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Wednesday, 30 January, 2002, 14:16 GMT
Trauma of phone theft victim
Lee Staples had his mobile phone stolen in a violent mugging on a London street last February for which one of the two attackers has been jailed for four years.
Here the 17-year-old describes in his own words what happened to him and the impact it has had on his life.
Below his mother, Lorraine Crawley, gives her views and describes how the attack changed her son.
Lee Staples said: "I was at an office party and went out of the pub with two colleagues of mine and they said they were going to get some chicken, so I said I would wait for them and I walked down the road.
"Then I got a phone call from a mate of mine, just ringing to see how I was, then drew some money out - I just needed about �10 to cover me to get home.
"Then these two boys started talking to me and I didn't think anything of it at the time because they seemed nice enough.
"He started punching me in the face and the other one started going through my pockets.
"He took the phone because obviously he knew I had it, he took the wallet because he thought 'he's got a bit of money from the bank' and then he punched me a few times too.
"Then my two colleagues who went to get some chicken spotted me and they came to my rescue and the two ran off.
'Justice done'
"It did have an effect on me. I couldn't really go out after that, not for some while.
"I can't use my phone when I'm out, only in an emergency. I have to look over my shoulder all the time."
On the sentence Mr Staples said: "I was surprised in a way but I feel justice has been done.
"It shows people actually listening to the news or reading the newspapers that someone just got four years for stealing a mobile phone.
"They know to think twice before doing something like that. It's just a mobile phone at the end of the day."
'Anything could happen'
He also described the long term impact on his life: "I can't really go out on my own so I have to have my mates with me.
"I don't wander off on my own anymore because anything could happen, especially after a few drinks when you're vulnerable."
His mother, Lorraine Crawley, said: "This kind of attack is every mother's nightmare. I was called at midnight to the Mayday Hospital at Croydon. I was told not to panic.
"But when I saw Lee I didn't recognise him. His face was battered and there was blood everywhere.
"I am shocked at the sentence but hopefully it will deter other people from doing this again.
"He deserves everything he gets because he completely made a mess of Lee's face.
"It's changed him. He doesn't want to go out on his own anymore, he only goes out with groups of people, he's looking over his shoulder all the time - all for a mobile phone.
"He did offer the mobile phone to them but they just punched his face in. Why do you have to punch someone's face in just to get a mobile phone?
"A mobile phone is only an object, he's a person. There's a difference."
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3041: Auditory Hallucination Simulation Experience: Impact on Students Assessment Skills and Capacity to Empathize with Psychotic Patients
This educational seminar provides an overview of the development, implementation and evaluation of an innovative auditory hallucination simulation experience for undergraduate nursing students. Impact on assessment skills and capacity to empathize with patients experiencing psychosis is discussed. Key points for effective simulation and debriefing are included along with responses by students regarding their experience.
*Note: This session contains an auditory simulation that may be offensive or upsetting to some individuals but is deemed appropriate by the author for this session.
Speakers: Nancy Bowllan, EdD, CNS, RN; Mary Timm, MS,Ed, BSN
Disclosures: This presenter has no conflicts of interest or commercial support to disclose. Off-label uses will not be discussed during this presentation. The activity planners have no conflicts of interest to disclose.
Session Length: 30 minutes
Target Audience: RN, APRN
Session Objectives
Upon completion of this presentation, the participant will be able to:
1. Describe a minimum of 3 positive learning outcomes associated with the use of mental health simulation for nursing students and/or novice psychiatric nurses.
2. Describe how an auditory simulation lab can significantly improve nursing students or novice psychiatric nurses capacity to empathize with psychotic patients.
3. Define strategies to engage students and/or novice psychiatric nurses in an effective debriefing process following a simulation experience.
Continuing Nursing Education
0.5 contact hours. * In order to receive contact hours, you must: Listen to the entire session, complete an evaluation, and earn a passing score on the post test before the expiration date. You will have 5 tries to correctly answer the questions on the post test. Once you have passed and completed an evaluation, the certificate will be generated online, available for you to print immediately. We cannot award credit unless all steps are completed.
The American Psychiatric Nurses Association is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation.
Originally Presented
Friday, November 9th
Undergraduate Education Track
APNA 26th Annual Conference
David L. Lawrence Convention Center
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Release Date: February 4, 2013
The contact hours for this session expire: February 28, 2016


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I am thinking to gather panelists that address in their work the potential impact of ICTs in general and the Internet in particular on: - the way in which disciplinary boundaries are crossed, - the way in which "new science" emerges out of the increased and speedier contact between researchers across fields - the potential way in which increased access by researchers and practitioners to resources (human or electronic, including to one another) may impact how new questions get raised in and across traditional disciplines in social sciences, or our ability to answer them more successfully, faster and with increased reliability given the cross-disciplinary approach to our inquiry efforts In the past many philosophers of science have addressed the issue of the difficulties involved in crossing disciplinary barriers. Are these difficulties reduced today and if so to what extent. Or are we simply over-optimistic? 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The Pirates this morning fired pitching coach Jeff Andrews and first base coach Lou Frazier after each had one season on the job as part of manager John Russell's staff.
Andrews, 39, oversaw a pitching staff that had a 5.08 ERA, third-highest in Major League Baseball and fifth-highest in franchise history. Its 657 walks were second-most in the majors and the most in franchise history. The starting pitchers had a stunning 33 wins, fewest in the majors, an average of one victory every turn through the rotation.
Andrews' successes included overseeing Paul Maholm's breakout season and the return to the majors of Sean Burnett in a relief role. Each credited Andrews with his success in various aspects.
But the greatest blemish, without a doubt, was the combined regression of Ian Snell and Tom Gorzelanny, a factor the front office blamed time and again for the team's inability to have its pitching match its hitting in the first half.
"Anytime you fail at a task, there are going to be consequences," Andrews said. "This was the ultimate consequence."
Of his work, he said, "I'm proud of what Maholm and Burnett and others accomplished. I'm proud of what Zach Duke did, even though I didn't have anything to do with it. I was happy to see him find a way to stay healthy and make his pitches the way he did down the stretch."
Frazier, 39, worked first base in addition to being the team's outfield instructor.
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Trained as a teacher and clinical psychologist, he is a graduate of Harvard University, professor at Tokyo University, Fulbright scholar, APA fellow, and president of the Nichibei Care Network that promotes mental health in communities impacted by the 2011 disasters in Japan. The author of books in Japanese and English including When Half is Whole, Multicultural Encounters, and Synergy, Healing and Empowerment, his global research on multiethnic families and identities is enriched by his Japanese and Irish heritage and presented in the storytelling, The Celtic Samurai. His pioneering work on diversity in Japan is also presented in Japan's Diversity Dilemmas, Transcultural Japan, and Amerasian Children as well as textbooks used in Japanese public schools.


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I have been receiving treatment with doctors off and on for service-connected issues- when I go to get copies of the visits, I see that my "statements" on file are different from what I said exactly- I remember that these notes were not being typed as I sat in the room at the visit.
I know it seems small, but the statements on my records are fairly important because if someone says I "said" something at a visit, it needs to be correct.
I want to record all future visits because I don't want to seem as if I'm making up things just because the doctors I've been assigned is entering info on my records incorrectly.
Is it legal to record my future visits- and do I need to ask permission in the state of Florida?
Thank you....
It is illegal to record someone without their permission. You may want to keep a diary of how you are feeling (whether it be everyday or on the day your meet with the VA doctor) so you keep your own record (make an entry before your visit and immediately after so you can recall what your reported).
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I'm unsure of what I would say exactly if I needed to try and get an attorney? Do I just say my doctors are treating me unfairly and marking notes that I never even said? I've been getting the run around lately due to the circumstances of my release from Active Duty......
This one is a bit dicey.
In FL, unless both (or all if more than 2) parties agree to the recording, the recording is a no-no.
This is one time to ask for permission, not forgiveness.
Good luck.
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By Roger Yu, USA TODAY
Stewart Witt recently returned from a trip to Israel and was hit with his highest phone bill ever, about $600 more than usual.
The business consultant from Atlanta bought an iPhone 4 a few days before the trip and left his wireless network roaming turned on after he arrived in Israel. He also spoke with his wife daily for two weeks for only up to five minutes at a time, he says.
"I should have learned more about it before I left," Witt says. "AT&T (T) did send me an e-mail letting me know my data usage was high, but it appeared to me as an advertisement. So I ignored them. My fault."
Since the expensive episode, Witt has become better acquainted with his phone and remembers to turn off the data roaming feature. He speaks to his wife via Skype, a free Internet-based phone.
Business travelers are some of the savviest people in handling personal technology. But Witt is hardly alone among travelers who've returned home after a lengthy international trip to find an outrageous bill.
International roaming calls have always been expensive — typically $1.50 to $4.99 a minute depending on the country from which you're calling. Data usage can be as much as $20 per megabyte. Text messaging costs about 50 cents per message.
Figuring out how to save money on phone use while traveling abroad has become more complicated as technology advances and newer and better handsets hit the market. The advent of smartphones and more data and Internet usage make the equation more difficult to decipher.
Wireless carriers say they're aware of increased use, particularly of data, and have introduced pricing options that customers can buy in advance.
"It's very important to us to make sure our customers are fully conversant in how their phone works, what the rates are and what discount packages are available to them," says Pam Papner, executive director of international marketing for AT&T. "In the last several years, more people are using data. So part of our focus in the last year or two has been to provide our customers with more options."
Times are hard, and some travelers are finding ways of reducing their bills.
Business traveler John Hales is one. He continues to use his cellphone abroad, but limits communication to a few text messages, which are typically about 50 cents to send. He also still uses prepaid calling cards that come with a personal identification number that can be purchased online.
"If I receive a call, I'll offer to call them back as soon as I can, using a calling card," Hales says. "When I did a lot of work in Europe, I had a local cellphone where I did work instead."
To use your cellphone abroad, make sure to call your carrier before you leave to have your international roaming capability turned on, says Roger Entner, a wireless analyst at Nielsen.
But many travelers forget that leaving their phones turned on for international wireless roaming means it'll continue to operate the way it does at home — downloading e-mails, updating weather and location, operating some apps automatically. So turn your wireless network off when not in use; otherwise the carrier will charge for all downloaded data, regardless of whether an e-mail is opened.
Before going abroad, there are a few other issues to consider in using your phone:
•Know your carrier. Wireless carriers use one of two technology standards, neither of which talks to the other. The distinction isn't important domestically, but it matters for international travel. AT&T and T-Mobile use a wireless technology standard call GSM (global system for mobile communications), while Verizon Wireless (VZ) and Sprint (S) use CDMA (code division multiple access). GSM is much more widely used internationally than CDMA. Only a handful of countries use CDMA — the USA, a few Asian countries, the Caribbean and parts of Central and South America.
Customers with a GSM phone, such as AT&T's iPhone, will be able to use it seamlessly in more than 220 countries, Papner says.
CDMA phones can be used in about 40 countries. Tom Pica of Verizon Wireless says the carrier can also sell you a global phone that works in over 220 countries or lend it to a customer free for 30 days. (Per-minute charges still apply.)
•Know your phone. Some old phones may not let you roam, so knowing your phone is crucial, Entner says. If you can afford high charges and want to use your own phone number and voice mail, simple roaming on your phone is the way to go.
Travelers with a GSM-type phone who want to use the roaming option need to be sure their phone model can receive three (tri-band) or four (quad-band) different types of wireless network frequencies. Currently, only the low-end phones are dual and tri-band phones, and most top smartphone models are quad-band phones that can be used in most countries, Entner says.
Wireless carriers in Japan and South Korea have more advanced cellular networks based on CDMA, so travelers will likely need a special phone that can be rented from U.S. carriers.
Travelers who want simple ways to save can sign up for various pricing plans that wireless carriers provide to lower charges. That's what business traveler James Smith, an economist in Asheville, N.C., does. He pays $5 a month for AT&T global coverage. "For most countries, that holds calls to $0.99 a minute or less, so the charges aren't too bad," he says. Sprint offers a similar $4.99-per-month plan.
AT&T customers can pay $10 a month for a plan that lets them text up to 50 messages from more than 100 countries. AT&T has also introduced four pricing plans for heavy data users. The $24.99 per month plan allows up 20 megabyes of usage. Without it, the charge can be as high as $20 per megabyte. Travelers can sign up prior to leaving for their trip and cancel upon return.
Gary C. Bellaire, a real estate specialist in Rowlett, Tex., also recommends call forwarding service. By signing up for a free Skype account, users can purchase a domestic phone number. They can then purchase prepaid calling credits and set Skype to forward all calls to the new domestic number.
Travelers who are not afraid to take their phone apart can also buy and insert prepaid SIM cards, a removable postage stamp-size chip on your phone that contains your address book or other data, recommends business traveler Rick Gotwalt from Christmas, Fla.
You can swap the prepaid card for the one that came with your phone. They're generally cheaper than wireless carriers' plans, but you need to install the card yourself. And you give up your U.S. number, which can be confusing for friends and family members who aren't used to calling foreign numbers.
SIM cards can be placed only in "unlocked" GSM phones. Most cellphones under contract in the USA are electronically locked. But wireless carriers will unlock them on request, often reluctantly. The phones also must be tri-band or quad-band phones. "If you're an iPhone user, AT&T is not generally going to unlock your phone," Entner says. "For other phones, the longer you have had your phone, the more likely they're going to unlock it."
Telestial, a cellphone reseller in San Diego, says it sells cellphones that are already unlocked for as little as $39.
"I have an unlocked phone I purchased in Kuwait. And whatever country I'm in, I purchase a prepaid SIM card and $10.00 in minutes. Skype will forward all my calls to the local number for as low as two cents per minute. I have been able to reduce my phone bill from over $700 to less than $100," Gotwalt says.
SIM cards sold by Telestial range in price from $29 to $99, depending on the country. The price includes some minutes, but customers who go beyond the initial bucket must buy more time. Calling locally in a foreign country costs 5 cents to 25 cents per minute. Calling the USA: about 35 cents to 55 cents. Incoming calls are free to you, but not the caller.
For SIM-card users who don't want to swap out a new card each time they enter a new country, Telestial also sells a new SIM card that works in 150 countries, says president Ken Grunski. It charges about 49 cents to 79 cents a minute for outgoing calls, while incoming calls are free. Data prices range from $2.50 to $10 per megabyte. It also comes with a U.S. phone number.
"You take the back off for (a SIM card) or pay $1.25 per minute in France. It used to be all OPM — other people's money. It's not like that any more."
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You predict what your friends are thinking before a word is spoken. Or maybe you're certain that object in the sky is not a bird or a plane, but rather a UFO.
If this sounds familiar, you may want to clear your schedule this weekend.
The Conscious Life Expo is rolling into Los Angeles for a three-day exploration of new thought, new ideas and expanding consciousness, says its founder Robert Quicksilver.
With 175 exhibitors, 35 keynote speakers, 10 panel discussions and 92 lectures, there are many topics that will be taken on throughout the weekend, Quicksilver said.
"Think of it as a whole city where all the components of the city are there, including progressive thought, healing attributes, healing technology, a lot of authors, a lot of (psychic) readers," he says.
"There's so many different areas from UFOs to healings to a program on making money on the Internet. ... It's not only a health show, it's not only a baseball show, it's like everything inside this whole world of alternative consciousness."
Inside that world is numerologist Glynis McCants.
McCants has been studying numerology for more than 21 years. She has written "Glynis Has Your Number" (Hyperion, 2005), and "Love by the Numbers" (Sourcebooks Casablanca, 2010).
"Numerology is a science of numbers. It's 2,500 years old," McCants says. "When you're born, you come to with a certain sound and that's what we call vibration."
Vibrations are the reason you have connections with certain people and why you may not get along with others, according to numerology. Understanding these vibrations is what McCants teaches through numerology.
An individual's name and birthday determines the six numbers that make up his or her numerology blueprint. Certain numbers have different personality traits and tendencies affiliated with them.
"If I have your numbers, I always say `You can run but you can't hide,"' says McCants. "I live, eat and breathe numbers."
McCants will be a keynote speaker at the Conscious Life Expo at 2 p.m. Saturday. She will be teaching basic numbers, doing live reads and looking at how numbers influence relationships.
McCants says anyone who wants to improve his or her life should attend her lecture as numerology is a daily tool you can use, she notes.
"I want people to apply this knowledge to their life and make it easier," McCants says. "It's going to be a really good workshop."
The expo lineup also includes Eric Pearl, who will hold a workshop at 4 p.m. Sunday.
Pearl practices and teaches reconnective healing. Pearl says it can bring instantaneous healing to a person, though he is unsure exactly as to how or why.
He says he has witnessed everything from cancers vanishing to people gaining the sudden ability to walk or talk. He adds that he's also seen the benefits on children with cerebral palsy and epilepsy.
"Here I am waving my hands in the air looking like an idiot and people are having healings and I don't understand how it works," Pearl says. "Yet somehow or other I'm able to share this gift and teach this capacity, teach people how to access this capacity, this ability through themselves and through others."
At the expo, Pearl will not only teach reconnective healing but will also discuss the history and philosophy of the theory and doing at least one live healing demonstration.
A lifetime achievement award also will be given to Lynn Andrews, a New York Times best-selling author who is also a healer.
With various topics and speakers, Quicksilver believes the event will attract a wide range of people who are interested in alternative lifestyles and want to meet like-minded individuals.
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A third Ghostbusters movie has been speculated about, rumored about, talked about for years. To hear Dan Aykroyd talk, rumor may finally becoming reality and ghosts may be getting busted once more come Christmas.
Whether it be truth from the horse's mouth or just wishful thinking from a man very enthusiastic about the prospects of once again putting a nuclear-power proton pack on his back, Aykroyd spoke to the LA Times Hero Complex about the status of Ghostbusters 3.
For starters, the film could be shooting as early as this winter. Also, original director Ivan Reitman won't be behind the camera. As Aykroyd puts it, Reitman is too busy as a "super producer" to direct the film. Considering Reitman's last three outings behind the camera were My Super Ex-Girlfriend, Evolution, and Six Days, Seven Nights, him not directing might be for the best. Aykroyd is pushing for original Ghostbuster Harold Ramis to direct. Ramis has in the past directed such comedy hits as Caddyshack, Groundhog Day, and Analyze This.
Ramis is also the director of the upcoming Stone Age comedy Year One, the writers of which ("The Office" scribes Gene Stupnitsky and Lee Eisenberg) have penned the current draft of the Ghostbusters 3 script. According to Aykroyd, the third installment would have the original Ghostbusters training a five-man-and-woman team of junior Ghostbusters, viewing the new film as them passing the torch to a new generation.
Aykroyd even states he'd love to see Alyssa Milano (who also does voicework for the new Ghostbusters video game) and Eliza Dushku in the jumpsuits for the new film. You can tell Aykroyd is getting old because most guys would probably rather see those two of out of the jumpsuits, if you catch my drift.
In talking about why it has taken so long to get a third Ghostbusters movie to the screen, it seems it has primarily been due to Bill Murray holding out. Quoting Aykroyd:
"Billy, you can't blame an artist for not wanting to do the same thing again. He did two of them, for God's sake. Although I'm the biggest cheerleader as the originator of the concept but I've never begrudged Billy not doing a third movie. I never said he held it up or that he refused. Hey, listen, he's an artist. You can't force somebody into it. I'm sorry he never read my third draft because I thought it was pretty good but, look, now we're at a point that there's a story that he can accept and that's going to work…"
After the fiasco that was Ghostbusters 2, who can blame him?
Whether or not a Ghostbusters 3 will come to pass remains to be seen. You can read the rest of the interview at the LA Times. A taste of things to come or wishful thinking?
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Hi VanQuartermain!It certainly does amaze me as well how that happens. I was thrown out of a church three years ago for being transsexual, and there was only one verse which the pastor could quote to me, Deuteronomy 22:5, which has even an inkling to say about crossgenderedness. It is a verse that most people only use to condemn males stepping out of societal bounds of what is deemed appropriate clothing. The verse makes the same admonition to women; however, it is not used to condemn women. It is a verse that also says nothing about one's being transsexual. It's actually a verse that more probably talks about not putting women on the battlefront in armor or men avoiding military service by dressing of the opposite sex. The other interpretation of that verse I've often heard is that is an admonition against crossdressing in pagan fertility rites. Over one misinterpreted, misused, and unequally applied verse, I was told I was blinded by the powers of Satan, had never been a "real Christian" in the first place, and if I didn't repent of my sin and rebellion against God I would find myself in hell. All because a group of supposedly intelligent "Christian" people went to the Bible and tried to make a doctrine out of one Scripture.
Glad you dropped by Whosoever! I hope you have visited again and prayerfully read the many articles contained within.It's amazing how a group of supposedly intelligent "Christian" people can go the Bible and try to make a Doctrine out of one scripture,
which for all homosexuals, lesbians, and bisexuals is Galatians 3:28, which, by the way is so conveniently misinterpreted, to suit the needs of the groupThat's a good verse, I agree. I also love Mark 12:29-31. John 9:1-12 is a passage that gives me great hope and comfort. James 4:12. Proverbs 17:17. Just for a real quick list of some favorites of mine. And just for completeness' sake, I do most of my personal study from NIV, which when I'm quoting scripture in this letter, it's from that translation.
Galatians 3:28 misinterpreted, though? Galatians 3:28-29 says, "There is neither Jew nor Greek, slave nor free, male nor female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus. If you belong to Christ, then you are Abraham's seed, and heirs according to the promise" (NIV) So since "everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved," (Acts 2:21) and as Christians, gay or straight, black or white, male or female, making such a call, we have all therefore equally accepted God's gift of salvation. And thank you for making me take a look at that verse. Verse 29 seems to me to offer even more hope and grace to everyone. I wouldn't have noticed verse 29 without your having me read verse 28.and also conveniently ignore the multitude of other scriptures that condemn their acts, such as : 1 Cor. 6:9, 10; Rom. 1: 21, 26, 27; 1 Tim. 1: 10, 11; Rom. 6: 11,-14, 22, just to name a few. Well, I personally would hardly call four references a "multitude." And besides, depending on the particular version of Bible you happen to pick up, that 1 Cor 6:9 has been used against transgenders as well, though in reality it has nothing to do with either sexual orientation or gender identity. The word "effeminate" you're probably referring to (you haven't cited which translation of the Bible you're using) is from the Greek malakos, which is more accurately defined as "licentious." From the KJV era, when women were considered to be not as able to control their passions as men, the idea of malakos might be more accurately interpreted as "womanizer." How the NIV got from the KJV's "effeminate" to "homosexual offenders" I'll never be sure. As for your "naming just a few" verses, I'd be interested to know what other verses there are. Also, I'd be interested to here your opinion of the interpretations of these verses that are found in the pages of Whosoever. They, far better than I can ever hope to do, offer explanations of these verses. In 2 Tim. 3: 3, the Bible warns us that in the last days, men "will think nothing of immorality." Homosexuality is a serious offense which led to the death penalty for violators in the Old Testament (Lev. 18:22; 20:13.
See our section entitled What The Bible Says About Homosexuality. Please offer your thoughts to the explanation there, as again it's done far better than I can do. And while you research that, if my stepson is disobedient, I will get the men in my town together and stone him. A child's disrespect of his parents' authority is a serious offense which led to the death penalty for violators in the Old Testament. (Deut 21:18-21) (author's note: This is sarcasm. Please do not report my wife and me to the authorities. We will not have our children stoned, nor shall we ever.)And I love you people, but I, as Jesus, hate your sin. The word of God calls homosexuality an abomination because it is a rebellion against God's original plan of one man and one woman united together for life. Where is it stated in the Bible the reason for homosexuality considered an abomination is because in your eyes it is rebellion against God's plan for everyone's lives? My first marriage was one that you would call "God's plan for one man and one woman," my being the man and she the woman. However, that marriage was filled with nothing but venom, destruction, misery, hatred, and discouragement. I am remarried now to another woman and am in a same-sex marriage (as I have undergone gender transition), and it is a marriage of love, compassion, caring, encouragement and strengthening. But somehow, in your opinion of God's will for our lives, this relationship is outside of God's will? I can't believe God would have preferred my staying in a destructive marriage in a life role that would have caused nothing but misery, rather than living a life role of correctness, joy and peace with another woman who encourages me and I her. It is by the fruit of the marriages I see the marriages' worthiness and goodness, akin to the idea portrayed in Matthew 7:16-17. In the authority of Jesus, I will be praying for the binding of lust and homosexual desire. My relationship is not a lustful one, and I'm very content with my wife, and she with her wife. God brought the two of us into each other's lives for just the encouragement and love we both needed, which is based on nearly everything except the sex acts with which you seem preoccupied. I pray for you to be free from sin and to find victory and newness of life in Christ through the power of the Holy Spirit. Thanks! I do so for you as well! Such a newness of life He has given me, too, in leading me through my gender transition and to have a loving spouse by my side and for me to stand beside. VanQuartermain
I forgot to interpret your organizations scripture for you.I thought it was everyone's scripture? I'm happy to hear your particular interpretation, though simply because you or I interpret a scripture does not automatically mean that it is God's meaning or intent for our own or others' lives. True, all of us are one in Jesus Christ, but there is no sin in Jesus Christ, and there is no one else's sin in Jesus Christ. And Jesus Christ does not condone sin, no matter who it is, Jew or Greek, slave or free, male or female. "But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law" (Gal 5:22-23). If I had tried living in denial as I had for so long, I would never have had many of these fruits in my life. By following the path I have, I have received all these gifts in increasing quantity and quality. So by the fruit that I have been blessed with, and shown by their manifestation in my life, I see that I am in line with what God's will for my life is. And if you want, I can give you plenty of scriptures that tell you that homosexuality is a sin. So don't try to misinterpret Scripture to your own liking. God bless. I thought the "multitude" of scriptures you offered before was all there was to demonstrate your viewpoint? And there are alternative ways to look at those scriptures, rather than what may be your own misinterpretations.
I know I've spent a lot of time looking at this issue through my own life, rather than making a lot of general statements. I don't really feel right making statements about other people's lives too much. I figure that the fruit their lives bear is witness to the Spirit within them. I've seen many same-sex and opposite-sex couples be blessings to each other, to myself, and to others around them. I've also seen both same-sex and opposite sex couples be hurtful and destructive to each other, to myself, and to others around them. I prefer to pray in thankfulness for and continued blessing upon the strong relationships, and for healing and compassion in the relationships that are in need of God's loving touch.
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Living With the Active Alert Child
This book is a wonderfully written explanation of challenging children. Written by Linda S. Budd Ph.D., it delves into not only the behavior, but the parenting style and the impact these children have on their surroundings. Join me in this summary of her book. The italicised words were written by the author.
The eleven traits of an Active-Alert Child:
"My first message to you then is: You didn't create this temperament. Your child was born with it." And that is the simple message that begins a terrific book on temperament-based parenting and the best way to elicit a better response from your active-alert child. I had been so caught up in parenting, that when I read this book, it touched me. Describing both of my children, but more so the older of the two, it really struck home. The style of writing, the effortless conversational prose, the real life excerpts were effective in showing me where I was missing a few key ingredients. Read along with me for a few highlights and you will no doubt want to get the book and read the entire thing again and again! I have left out most of the anecdotal support and concentrated this summary as an outline. The book is filled with some essential and effective pictures of specific family situations and you really must read it to get the full impact.
' being active is not to be confused with hyperactive.' I think at one time or another, all of us have used the word 'hyper' to describe our children, but it is a medical term and really should be used for a medical diagnosis. This will assure that the correct assessment occurs and that people do not misinterpret what you describe. Movement alone does not make a child hyperactive but rather, the author states, ' movement is your child's learning tool. Think about this in relation to a "fussy baby." If you learned best through movement, but you could not yet crawl or walk, wouldn't you be "fussy" or colicky too?'
Again, with simple language, she summed up my children's screams by their ever growing need to be shown EVERYTHING, however because they couldn't get anywhere themselves, they would YELL!
Wonderful ideas constantly burst forth from these children! It is truly incredible to observe the "idle" hours of the active alert. The amount of artwork they produce in a day, the number of block buildings they create in an afternoon, boggles the mind.
Given this high level of activity, it can lead parents to believe that their kids will just conk out from exhaustion. But the reverse is actually true - the activity will grow exponentially to a point of frenzy and since the child is ill equipped to calm themselves, they can and do stay up very late at night. Bedtime routine and calming focused activities will help your child relax and approach sleep better.
Parenting Strategies for Active Children-
1)Investigate the Physiological Origins of Your Child's Active Behavior
2)Help Your Child Get His/Her Rest
3)Enjoy and Focus the Monkey Energy
'Alertness has 4 components, each with its own distinct advantages and disadvantages.'
1)Alert children are keen observers
Advantage: they notice things that others don't.
Disadvantage: they may notice things that hurt them, but fearing that they will miss something, they do not turn away.
2)Alert children have no boundaries for self.
Advantage: they explore everything
Disadvantage: they become overstimulated or take in information they aren't ready to understand
3)Alert children have no boundaries for others
Advantage: they get what they want more often when they intrude or violate other people's space
Disadvantage: they may not make friends easily. They anger people whose space they violate.
4)Alert children have no sense of boundaries in the form of rules for appropriate behavior
Advantage: their keen observational and advanced language abilities help them to detect inconsistently applied rules
Disadvantage: their lack of knowledge about boundaries makes it difficult for them to determine whether they should or should not try to get their own way
Parenting Strategies for the Alert Child
1)Observe your keen observer ( If you are not ready to explain, be careful of exposure.)
2)Remember your child's lack of boundaries for self
3)Teach your child about other people's boundaries
4)Establish rules as boundaries
Active alert children are bright. Most of them test into their schools' gifted programs. Many come to see me with high IQ and aptitude scores in hand. Yet active alert children are different from traditionally gifted children. Some gifted programs may actually overstimulate them and raise competition anxiety within them. Active alert children learn differently
Parenting Strategies for the Bright Child-
1)Learn how your child learns and How to facilitate that learning
2)Accept your child and advocate for him/her
Active alert children have a high need for control. They are highly verbal and often use those skills to their advantage.
Parenting Strategies for the Controlling child-
1)Recognizing and respecting boundaries
3)Build structure or routines
4)Determine who's in charge
5)Set priorities
Active alerts are unable to make transitions and are often fearful in new situations. It's easy to see why. New situations mean new stimuli. To the active alert child, confronting such an onslaught of new stimuli means uncertainty about how much control he/she will have in his/her new environment with new adults and peers. The observant active alert always fears that he won't be accepted and won't belong in this new place.
Parenting Strategies for the Fearful child-
1)Prepare your child for change
2)Accept your child's fears
3)Be careful not to push
Your child is intensely active, intensely alert, intensely controlling and intensely fearful life is black and white, happy and sad, for the active alert child. There are no gray areas Active alerts also perceive themselves as smart or dumb- never average. Extreme in their expectations of themselves, they do not readily accept their own mistakes.
Parenting Strategies for the Intense child-
1)Accept and affirm your child's intensity
2)Offer sympathy while guiding your child
3)Identify "Catastrophizing" with your child


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Stay Tuned For "True Life: I'm Occupying Wall Street"
Brace yourself, folks: "True Life: I'm Occupying Wall Street" will air tonight on MTV and here's what the New York Times has to say about it.
"[The show portrays] the scene in Zuccotti Park as summer camp with protest signs, a rolling festival of exasperation and naïveté, stone-faced cops and Hacky Sack—Fuming Man."
Hmm. That doesn't sound too positive.
On the one hand, the early roots of "True Life" — offering honest insight on controversial topics — would benefit the OWS protest. The merits would be many: a 24/7 view of the protest and all police interactions would eliminate biases and opinions made solely from news coverage; the diversity of the protesters would be highlighted; and direct testimonies could be taken from protesters. But unfortunately, the "True Life" of today is regularly edited to drama-crazed, trashy bits. In the OWS episode, the show will follow Bryan, 23, who is a full-time protester from Massachusetts, and his friends Caitlin and Kate, aged 20. Major police interaction reportedly goes un-filmed and is simply recapped via interviews with the subjects. Much of the episode's focus is the race with time to clean Zuccotti Park (the park near Wall Street where the protest takes place) manually before the protest is cleared out for "mandatory" cleaning by the city.
As with any MTV production, we're sure the episode will be packed with both manipulated and honest moments of passion, anger and conviction. But we'll save our final judgement until we catch the full episode.
What do readers think? Will "True Life: I'm Occupying Wall Street" bring the Occupy cause more to the forefront, or cheapen the entire protest? [Gothamist]


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NOW this will send a chill down your spine.
The BBC's promo for the Sochi Winter Olympics is narrated and filmed in the style of cult TV show Game of Thrones - and people across the globe are praising it.
As Game of Thrones fans would be well aware, the phrase "Winter is Coming" is both the title of the first episode of the show's first season, and the tagline used to promote the show.
Thanks to this ad, the entire British public would now be well aware the Winter Olympics are on their way too.
Perhaps mindful that British athletes will struggle to win medals in any sport except the bizarre game of icy tiddlywinks known as curling, the BBC has ditched the usual patriotic fervour associated with these kind of promos.
Instead, it has created a dark, eerie snowy landscape which evokes the fictional Game of Thrones landscapes - and which also happens to vaguely resemble the craggy peaks of the Caucasus, under which the alpine events will be held at the Sochi Games.
Narrated by actor Charles Dance, who plays Tywin Lannister, the ad consists of a sequence of three rhyming quatrains which go like this:
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The one whose will is done
The haunting chill upon your neck
I am the conundrum
Not you or any other
Can fathom what is nigh
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Computer Science student, Thomas Caputi, along with two friends, developed an Android app which allows the user to schedule times when their phone should be completely silent. The app is called "Silence" and has been featured in the print and on-line version of Popular Science magazine and The New York Post. As of this posting, the app has been downloaded over 50,000 times. Thomas was primarily involved with writing the backend, which includes a database library, scheduling, and event handling code.
In regard to the Computer Science skills used in Tom's program, "the database library that the app uses relied heavily on my understanding of data structures. It uses Queues, LinkedLists, ArrayLists, HashMaps, and some custom data structure I wrote to allow me to map Java Objects to both their class and id number. So I have to say thanks to Professor DePasquale and the Data Structures class here for the foundations in these areas."
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Because of the illegal use of driftnets and use of trawling nets, hundreds of marine animals with no commercial value are captured — sharks, rays, whales, turtles and birds — imperiling their population numbers.
"The use of trawling nets is one of the main problems for conservation and sustainability of many marine species," says Maria del Mar Otero, IUCN-Med Marine Program Officer.
"Because it is not a selective technique, it captures not only the target fish but also a high number of other species while also destroying the sea bottom, where many fish live, reproduce and feed."
The report also highlights the lack of information on the conservation status of nearly one third of these Mediterranean marine fish, a significant proportion of which are considered endemic to the region. Researchers speculate that the "Data Deficient" group could in fact include a large proportion of threatened fish.
In the past 40 years, Bluefin tuna populations everywhere have declined by 80 percent due to industrialized overfishing. And the threat to bluefin survival extends beyond even the Gulf oil spill.
According to author Paul Greenberg (Four Fish: The Future of the Last Wild Food), "Catches from the high seas have risen by 700 percent in the last half-century, and much of that increase is tuna. Moreover, because tuna cross so many boundaries, even when tuna do leave the high seas and tarry in any one nation's territorial waters (as Atlantic bluefin usually do), they remain under the foggy international jurisdiction of poorly enforced tuna treaties."


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Thursday, March 8, 2012 | 2 a.m.
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They're more likely than most Americans to own an all-terrain vehicle and a mobile home, or be planning to buy one in the next year.
They're pretty likely to call a Southern city home.
And they're slightly less likely than the general population to have a college degree.
In some ways, a statistical analysis of NASCAR fans by Scarborough Research affirms the stereotypical image of the sport's followers as rural, Southern good ol' boys.
But before you think the average NASCAR fan is a "Dukes of Hazzard" character come to life, Scarborough Marketing and Public Relations Manager Haley Dercher says the report offers some information that might surprise you.
For starters, they aren't all ol' boys, as NASCAR draws a concentration of female fans comparable to the level in several other sports — 37 percent. Forget the image of the sport's fans being poor folk, too. They're 3 percent more likely than the population at large to have a household income of $75,000 or more and just 2 percent less likely to be at the $100,000 level, Dercher said. In what may be a related statistic, they're 7 percent more likely to be married — and therefore pooling resources.
What's more, the statistics would strongly suggest they've got a substantial amount of disposable income.
"Is $100,000 a lot of income in New York City? No," she said. "Is it in Charlotte (N.C.)? Probably."
Dercher picked Charlotte for her comparison because it's one of the top markets for NASCAR fans. Other cities with above-average concentrations of fans are Greensboro, N.C.; Roanoke, Va.; Greenville, S.C.; and Orlando, Fla.
Las Vegas? It's not even in the top 25.
With this weekend's NASCAR Sprint Cup race expected to attract well over 100,000 visitors to the Las Vegas Motor Speedway, though, local business operators might be interested to know that NASCAR fans apparently like to toss around their disposable income, too.
Scarborough's report shows fans are 13 percent more likely than the general population to buy a computer in the next year, 23 percent more likely to buy a DVD player and 39 percent more likely to buy a satellite radio system.
As for what they already own, they're 80 percent more likely to have an ATV, 29 percent more likely to have a mobile home and 61 percent more likely to own a boat.
The Scarborough numbers are based on broader market surveys of about 300,000 people per year. Respondents are selected at random and are interviewed by telephone.
One NASCAR statistic that jumped out at Dercher was fans' age breakdown. Compared to other sports, NASCAR's fans tend to be grayer, with survey respondents ages 18 to 29 being 13 percent less likely than the general population of all ages to identify themselves as NASCAR fans.
"With that young demographic, which you'd think would be interested in speed and who are probably buying cars, you might think would they'd be into NASCAR," she said. "But it's their parents and grandparents who are more interested."


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AU alumnus Ron Patty, a retired minister and gospel singer, released his first novel, "Maria's Letter: Joshua's Quest" on Jan. 1.
The story retells the birth and life of God's son, stripping the characters of 2,000 years of tradition and placing them in modern America.
Ron calls the novel "controversial to the conservative Christian" as the book takes issue with a number of church doctrines.
"A lot of know-it-all preachers will just write me off as an infidel and I've passed that a long time ago," he said, adding that the people he's really trying to reach would be attracted to the issues he confronts.
"If I were me years ago," he said, "I wouldn't think a person like me could be a Christian."
The idea for the story came in the 1970s when Ron was pastoring a church in San Diego.
Attending a weekly Bible study together, he and a friend began comparing the church's doctrines with scripture. Upon finding several discrepancies, they decided to study the Bible holistically.
"From that point on, I began to see things differently," he said. "If I stayed, I would've split the church because some believed what I did and others didn't."
Instead, he and his wife Carolyn stepped out of the church and spent the next 25 years traveling to, singing in and studying churches.
"I discovered they all had the same problem," he said. "People don't really know why they believe what they believe.
"It hurts me how twisted we've made Jesus appear by some of the things we believe about him that the Bible as a whole doesn't teach," he said. "I want people to know the Jesus that I know. I felt like I had to do something."
Ron first pursued writing a personal translation of the New Testament in order to bring Jesus into the modern world and out of the cultural tradition of his time, substituting words like "Kingdom" for "business." He decided that that seemed out of place.
"Maybe I could get that story into modern terminology by having Jesus make a surprise visit into our modern culture," he said and thus, main characters, Maria and Joshua were created.
Maria is a multi-racial Oklahoma teenager who is a talented softball pitcher and well-liked among her many friends.
Though a virgin, she finds via home pregnancy test that she's expecting.
Confused, she seeks the help of her parents who pressure her to put baby Joshua up for adoption.
She instead escapes from the hospital to raise her son on her own, telling him of his unique origin after he graduates college through a letter she wrote at his birth.
Joshua's worldwide quest for truth leads him to meet some who love and accept him and others who are threatened by him.
Hunted by corrupt business leaders and government officials as well as notorious hate groups, Joshua relies on the love of an ex-prostitute as he comes to understand his true identity.
Like most authors, Ron looked to personal experiences to develop characters and scenes for his novel.
Seminole University, the college Joshua attends in the novel, is modeled after AU. He also used characteristics of Carolyn and their marriage.
"Carolyn had a difficult time having Sandi, our first child," he said. "I incorporated that into the story when Maria had her second son."
Carolyn has also had an active role proofreading the novel from its beginning. "He calls me his editor," she said proudly.
"This [book] is so Ron Patty," said Carolyn. "When our children read this book, they will know their dad because this is him."
Their daughter and AU alumna Sandi Patty, who is known for her traditional gospel singing, wrote the foreword for "Maria's Letter."
"To be perfectly honest, when he shared with me that he had written a novel, I panicked. 'Oh dear, what should my response be,'" she wrote. "Still hesitant, I asked to read it. Soon after reading it, I asked if I could be the one to write the foreword for it.
"I think this book will undoubtedly cause people to sit up and go 'Whoa, really?'" she told the Andersonian. "But that is what my dad and I hope will happen.
"I may not agree with every position the book presents, but I don't usually fully agree with any book I read," she said.
Sandi bought the first copy of the book on Amazon.
"I was determined to be the first buyer," she said. "I felt like I can say with my words that I love and support him, but to buy the first book just seemed important."
"I know how people see me," Ron said. "They see me as this old-fashioned Church of God gospel singer. I knew what I believe had to come out some time."
Ron spent 12 years writing and editing the novel, even hiring CreateSpace, a branch of Amazon that provides free tools to help individuals self-publish and distribute a number of media forms.
He also spent hours online teaching himself writing technique and grammar.
"I wouldn't dare let anyone look at my first manuscript." Now, he said, "I feel like it's finished and I'm relieved that it's finished.
"I hated writing," he said, laughing, "and yes, I will keep writing."
Ron is currently working to finish a New Testament translation.


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About "Morning has broken" by Raid71
Morning has broken
Design by Raid71
the off color printing is often done wrong, i think it works here,
[i think that i would like to see it just a bit more regestirred]
Excellent work, Raid71 !
Great work! 5$ for my wife.
nicely done! 5
i still prefer the first color option from your blog, but this is beautiful.
Raid71, Nice colour & great execution!!! $5
Natural or Navy for sure
Great design! I like it on natural!
LOVE the alternative color scheme.
nice style
reminds me of the school readers from the 70s.
yeah I like it best on teh dark shirt but this is very cool
beautiful design and illustration.
hmm.. I like this a lot. I feel like I wouldn't wear it... not sure. 4
I love, love, LOVE this design and would buy it in a heartbeat! $5
very ace!
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nice!! Love it with the red colors!
i had a migraine like that once.......
Thankyou for all you votes and comments


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Job Overview
This is a PRODUCTION CONTROLLER (CONSTRUCTION) position supporting the 104th Fighter Wing. This is a Bargaining Unit position. The unit point of contact and contact phone for this position is: CMSgt Todd Fappiano (413) 568-9151 ex 6981344
AREAS OF CONSIDERATION : As allowed by OPM guidelines, the Massachusetts Air National Guard follows a three tier advertisement process. The three tier process will be as follows:
Tier I: All current MA ANG tenure 1 and 2 technicians and MA ANG permanent AGRs
Tier II: All current MA ANG members, to include tenure 3 and tenure 0 technicians, traditional guardsmen, and temporary AGRs
Tier III: All individuals eligible for immediate enlistment into the MA ANG
**If selected from Tier I, position will be permanent. If selected from Tier II and III, position will be indefinite. If a permanent resource becomes available, incumbent may be converted to a permanent appointment without competition. **
NATIONAL GUARD MEMBERSHIP IS REQUIRED This is an excepted position that requires membership in a compatible military assignment in the Massachusetts Air National Guard. Applicants who are not currently a member of the Massachusetts Air National Guard must be eligible for immediate membership and employment in the Massachusetts Air National Guard. If you are not sure you are eligible for military membership, please contact a Massachusetts Air National Guard recruiter at (774) 836-7922 before applying for this position.
This position is located in the Civil Engineering Squadron, Mission Support Group of an ANG Aviation Wing. The primary purpose of this position is to provide a Production Control activity to validate, plan, estimate, schedule and expedite work through the efficient use of personnel and material, supporting all assigned facilities and Real Property Installed Equipment (RPIE)
Supervisory Status
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Tweets of the Week: Bad Fashion, Fair Weather Friends, Haas Mania, and Pico Balboa
If you want to know what it's like behind-the-scenes of the WTA, it ain't all fun and games folks.
Today's warm up involved drying the courts. Absolute shoulder work out. #harderthanitlooks #SonyOpenTennis twitter.com/laurarobson5/s…— Laura Robson (@laurarobson5) March 25, 2013
Andy is over tennis. Period.
@andyroddick thanks for unfollowing @johnisner and I. Too cool for us these days— Ryan Harrison (@ryanharrison92) March 28, 2013
"@ryanharrison92: @andyroddick thanks for unfollowing @johnisner and I. Too cool for us these days" :( sad— John Isner (@JohnIsner) March 28, 2013
@ryanharrison92 @johnisner thanks for making it an easy decision— andyroddick (@andyroddick) March 28, 2013
@johnisner @ryanharrison92 he unfollowed me 6 months ago...can't believe you guys survived this long. #DavisCupBrothersForLife #BFF— Bob Bryan (@Bryanbros) March 28, 2013
What (not) to wear on a catwalk. The outfit might have been a little better if the pants fell off!
Throwback! Rocking the catwalk at the Montreal Masters 2009, I'm holding the pants bc they couldn't zip up.#tbt twitter.com/milosraonic/st…— Milos Raonic (@milosraonic) March 28, 2013
If this is true, I am blaming Genie for the extra 10 lbs I am about to gain.
— Eugenie Bouchard (@geniebouchard) March 29, 2013
Fellow German tennis player Dustin Brown became a crazy tennis fan and livestreamed Haas' Cinderella run at the Sony Open. Perhaps this is the inspriation for a run of his own?
I Normally Dont Watch Tennis, But @tommyhaas13 Got Even Me Turning On The #Livestream... #NeedGermanTennisOnTV #ComeOnSomeOneGetItDone— Dustin Brown (@DreddyTennis) March 29, 2013
It's Easter! It's Pico's birthday! But more importantly he is wearing a Rocky I (II?) t-shirt. One of my favorite movies of all time....I approve.
Festejando mi cumple y las pascuas! Gracias x los msjs / Celebrating my birthday and the Easter! Thanks for ur msgs twitter.com/picomonaco/sta…— Juan Monaco (@picomonaco) March 29, 2013


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Major Dwight Lewis
St Vincent and the Grenadines Cadet Force
Major Dwight Lewis, St Vincent and the Grenadines Cadet Force.
On behalf of the officers and ranks of the St. Vincent and the Grenadines Cadet Force I wish to extend a warm welcome to all present here this evening to witness this parade in which several cadets will in a few minutes be awarded for outstanding achievements in the various areas of cadetting. Some will also assume higher command functions within the Cadet Force consequent upon their promotion to a higher rank. Before going into my report, I wish to crave your indulgence to pay tribute to those cadets who on Monday braved the inclement weather to provide assist at the Emergency Operations Centre at NEMO and in particular those who for hours worked through mud and silt to salvage house hold items and personal belongings of Captain Phillip Cambridge where the house in which he lived at New Montrose was hit by a massive land slide. While Captain Cambridge and his family have suffered tremendous lost of personal property we thank almighty God for having spared their lives. The Cadet Force will continue to rally with Captain Cambridge as he work towards putting his life and that of his family back together again.
Ladies and Gentlemen, it is indeed a pleasure to be presenting this report after a brief absence. In this regard I wish to commend Major Hamilton for holding-the-fort in my absence.
In this report I intend to reflect on the activities of the Cadet Force over the past year or so and to bring you up to date on the status of several initiatives. I also intend to share some of my concerns and anticipations relative to the Cadet movement here in St. Vincent and the Grenadines.
The past year has been interesting, successful and not uneventful. The primary focus during the year was the decentralization of the Force and the strengthening of administrative structures which are pivotal to the overall development of the Force. This process of organisational enhancement is influenced and guided by our 2005-2007 development plan adopted in January. From a developmental standpoint the year has been somewhat measured due to material, financial, and physical constraints. Nevertheless I am satisfied that we have made considerable progress even in our perennial state of imposed homelessness. It is indeed sad and painful for the organization to be homeless at age sixty-nine (69). At the moment we remain the only cadet Force in the region and perhaps in the world which does not have a Head Quarters or somewhere to be called home. We consider this state of existence to be a 'historic wrong' that has been taken for granted by successive administrations despite our relentless efforts over the years to have this matter addressed. Accordingly, given the present thrust in which a number of 'historic wrongs' have been attended to, we in the cadet family expect that the situation in this new dispensation would be given the urgent attention it so rightfully deserves.
The question is, just how have we been able to survive. It is only as a result of our youthful zeal and our national commitment that we have been able to sustain the existence of this noble organsation.
This brings me to the subject of recruitment.
In May some 99 recruit were enrolled as cadets after having successfully completed three months of basic military training. This brings the nominal strength of the Force to two hundred and ten. Based on the expressed need for much more of our nation's youth to become involved in discipline activities have necessitated the desire for the Cadet Force to expand and in the process to decentralize its operation. This development thrust happens to be the brainchild of the Honorable Minister of National Security Sir Vincent Beache in whom we are well pleased.
The first phase of this exercise, which was concentrated in the Marriaqua and Carapan area, involved the recruitment of officers and adult ranks in addition to cadets. While there were pledges of interest among some members of staff in the schools, the response from the students have been over whelming. This is manifested in the over five hundred applications received from students presently enrolled in the current recruitment programme. The second phase of the decentralization exercise is now in progress and is being conducted on the Leeward side of the country as far as Barouallie. The hope is that within the next year or two there would be full-fledged cadet detachments on the Windward and Leeward sides of the country in addition to the central unit in Kingstown. Accordingly, it is anticipated that by then the nominal strength of the Cadet Force would be in excess of six hundred Cadets.
The Cadet Force training programme during the period in review consisted of thirty-four (34) training parades divided over three academic terms. The programme consisted of the following areas of training: drill, map and compass, leadership, method of instructions, weapon training, physical fitness, mass casualty management, first aid, disaster preparedness, music and band training, citizenship, and community service. Also, a total of 35 cadets participated in activities related to the Duke of Edinburgh Award Scheme.
As customary, the emphasis in Term one was on the preparation of the Cadet Guards for the Independence Parade. After weeks of training, the performance of the two Guards on the parade was of a very high standard something long established by our forbearers.
In December the Force conducted a Senior Non Commission Officers cadre, which was designed to sharpen the skills of the NCOs.
Additionally, a training camp was held during the summer vacation. This camp was used to execute such training as was not possible at weekly parades or within weekend time limits. Consequent upon an invitation form the St. Vincent and the Grenadines Cadet Force a contingent of cadets from St. Lucia participated in the camp. Immediately following the conclusion of the local summer camp the St. Vincent and the Grenadines Cadet Force played host to150 cadets from the Barbados cadet Corps. This visit was part of the programme of strengthening the cadet movement in the region. The contingent comprised of members from the Barbados Cadet corps Band, the Drill Display Unit and a Detachment of Sea Cadets. They were involved in a number of community concerts and drill displays at various locations on mainland St. Vincent.
The Sea Cadets were involved in a variety of aquatic activities and they have been instrumental in assisting the local cadet movement with the setting-up of our Sea Cadet Programme.
Community Service
Though our community self help programme cadets have rendered voluntary service on several physical and infrastructure projects in addition to assisting charitable organisations in a variety of different ways.
The Band continues to be the main public relations and community service arm of the Force. They were involved in a number of performances for various schools, clubs and national sport meets, church processions, among others.
The Cadet Force continues to bring to the fore its leadership and disaster preparedness skills with the mammoth support it provided to the relief operations in Grenada in the aftermath of the devastation caused by Hurricane Ivan. Our members worked above and beyond the call of duty to receive, package, load, transport, unload and deliver relief supplies to Grenada. One officer voluntarily surrendered ten days of his vacation leave to perform National Service duty as the Logistics Officer in the Emergency Operations Centre (EOC) in Grenada.
At the moment we have in the Cadet Force the only organisation that offers anything that can truly be called national service. An organisation whose members in response to the Hurricane Ivan operation would have gone to Canpden Park to receive relief supplies; load those supplies into a container; travel to Kingstown with the container; unload it unto a vessel; board the same vessel and travel to Grenada; unload the supplies in Grenada and proceed to distribute the supplies throughout the island. This having been done without sleeping or eating is indeed a display of national service of the highest order. This begs the question, don't we deserve better. I note that the Cadet Force is the only state own and control youth organisation, it is for that reason why we deserve better. It is an embarrassment to the State to have to train in excess of six hundred young people in the streets because of the absence of appropriate facilities.
In conclusion, the success of the Cadet Force over the years convinces me that greater attention ought to be paid to this organisation at all levels. Especially at a time when a sector of our young people have made a sharp turn to drugs, crimes and other forms of anti-social behaviour, the cadet force have a counter balancing role to perform we do this silently but not ineffectively. It is for this reason the National Commission on Crime Prevention (NCCP) has adopted the Cadet Force as the agency to work with our young people within the secondary school system. In this regard, I must commend the Commission's chairman Honourable Sir Vincent Beache for championing the cause for the expansion and decentralizing of the cadet Force. We will be calling on Sir Vincent even in his retirement to continue to champion this cause. Mention must also be made of the Director of the NCCP Ms. Genita Lewis for facilitating the many visits to schools as part of the decentralization exercise.
I wish at this point to express our sincere thanks and appreciation for the assistance and support rendered by the Royal St. Vincent and the Grenadines Police Force. In particular I must mention the level of cooperation received from former commissioner of police Mr William Harry how was always willing to assist the organisation and to discuss matters relative to its development. On behalf of the Cadet Force and on my own behalf I would like to wish Mr Harry a happy retirement. To the staff of the Commissioners' office and to the many other organisations and individuals who have assisted the Cadet Force throughout the year I wish to express our heartfelt thanks.
Finally it is important to note that the Cadet Fore is about service and not about politics. For many years to come we will remain a bulwark of patriotism, discipline, and honour in the Vincentian community.
Ladies and gentlemen, my report.