. A thorough sanding and washing and a high-quality prime coat would have helped this paint job hold up longer.
Ultimately, argues Costolloe, it's craftsmanship, not paint formula, that makes or breaks a paint job. "I think the greatest challenge for any painter is reading a label," he says — only partly in jest. "The painting business does not have a barrier to entry," he notes. "A car, a small ladder, and $65 worth of tools, and you can be up and running. And education and continuous learning and the concept of self-improvement are almost alien to our industry." But good learning resources are available, he says, including educational sessions put on by paint companies and by local chapters of the Painting and Decorating Contractors of America. Costolloe likes a three-hour CD-ROM training tool produced by the Quality Paint Institute: "We put all our new hires through it, and every employee retakes the program once a year." The CD is available from the Paint & Decorating Retailers Association at www.pdra.org/shop.php.
Even with the best of paints and the best of training, however, paint is temporary — especially in a coastal climate. In mild exposures, a good exterior paint job won't last a decade, admits Great Barrington, Mass., painter Paul Shepard. Some paint companies promise 12 years for a wall painted with their primer and top coat, but Shepard counters, "That's B.S. — and you can tell them I said so. I tell my customers a paint job is good for five to seven years. If I say 12, they'll come back to me after 11 years demanding satisfaction." Shepard remembers painting a house whose owner had used a paint that promised 20-year performance. "He actually waited 20 years to repaint it," says Shepard. "That wood was crying."
And Shepard works a hundred miles inland. On the coast, you're lucky to get five years from a paint job; three years is more typical. Martha's Vineyard builder John Abrams, CEO of South Mountain Company, Inc., has a simple solution: he doesn't paint exteriors. "We try to have a zero-maintenance exterior, and in our environment, paints just don't last," he says. "We've tried a lot of different kinds of paint. But in order to keep a house looking well cared for and keep the wood protected, you basically had to repaint every three to five years. And that just seemed insane."
So now, Abrams relies on aluminum-clad wood windows, white cedar shingles from the sustainable forests of Maine's Seven Islands Land Company, and recycled cypress trim. "The shingles are good for 25 to 40 years without paint," he says. "The cypress will last virtually forever."
For coastal builders who do use paint, this is a time of transition. In Virginia, Delaware, Pennsylvania, Maryland, and New York, suppliers stopped shipping high-solvent formulas at the beginning of 2006, although retailers are still allowed to "sell through" any existing inventories. Other states aren't on board yet: in Massachusetts, VOC limits may not take full effect until 2011. Will effective new formulas be available by the time existing stocks of oil-based paints run out? Only time will tell. ~
A former frame and finish carpenter, writer Ted Cushman has been covering construction business and technology since 1993. All photos by the author except as noted.


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26 Jul, 2010, 11:00 ET from National Council on Aging
NCOA Launches "Straight Talk for Seniors on Health Reform" Campaign To Give Older Adults Comprehensive, Unbiased Information on New Law
WASHINGTON, July 26 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A national survey of adults aged 65 and older for the National Council on Aging (NCOA) finds that most seniors are still confused or unaware of important aspects of health reform, or the Affordable Care Act, including its impact on their own Medicare coverage, the growth of Medicare, and the budget deficit.
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NCOA identified the top twelve facts that every senior should know about the health reform law. The "Straight Talk" poll reveals that only 17% of seniors knew the correct answers to more than half the factual questions posed about these key aspects of new law and only 9% knew the correct answers to at least two-thirds of the questions. None of the 636 older adults interviewed for the poll knew the correct answers to all twelve of the factual questions.
Speaking at a town hall meeting at Iona Senior Service Center in Washington, DC, James Firman, president and CEO of NCOA, announced the launch of NCOA's "Straight Talk for Seniors on Health Reform" campaign, aimed at helping seniors get the facts they need about health reform and changes to Medicare. "Seniors need to know the key facts about health reform so that they can be informed consumers and educated citizens," Firman said. The campaign will continue through the fall with additional town hall and educational events, a series of "Straight Talk" educational materials (available at www.NCOA.org/StraightTalk), an interactive online "Straight Talk" quiz for people to test their knowledge of the law and learn more about it, detailed poll results, and webinars to prepare aging services professionals to give "Straight Talk" presentations in their own communities.
Poll Reveals Widespread Confusion, Even on Issues Most Important to Seniors
David Krane, Vice President of Public Affairs and Policy Research at Harris Interactive® gave a full briefing on the NCOA "Straight Talk" poll. The poll was conducted by Harris Interactive® for NCOA by telephone within the United States from July 9-12, 2010 among a nationwide cross section of 636 adults aged 65 and over. The margin of sampling error on the total sample is +/- 4.0 percentage points. The poll was supported by a grant from The Atlantic Philanthropies. Video of Krane's briefing will be available later on Monday July 26 at http://ventanadc.com/clients/NCOA/POLLSTER/. The rest of the presentation will be available shortly thereafter.
The poll revealed that even questions with the most direct bearing on seniors and their health drew high numbers of incorrect answers. For example, only 22% of seniors understood that the new law would not cut their basic Medicare benefits. Almost twice as many seniors (42%) held the incorrect view that the law would cut their basic Medicare benefits, while 37% said they did not know.
And with the federal budget deficit looming large in policy debates, it was striking that only 14% of seniors were aware that the new law is projected to reduce the deficit. Many more -- 49% -- incorrectly believed it would increase the deficit. (According to projections by the Congressional Budget Office, the law will reduce the deficit by an estimated $124 billion over 10 years).
"The health reform debate was long and complicated and often dominated by political spin that confused seniors," said James Firman, president and CEO of NCOA. "NCOA is committed to helping seniors get the key facts and information they need to make smart, informed decisions about their own health care. The fact that this poll revealed that so many people are misinformed or don't know much about the new law means we have our work cut out for us with the "Straight Talk for Seniors on Health Reform" campaign."
Poll Results At Odds With Seniors' Impressions of Their Knowledge
Even among the older adults who said they considered themselves "very familiar" (9%) or "familiar" (12%) with the new law, correct answers were few and far between, calling into question how well people were able to assess their understanding of the Affordable Care Act.
"Seniors are certainly confused about the Affordable Care Act, but interestingly, many of them also overestimated their own degree of knowledge," remarked David Krane of Harris Interactive®, which conducted the poll. "Those who said they were "very familiar" or "familiar" with the law only fared somewhat better than those who self-identified as "not familiar." In the "very familiar" and "familiar" categories, 65% got less than half the answers right, compared with 85% of the people who self-identified as "not familiar."
Seniors Dissatisfied with Available Information
A significant number of seniors (38%) said they were "not at all satisfied" with the accuracy and reliability of the information they had received about the new law. Very few (7%) said they were "very satisfied" or "satisfied" (17%).
"Unfortunately, this finding comes as no surprise," says NCOA's Firman. "Everywhere I go seniors tell me that what they really want is information they can understand and rely on, from an organization they trust, whose only agenda is helping them get the facts. Everyone is entitled to their own opinions, but not their own facts. NCOA is proud to launch our "Straight Talk" campaign to continue to meet this need among the nation's millions of older adults and their families and caregivers."
Other Important Findings
Seniors' highest rate of correct answers came on a question about whether the law expands coverage to 32 million uninsured Americans (43% correctly answered "yes"). Seniors also showed relatively high awareness of the provision to gradually close the Medicare prescription drug coverage gap, or "donut hole," with 42% giving the correct answer.
Exploring a range of topics, from new care provisions to the financing of the new law, the poll also found that:
- Only 14% of seniors knew that the law does not cut Medicare payments to doctors; 45% answered incorrectly and 41% said they did not know.
- Only 24% of seniors knew that it is projected to extend the solvency of the Medicare Trust Fund.
- Only 28% knew that the law improves the availability of long-term care at home for seniors with disabilities.
- Only 22% knew about improvements in chronic care.
- Only 33% knew about the new, free yearly wellness visit Medicare will now provide.
- Two out of three seniors either did not know (43%) or gave the wrong answer about the future growth of Medicare spending. Only 34% knew that it will continue to grow under the new law, just more slowly.
About NCOA
The National Council on Aging is a non-profit service and advocacy organization headquartered in Washington, DC. NCOA is a national voice for older Americans - especially those who are vulnerable and disadvantaged - and the community organizations that serve them. It brings together non-profit organizations, businesses and government to develop creative solutions that improve the lives of all older adults. NCOA works with thousands of organizations across the country to help seniors find jobs and benefits, improve their health, live independently, and remain active in their communities. For more information, visit www.NCOA.org.
About Harris Interactive
Harris Interactive is one of the world's leading custom market research firms, leveraging research, technology, and business acumen to transform relevant insight into actionable foresight. Known widely for the Harris Poll and for pioneering innovative research methodologies, Harris offers expertise in a wide range of industries including healthcare, technology, public affairs, energy, telecommunications, financial services, insurance, media, retail, restaurant, and consumer package goods. Serving clients in over 215 countries and territories through our North American, European, and Asian offices and a network of independent market research firms, Harris specializes in delivering research solutions that help us - and our clients - stay ahead of what's next. For more information, please visit www.harrisinteractive.com.
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One Year Lease Theatre Company brings back its staging of Mark Ravenhill's 2006 play, in which five struggling artists try to make the most of a successful friend's misfortune. In its 2012 incarnation, at least, Ianthe Demos's production could not find the right balance between gestural movement and emotional truth.—David Cote
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Even the most vibrant fish will gasp and die when yanked out of its habitat and slapped on dry land, and so it is with Mark Ravenhill's choral text for pool (no water). This story of five struggling-artist friends and one hugely successful colleague began as a collaboration between Ravenhill (Shopping and Fucking) and choreographer Steven Hoggett (Black Watch, Once) for the movement-theater troupe Frantic Assembly. When it premiered at Plymouth's Drum Theatre in England in 2006, the piece was 80 minutes long and included expressionistic dances in a Miriam Buether–designed set that evoked both the bottom of a pool and a hospital room. Now pool (no water) clocks in at an hour, it's Off-Off Broadway and, in this shoestring attempt, comes across as a Fringe Festival offering by college grads.
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Check out this little fellow by Inky Antics! I just think he's too cute with his fishy drink! I colored the image in Prismacolor pencils and gamsol. His tummy is white flocking and his ice cube and drink are coated with Diamond Glaze. I love the variety of textures on this card!
I ran vellum through the Snowflake Cuttlebug Embossing Folder and the designer paper is by Cloud9 and is flocked. The verse is by My Sentiments Exactly! Thanks for stopping by!
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Distinguished Centennial Leaders and Fellow Lions
Chancellor Bob Corlew was sworn in as the 100th President of Lions Clubs International while I was installed as District 308 B2 Governor on June 28 at the recent Lions International Convention in Fukuoka, Japan.
I am very honored and humbled to be serving together with you in this honored capacity. It is through the blessing and support of many of my fellow Lions and friends that today I am your Governor. My inauguration also coincides with Lions Centennial Celebration. This double celebration is indeed rare and very special. In view of this, together with the District Governors Team, Global Membership Team, Global Leadership Team and Centennial Service Challenge Team, we will be putting in extra efforts to make this Lion year a memorable and exciting one. Incidentally, I am also the first lady District 308 B2 Governor. This is another feather to our cap especially in terms of ladies' achievements and contributions to Lionism.
The International's theme is "New Mountains To Climb", using mountains as a metaphor for individual challenges and opportunities Lions face. Climbing these mountains provides a chance for us to make our community and the world better. This goes hand in hand with our District's theme "Touching Hearts Changing Lives".
We are in the Centennial Celebration year and this is a very special fiscal year to serve! We have new challenges to meet, more hearts to touch, more lives to change as we welcome new members and charter new clubs. I am asking you to join hands with me to make our District 308 B2 and every club stronger, provide many more lives with rays of hope, a better tomorrow as we continue to climb new mountains! I am confident that as we work together to achieve greatness, we can make a greater difference, we will accomplish greater things, we will touch more hearts change more lives, we will maximize membership growth and leadership development this Centennial year.
At the recent closing plenary of the Lions International Convention, it was reported that 93 million benefitted from the Centennial Service Challenge (which was launched at the 2014 International Convention in Toronto, Canada). With your support, the District will kick-start its Centennial Celebration on 11th July. Let's continue to host projects to benefit Youth, Vision, Hunger and the Environment and report to MyLCI and upload on our District website of your wonderful project your club has carried out.
With the support from clubs, fellow Lions and friends of Lions, the District has initiated a Community Legacy Project by constructing a gazebo on Penang Island and will be officially launched by International President Chancellor Bob Corlew. We encourage clubs to follow this lead by undertaking a Centennial Community Legacy Project this fiscal year. This will highlight the lasting importance of the humanitarian work we do and our impact on the communities locally and globally.
Art of the Centennial Service Challenge is recruiting new members and chartering new clubs. So let's challenge one another to recruit our friends with Lion's heart and charter new clubs. LCI recognizes the great significance of new memberships and has put in place a Centennial Celebration Membership Awards that will be given to individual Lion who brings in a new member into the club. Furthermore, club will also be recognized and awarded for sponsoring a new club. I am pleased to announce, at this point of writing, our District 308 B2 has more than 50 new members ready to be inducted by our distinguished International President Bob Corlew at the DG Banquet on July 10. A limited-edition brooch specially designed by me will be presented to all Centennial sponsors.
There are many generous contributors and sponsors from the many fellow Lions and friends that I know. Your contributions have made our work and that of our District much easier. Your contributions have made our effort to serve the society more effortless. I am also pleased to add that we have 20 big hearted Lions who have pledged US 1000.00 to Lions Clubs International Foundation. On behalf of our District and LCI, I would like extend a big thank you to each of you and I really appreciate your involvement in this service work.
Together we will strengthen our communities through service. Together we will touch more hearts change more lives as there is no mountain we can't climb!
Jennifer Kim


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Police are investigating two incidents that occurred in between Friday evening and Saturday morning in Mount Gravatt East.
Initial information suggests that a firearm was discharged into a house on Kentish Street around midnight.
There was also a shot that was fired into a vehicle nearby.
Police initially said that there was no relation to anti-terrorism raids conducted in the suburb recently, however the targets concerned are both believed to belong to Muslim families.
Anyone with information can contact Crime Stoppers anonymously via 1800 333 000 or crimestoppers.com.au 24hrs a day.


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Here's yet another sign of the econo-polcalypse: Toyota Motor Corp., which has been profitable for decades thanks to steady sales and shrewd leadership, has predicted a loss for the first time in 70 years.
AP via Google News:
"The tough times are hitting us far faster, wider and deeper than expected," Toyota President Katsuaki Watanabe told a gloomy news conference at the company's Nagoya, Japan, headquarters. "This is an unprecedented crisis requiring urgent action."
Sona Iliffe-Moon, a spokeswoman for the automaker's U.S. arm., said the company has not had any layoffs since the 1950s.
"As a result of that experience, it became a part of our culture to ensure employment and stability for employees," Iliffe-Moon said
Toyota had reported strong growth in recent years, boosted by heavy demand for its fuel-efficient models like the Camry sedan and Prius gas-electric hybrid.
But Watanabe said a severe drop in demand, especially in North America, which accounts for one-third of vehicle sales, and profit erosion from a surging yen were too much for Japan's No. 1 automaker. Overall U.S. auto sales fell to their lowest level in 26 years last month.


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Seidel Promoted at Food8/07/2006 10:50 AM Eastern
Food Network promoted Bruce Seidel to senior vice president, program planning and special productions.
Seidel will also handle the network's development and production of special events and miniseries, including the October premiere of Nigella Feasts.
He reports to senior VP of programming Bob Tuschman.
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May 23, 2011
By Chanelle Price, UTSports.com
"The number one thing I want student-athletes to take away from FCA is that it is imperative to have an intimate relationship with Jesus Christ," says Roger Woods, the Fellowship of Christian Athletes (FCA) campus director and Chaplain at The University of Tennessee. "I have seen a lot of changes in student-athletes that attend FCA. Some changes have been radical and immediate, and others have been over a duration of time."
As the spiritual leader of UT athletics, Woods has made a profound impact on many of the student-athletes' lives. Junior football player Herman Lathers truly appreciates having Woods, or "Chap" as he calls him, in his life. "My relationship with `Chap' is him being a father figure for me," says Lathers. "My father wasn't around much when I was younger, or when I got older. I kind of find myself always looking towards a man of God to be my father figure. `Chap' has not only made me a better person, but I have also grown spiritually."
Currently in his early 40s, Woods still laughs when recalling the religious household he was raised in. "I grew up on drugs," says Woods. "My parents drug me to church. They drug me to Sunday school. Anything that involved church, they drug me to." In the end, the drugging paid off. Woods remembers officially becoming a Christian at age 13 around the same time his parents separated. "If any time I need you, I need you right now," Woods recalls saying to the Lord.
Born and raised in Lithonia, Ga., a city 15 miles east of Atlanta, Woods says his family was close-knit growing up. He has a younger sister, 37-year-old Tameika Woods, who he remains tight with, and a half-brother, 45-year-old Robers Clark, who he has good relationship with despite meeting him while he was in high school. Woods attended Lithonia High School where he played baseball, basketball, and football. He excelled the most in baseball, and it remains his favorite sport.
In fact, a life-altering event occurred during one of Woods' high school baseball games. "I was a very good baseball player, one of the top players in the state of Georgia," says Woods. "In the last game of my senior year, I threw my shoulder and ended my career. Major League scouts were there, but it was over." After such a traumatic experience, one would expect Woods to show heartache when recalling this memory. Yet, he remained optimistic. Woods did not have to rely on an athletic scholarship to get into college. He says his parents taught him the importance of education, and he earned a partial academic scholarship to Albany State College, currently known as Albany State University, in Albany, Ga.
Though he was "saved," Woods realized he was not fully devoted to Christ when he reached college. As a member of Kappa Alpha Psi fraternity, he lived the typical college lifestyle. It was not until circumstances kept going wrong, "roadblocks" as Woods describes it, that he decided he was living his life in an unacceptable fashion. Around the time Woods graduated from Clayton College, a school he transferred to in the middle of his junior year to be closer to his sick mother, he was truly dedicated to the Lord. "I was about 22, 23 years old and was like, `Okay God, I'm going after you all the way,'" says Woods.
After college, Woods returned to his high school where he taught special education for six years and also served as an assistant basketball coach. He was next in line to become head coach of Lithonia High School's basketball program. However, Woods had other plans. "On December 14, 1998, I quit teaching and coaching in the middle of the year because I felt the urgency, the tug, the pull that God had on my heart to go into ministry right then and there," says Woods. "Single guy in Atlanta, nice job, benefits, and I literally just walked away from it all."
At age 28, Woods returned to the church he grew up in, St. Paul Church, and went into full-time ministry. He became the youth pastor, helping the youth ministry grow from eight children to over 300 in just three years. Woods also began a morning bible study at Lithonia High School. The theme of the bible study, who he partnered with his long time mentor Danny Buggs, was "Each One Reach One," and within one month, it grew from 12 members to around 125. "The school became a National School of Excellence, and the principle attributes a major portion of that to the things God was doing behind the scenes in ministry," says Woods.
All of the greatness occurring in Woods' life, including his church's tremendous growth from 162 members to approximately 1,000, was interrupted by the sudden death of his friend and pastor, 56-year-old Columbus Hartwell. Woods remembers the tragic event like it was yesterday. It was Super Bowl Sunday in 2000. He had just talked to his pastor at 10 p.m. the night before to prepare the next day's church service. Woods received a call notifying him of his pastor's heart attack at 2 a.m. "I sat there," says Woods. "I couldn't even move. I was paralyzed almost for two hours because it was just so shocking. Still to this day, it's hard to believe." Woods filled in along with other ministers until a new pastor was hired, but he knew he had to make a change. Woods turned to the Bible for guidance.
Genesis 12:1 states the following: "The LORD said to Abraham: `Go forth from the land of your kinsfolk and from your father's house to a land that I will show you.'" This verse carried Woods to the next phase of his life. He decided it was time to leave Georgia. It was a difficult decision because he resided there his entire life, and his family had a lot of history in the state. In fact, Woods' grandmother was the first African American to sit on the Lithonia city council, his aunt was the first African American mayor of Lithonia, and his uncle was Lithonia's first African American police chief. Though it was hard to leave his family, Woods knew God would never lead him in the wrong direction.
Chattanooga became Woods' new hometown. He was familiar with the location because of tours he did with the youth ministry. Woods immediately sought a church and landed with Mount Canaan Baptist Church because he felt a connection with the pastor. "I served as a non-paid, volunteer consultant, and I still serve in that capacity," says Woods. "The present pastor is the son of the previous pastor, and he reminds me so much of my pastor that passed away. That's why I give all of my services to him for no charge. The Lord has blessed me so much that I have to give back." Woods also joined the staff of FCA for inner-city ministries, and served as one of the athletic directors at Silverdale Baptist Academy. After a year and a half with FCA, he accepted a position as the chaplain at the University of Tennessee-Chattanooga.
Woods believes fate is what eventually brought him to Knoxville and the University of Tennessee. In February 2009, Woods attended the annual FCA retreat held for Tennessee athletes. Coincidentally, UT's chaplain had recently left and went to Duke, so many UT football players approached Woods at the retreat about filling the position. Woods turned down an offer a month earlier for the same job. Yet, with all of the athletes telling him he would make a great chaplain at UT, Woods experienced a change of heart. "God really used them," says Woods. "That was an instrumental weekend." He wasted no time in fulfilling God's plan for him. Following that weekend, Woods talked with his wife, Tia Woods, and on May 11, 2009, he accepted the position as chaplain of UT.
With his new position, Woods serves as chaplain for UT football and men's and women's basketball. He does chapels for the teams, attending every football game and every basketball home game. His role as FCA campus director allows him to interact with athletes from every sport. Woods has helped numerous student-athletes live lives centered on God, a goal he strives to achieve each and every day. According to Woods' co-worker Rachel Stankus, his love for the Lord is clear. "It was very easy to see his passion for Christ," says Stankus. "Roger is an encourager and is very likeable. You just enjoy being around him."
Woods' passion to serve God is evident in the fact that he is only home with his wife and kids on Wednesdays and Sundays to avoid commuting from Chattanooga to Knoxville every day. Yet, he and his wife know this is his calling for the time being, and he describes his family as very understanding. Besides, with the following mindset, Woods can handle anything: "Encourage, enrich, and empower through scripture, study, and sports. That's my daily motto. I save myself a lot of drama living that way."


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Making Lunch for 40 of the South's Biggest Foodies
It was a "what was I thinking?" kind of moment. Last Saturday, 45 founders of the Southern Foodways Alliance gathered in Birmingham for a reunion–dinner and drinks at Highlands Bar & Grill. I wanted more opportunity to chew the fat with my fellow founders, so invited everyone to lunch at my house. Even for a seasoned party giver, this was an intimidating task!
Not only is this an impressive group of food scholars, writers, cookbook authors, and chefs, but 4 of them have won James Beard awards for Best Chef Southeast. I also invited local SFA members, among them my brand-new boss, Hunter Lewis, former food editor at Bon Appetit.
After some deep breaths, I told myself this was no different from any other party I might throw, though I knew I'd want to bump things up a notch. I wanted the event to be casual and welcoming, every detail to be just right. Since Frank Stitt would be serving us an amazing meal that night, I decided to keep things fairly simple. Here's the menu and how I got everything done.
SFA Founders Lunch Menu
Tarragon Chicken Salad
Ham Biscuits with Figgy Port Chutney and Blue Cheese Butter
Bing Cherry Salad
Lady Pea Salad
Basic Deviled Eggs
Roasted Sweet Potato-and-Onion Tart
Easy Peach and Blackberry Cobbler
Mrs. Draper's Pound Cake
Bruce's Browned-Butter Brownies
Bruce's Fig Preserves
Gene's Bread-and-Butter Pickles
Iced Tea, Wine, Prosecco
Timeline: From Invitations to the Party
August 28
-Send Evites.
-Line up help–my housemate, Blair Rumley, a UNC Southern Studies graduate serving a fellowship at myrecipes.com, and my neighbor, Bruce Henry, a terrific cook.
-Commence fretting.
August 29 – Sept. 7
-Count plates, sample big-bottle wines (I had a budget to consider, and this group isn't shy about drinking).
-Make to-do lists. Re-make to-do lists.
-Ask myself, "whose crazy idea was this?" at least once a day.
Sept. 8 – 9
-Attack the yard. Pull out seedy basil plants; replace with nice new herbs. Dead-head flowers. For a moment of sanity, I stop to refill the hummingbird feeders. Pull weeds and vines. Trim bushes. Place an emergency call to the yard guy for bush trimming, blowing off, and pinestraw.
-Run unused wine glasses and plates through the dishwasher. Tidy the house.
-Hyperventilate (but only once).
Sept. 10
-Head to Publix after work to purchase one of their on-sale hams. None available, so get a raincheck. Buy wine. Drink some.
Sept. 12
-Final head count–41. Back to Publix, still no hams. Getting steamed. Purchase bulk of groceries.
-Boil 3 dozen eggs.
-Recruit 2 more helpers, Emily Robinson and Katie Strasser, both fellows at Oxmoor House.
-Eye the Xanax bottle longingly.
Sept 13.
-Call Publix. Still no hams. Tell the meat manager I HAVE to have one by tomorrow. He clearly senses hysteria in my voice and tells me to come in the morning and they'll substitute a better ham. Cleansing breaths.
-Pull out all the serving dishes, wash those that haven't been used in a while.
Sept. 14
-Publix has ham waiting for me when I get there with an effusive apology. Finish grocery shopping (or so I think).
-Stop by work to pick up flowers leftover from a photo shoot, and borrow an extra deviled egg plate.
-Start cooking in earnest. Whirl around the house like a mini-cyclone. Make homemade mayonnaise, chicken salad, and lady pea salad. Roast sweet potatoes & onions for tart.
-Blair joins the cooking, makes the chutney. We peel eggs, never an easy task. I send her back to the store for forgotten items. We stop for grilled cheese and tomato soup.
Day of the Event
-6:15 up and moving fast. Put on my field marshal hat. Re-do the to-do as I drink my coffee. Bruce calls around 8, offers to come now; he can go home and change later. He brings divine brownies; I snag one for breakfast.
-Bruce puts together the Sweet Potato Tart, Blair makes biscuits. Oven space an issue. Emily makes deviled eggs; Katie helps me plate food, open wine.
-I leave any remaining chores to the team and mingle with my guests. I catch up with old friends and make new ones. It's a wonderful day, and people are so thankful for the hospitality.
By 2:15, everyone is out the door, the dishwasher is humming, and the remainder of the dirty dishes are stacked and ready to be washed. The girls head off for games and concerts, and I go down for a well-deserved nap!
Related Links
Southern Living: Piggybank Dinners to Benefit Southern Foodways Alliance
JBF Award-winning chefs Ben and Karen Barker,
JBF Award-winning chef Louis Osteen


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"I am not convinced that an overall obligation to look at the overall size of the prison population is the right thing to do," Mr Clarke, who succeeded David Blunkett, said. Instead, the home secretary wants to cut Britain's reoffending rates by creating a network of community prisons to ensure that those serving short sentences remain close to their families and communities.
He recognises that an overcrowded prison system means that goal will be difficult to achieve but believes a system of community prisons can be set up by restructuring the jail network and by greater use of community punishments for some of those serving short sentences.
The new approach will be unveiled tonight by Mr Clarke in a speech to the Prison Reform Trust - his first major statement on penal policy since he became home secretary last December.
Speaking to the Guardian, Mr Clarke also dismissed "as a complete horlicks" repeated Sunday newspaper speculation that Tony Blair is unhappy with his performance as home secretary and intends to reshuffle him.
He described himself as "tough but not populist", a position he says No 10 is very happy with. Some described Mr Blunkett as populist, so Mr Clarke is signalling a change in style.
He also said that he wants to end the remote image of the Home Office. Because of the pressure on his time caused by the terrorist outrages, he admitted he has not yet had the chance to spell out his vision of penal policy, saying today's speech to the Prison Reform Trust will make clear that for a government that puts health and education at the heart of its mission, the prison system does not reflect Labour values. "We don't do enough for the least healthy and the least educated people in the country, who are the people in the criminal justice system, particularly if we know that if you solve issues like literacy and numeracy then you can solve issues like drug abuse and mental health [so] that people are less likely to offend than would otherwise be the case."
He said a large proportion of the prison population, including some on remand or serving shorter sentences, need to remain more closely integrated with their communities. "We need to get to a state of affairs where prisoners are able to reintegrate into society through developing their relations with their friends and family. The break in that - and it happens often -is the damaging thing in people's ability to stop reoffending."
Families and friends on average travel five hours to visit an inmate and the number of jail visits is dropping. As many as two-thirds of prisoners see their relationships with partners end. Many others lose job or home.
"We need to work much harder to organise community prisons so that prisoners when they are in prison are in reasonably close geographical proximity to the people who they know and to their future."
He added that he was asking some multinational companies to employ a set number of former prisoners, so long as they had acquired the relevant skills. One such deal has already been struck, with Transco, the gas pipelines company.
Main aims
· create a network of community prisons so inmates are closer to their families
· abandon the aspiration of pegging the prison population to 80,000
· abandon proposals that sentencing take into account prison overcrowding
· end the remote image of the Home Office


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Two Motorcycles Crash, and Spin in Circles
There's a new video on YouTube of a weird motorcycle crash that happened at a race in France. The two riders were fine, but the handlebars on their bikes got hung up on each other, and the bikes spun around in circles on the racetrack.
Maybe it's the NASCAR fan in me, but I also think it's kind of funny how angry the one guy gets at the racer who caused it.


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By Inventor
Cancer Therapeutics Based on Novel Cyclopamine Analogs
Researchers at The Wistar Institute and The University of Pennsylvania have developed novel cyclopamine analogs with high potential as anti-cancer agents. Cyclopamine is a plant-derived alkaloid that is an effective inhibitor of the sonic hedgehog-GLI (SHH) signaling pathway which has been implicated in the development of a variety of cancers, including lung, prostate, and breast cancer. Cyclopamine has been demonstrated to reduce cancer cell proliferation, and to promote apoptosis in vitro and in vivo. However, cyclopamine is difficult and expensive to synthesize, limiting its usefulness as a therapeutic agent. Wistar and Penn researchers have developed a simple method for synthesizing cyclopamine analogs. Several of these analogs have been demonstrated to be effective inhibitors of sonic hedgehog signaling in vitro.


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Advertisement The BBMP here are having BBMP 634 Vacancies 2016 for this number of medical posts. for all these posts you can check detail form here. BBMP Recruitment 2016 Here are now the Bangalore City Health & Family Welfare Society under NUHM released its an official notification regarding number of BBMP ANM Vacancy 2016 for the 634 posts… Read More »


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Clair Raymond Lemke of Zimmerman, 92, passed away peacefully on Sunday, August 11, 2013 at the Heritage Nursing Center in Foley.
Clair was born on August 7, 1921 in Otsego to August and Minnie Lemke. He married Doris Kight on May 25, 1940 in Milaca. He was an avid fisherman, hunter, and wood working craftsman. He worked as a road grader
operator grading the once many roads of Sherburne Country until retirement. He was a founding member of the Zimmerman Volunteer Fire department and started the Zimmerman laundermat in 1967. Eating at the Frontier Steakhouse was a favorite pastime.
He was preceded in death by his parents; Brother Harold, wife Doris, daughter Carolyn, and great-grandsons Benjamin and Michael.
Clair is survived by his daughters Elaine (Bob) Stuefen of Elk River, and Judy (Bennett) Wallace of Zimmerman, nephew Donald (Dorothy) Lemke of Onamia, 13 grandchildren, 22 great-grandchildren, and 5 great-great-grandchildren. The family would like thank Dr. Roger Boettcher for his years of wonderful care and the staff of the 100 wing memory care unit at Foley Heritage for their loving care. A Funeral Service was held August 16, 2013 at the River of Life Evangelical Free Church in Elk River. Dare's Funeral Home 763-441-1212


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Doctor of Ministry
The Doctor of Ministry (D.Min.) degree is a professional doctorate targeted at individuals involved in some form of ministry.[1] Under Association of Theological Schools in the United States and Canada (ATS) standards, programs must require matriculants to have earned a Master of Divinity or its equivalent.[1] The ATS requires students to complete at least one year of coursework followed by the completion of the doctoral dissertation or research project.[1] Normally, the degree requires somewhere between three and six years to complete.[citation needed] Students typically concentrate on an area of applied theology, such as missions, evangelism, pastoral counseling or the psychology of religion, homiletics, spiritual formation, church growth, church administration, or church leadership.[citation needed]
- ^ a b c Commission on Accrediting of the Association of Theological Schools. "Degree Program Standards: Doctor of Ministry". Standards of Accreditation (PDF). Association of Theological Schools in the United States and Canada. pp. 124–126.
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OK, I know most reading this have minor problems in life such as not enough money or lack of a job, but the good news from Los Angeles is that citizens of that fair city are coming to the rescue of all Americans. No, they are not seeking to create new programs to rebuild our infrastructure. No, they are not seeking to raise taxes on the wealthy in order to ensure equity. The citizens of Los Angeles will vote next June to require any porn actor to wear a condom while filming in their city. Just think of how this initiative will drive a dagger into the heart of unemployment!
The California Division of Safety and Health believes the ballot initiative falls within guidelines of its office because the state of California has "authority to prevent the spread of HIVAIDS."
How about:
A law requiring all males in the state of California to wear a condom while having sex? This law would do more to end unemployment than any act of Congress. It would create a new occupation-agents viewing all sex acts in California! Think of the millions of jobs that would be created in this country!
Our slogan: "Put it On Or Pull It Back!"


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Cultural Competence and the Art of Wisdom
The art of leadership is to see life out of the other person's culture. ~ Karin Sebelin
The new key component in business is cultural competence. And we speak here not about knowing everything about lifestyles and customs of different cultural races and groups.
Knowledge of lifestyles and customs of different cultural groups is good, undoubtedly. The wisdom how to harness the gains of cultural diversity is better.
Leadership wisdom is a dynamic in the development of cultural competence. It is the application of wisdom that ensures cultural competence.
We need wise leaders with cultural competence, who are flexible to adapt, who are able to build trust, are fair and transparent.
Wisdom hath builded her house,
she hath hewn out her seven pillars.
Proverbs 9:1
The 7 Pillars of Leadership Wisdom :
1. Time perspective
2. Reflective life experience
3. Making sense of ambiguity
4. Trade off judgement
5. Dealing with life pragmatics
6. Psychological empathy
7. Emotional maturity
Culturally competent leaders …
1.) Acknowledge the immense influence of culture.
It is essential to understand that all people are immersed in their own culture, with different beliefs, attitudes, and behaviors, which guides their personal and professional interactions.
However, human nature is such that everyone tends to be ethnocentric. which means believing that the own cultural way of life is the norm and the standard.by which all others are judged.
What we forget is that the next person, who may be from another culture, also may be ethnocentric.
2.) Are able to assess cross-cultural interactions correctly.
They are able to see the other person's perspective and avoid rigid stereotyping.
3.) Expand the own cultural knowledge and incorporate this knowledge into their everyday practice.
4.) Adapt to diversity.
They empathize with each person differently. They create comfortable and pleasant environments, according to the needs of the other person.
5.) Express trust.
They not only give trust, they live trust, in order to make the other person feel welcome and at home. Living trust is a sign of tolerance and humanity.
6.) Speak in the unique language with the other person.
Talking in the person's language is a sign of respect and awe and leads to trust.
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.
(The Declaration of Independence, July 4, 1776)
Each of us deserves happiness and culturally competent leaders concede others this happiness.
It is not decisive how many people we attract into our life.
It is decisive that we see each person in its own cultural light!
And help increasing this light!
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Schlagwörter: cultural competence, culture, empathy, ethnocentric, happiness, leadership
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