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Aug 9 Posted 4 years ago
Thanks - appreciate it!
Aug 9 Posted 4 years ago
And I certainly appreciate your explanation, and do agree with your general thoughts. I just felt I needed to offer the other side of the coin, if you will. I can completely relate to the lack of time and resources at some organizations, and in those instances your post is spot on. Thanks for taking the time to respond. Can't wait to read your next post.
Aug 9 Posted 4 years ago
Hi - thanks for your comment. I do understand the power and importance of women in the buying process - my wife can answer that one :)
And I completely agree that it can be used effectively for a lot of businesses - and like you said with some imagination can be extremely effective for retailers.
I'm just saying that not all companies target demo is predominately women. And I'm using it as an example of a hot trend that's not really a necessity at this time - and that companies should focus on improving other parts of their online marketing first.
Thanks again for your comment and points!
Aug 9 Posted 4 years ago
Hi - thanks for your comment. I mostly agree with your comments. And I totally agree with your point about needing someone to think strategically, and your work with the nonprofit is a great example of that.
I guess there are two bias on my part in this article. The first is to focus on using social media to grow, and not necessarily community management. The second is that I feel most (SMB) companies don't have enough time, staff, energy, money, etc. to do a good enough job on several different platforms, So in that case, they should focus on the one or two or three and really give it their all.
The same idea is why I'm putting down Pinterest. It might be great for some businesses and works really well for them. But on average, comapnies would get a better ROI on their limited time, energy, money, etc. by focusing on platforms they own (like their blog content and email marketing), instead of trying to create a presence from scratch on a new platform (which is extremely difficult and resource-intensive - unless you're Starbucks, Coca-Cola, etc.).
As a side note, I think everyone can agree that most company's blog content - even big companies - is awful. So that's why I'm proposing that people should make that their #1 priority, and then SM fans & followers will find them because of their work.
I hope that explains the thought-process behind this post a little more.
Thanks again for your comment and well-thought out arguments! I appreciate criticism when it's constructive. :)
Aug 8 Posted 4 years ago
Demographic mismatch: The user base is predominately women.
??? Um... you are aware that most purchases and purchase decisions are made by women?
And that women are also more engaged in social media.
Although the above comment about demographic mismatch was directed specifically at Pinterest, used with a little flair and imagination, I can see Pinterest being an extremely powerful marketing tool for retailers in particular. You just need to be smart about how you promote your presence on this platform (or any other, for that matter), and understand who your target audience is and how to cut through the clutter.
Aug 8 Posted 4 years ago
Brad, I'm sorry. I have to disagree. At least for the most part. I understand your point. I do see many companies trying to maintain a presense in too many places and having very little impact anywhere. However, I think this article reads like a blanket statement and I think it can be damaging for those folks out there looking to create a social media strategy by doing their own research. An inexperienced social strategist (not an expert, but let's say the Communications Director at a non-profit with a staff on one) could read this, take it to heart, create a strategy for a FB page and a Twitter account and be done, never really taking a deeper look at what his or her specific organizational goals may be.
I have recently worked with a large non-profit organization that had so many limbs and branches that to have simply created a social media strategy with only the major platforms would have been a serious injustice to their reaching their goals. Each department needed lifting up. There were niche communities needing to be served around every corner and their overarching goal was to reach out to thier 'neighbors' across the globe. For an organization such as this one, settling for FB, Twitter and YouTube would just not have cut the mustard.
I am not disagreeing with your basic premise. If you have one thing to sell, perhaps Facebook and Twitter will do it for you. But I think every organization, large, small, new or old, needs a strategy - whether they create it themselves or whether they hire an expert to create it. SOMEONE needs to be thinking strategically about what an organizaiton's goals are and how to use social media to help attain them.
I am not a proponent of more users equals more engagement, but reaching a wider audience gives you the OPPORTUNITY to engage with them. The organizaiton has to make use of every opportunity to engage with their constituents! You discount Pinterest as having almost no value for businesses at all, but what about the millions of eyes on Pinterest that could potentially be drawn to a beautiful photo you've posted and click it, discovering your organizaiton and what you do. This could lead to action. An action that might never have happened had your organization not been on Pinterest. i am not naieve. I realize the number of people who might actually be called to action by a Pinterest pin is probably very small. But I believe that every constituent, is valuable. And even more valuable, every POTENTIAL constituent.
You do make some good points - email marketing remains quite effective and content shall forever be king. But, as my mama always said, don't through out the baby with the bathwater.
I enjoyed reading your post and appreciate the opportunity to share my thoughts.
Aug 7 Posted 4 years ago
A few months ago, I applied to a digital marketing company for a content creation job for Facebook/Twitter. They asked:
- Would you prefer sending 30 posts every week or 6 every day for the client?
- Well, for that kind of thing, maybe daily posts are better, but... depends a lot of each client, and I think you should worry a little more about your content quality.
They didn't test me. They actually specified about needing content creators to provide 30 posts for Facebook every day. This was probably one of the major "faults" I had on this interview, since they never called back.
I'm not a social media expert myself, and the job didn't require a large experiencee, but this quantity thing made me wonder about they handled with content quality. This article and the small discussion the comments didn't make me wonder anymore.
I'm still unsure if they really believe that working with quantity in such way is the right thing to do or if they were afraid about dealing with their clients about why their Facebook pages aren't overflowing with content - relevant or not because, for some clients, 2 posts are better than 1 because it's more.
Aug 7 Posted 4 years ago
Indeed! Content is still king!
Btw, I read the larger version of this article. There's 22 hard truths that your social media expert don't tell you. Of course, Brad wrote it.
Aug 7 Posted 4 years ago
Thanks Brad its really excellent article, the points and tips you noted is very much useful for any socialmdia marketer instead of investing less and engaging with them we must do innovative promotion that should loved by everyone is give a long run to your company.
Aug 6 Posted 4 years ago
Hi Brad, the conclusion is - AIM RIGHT so that we don't have to waste our time to do the wrong things.
Aug 6 Posted 4 years ago
I love the cartoon, that is truly what a lot of small businesses get when they ask about a strategy. And also spot on about not jumping on every single new platform just because everybody else did.
BUT, let's talk about how much time it takes to get those speaking gigs and create the content that is broadcasted to a larger audience. And what do you do once you connect with them? Isn't use of an appropriate social media channel an inportant part of that marketing plan?
The bottom line is, there needs to be a strategy to every marketing plan, including which of the social networks fits for you, the time and resources available and whether there is a good fit from one network to the next. Yes, that strategy should be finely tuned to the needs of the business, not hitting 20 different netwiorks., but there is nothing lazy about marketing any company. It's hard work!
Aug 6 Posted 4 years ago
Some interesting stuff in here. I would recommend fixing the incorrect percentage of ROI that was picked up from the MarketingSherpa report. $256 for every $1 invested is a 25,600% ROI, not 256%.
Aug 6 Posted 4 years ago
I really like the addition of #4 - but I'm not sure if it fits in with my link bait angle... :)
Thanks again!
Aug 6 Posted 4 years ago
I will indeed blame you for link bait! That IS being "lazy!" lol
In all seriousness, thank you for taking the time to respond thoughtfully -- especially to criticism. Says a lot about your character (and all good things).
What if we compromise? 4 Things your 'Social Media Expert' Won't Tell You About Growth:
#4 - Growth ain't the only (or even most important) thing to focus on!
Aug 6 Posted 4 years ago
Hi Christina thanks for your comment. I agree with your points as well. I tried to make the distinction in the title about "growth" - so I left out the branding aspect as you've said.
And my use of "be lazy" meant that you should focus/invest in things that make other people come find you (so you don't have to go to the effort of reaching out one-on-one). I didn't really mean to be lazy...
And yes - some of this post was meant to be link bait... can you blame me? :)
Thanks again for your comment and well thought-out argument though! I'm completely with you on the importance of engagement and community management.
Aug 6 Posted 4 years ago
I don't disagree with everything in this post, but I do dislike the lack of balance in its approach. Talking up the importance of inbound marketing is one thing, but framing it as "be lazy" seems like pretty poor advice (and at worst, potentially just link bait).
There is a lot of context missing, here. I see a wistful yearning for traditional marketing practices, yet no focus on aligning results to goals. Not all social media initiatives exist to grow fan bases or even to generate leads. Some of them exist for brand actionable purposes only -- for pure PR, for building authority, or for rebranding. Some social media initiatives are just about polling customers on behalf of the R&D department. It's not just about "growth" of the fan base. If you want to increase your reach, you should know why -- isn't that a traditional marketing tactic?
Why do we "social media experts" talk about the power of engagement? Because we know the social channels are new ways for our customers to talk to us and we don't believe in squandering that opportunity. We believe that there is a significant amount of potential in listening earnestly to what customers want -- and if you don't believe engagement can be scaled, you may not have been exposed to enough excellent community managers or smart brands. :)
Aug 6 Posted 4 years ago
Hi Christine, thanks for your comment. I agree with you - and didn't mean to say content creation is "lazy". It's extremely difficult! I simply meant that you should focus/invest in things that make other people come find you (so you don't have to go to the effort of reaching out one-on-one). Thanks again!
Aug 6 Posted 4 years ago
Excellent article. There is way too much frenetic frenzy by businesses regarding social media without strategic and tactical focus. I find that most clients require a mix of traditional and digital media. The whole purpose of an integrated marcom program is to develop a plan that provides verifiable, quantifiable ROI for the business. One small business I know receives clients from the Yellow Pages - hard to believe in this day and age, but again, assumptions that "one size fits all" just because of hype and hysteria will soon put a business out of business!
Aug 6 Posted 4 years ago
Good post. I really like the emphasis on how important content creation and content marketing are to a social media strategy. However I have to take a wee bit of issue with the "Be Lazy" subhead. Content creation is not a lazy man's sport. One of my longheld career frustrations is how few people understand the amount of thought, time and effort that goes into content strategy and creation. Producing quality content is not for the feint of heart.
Christine Herbert
Senior Director, Social Media
Aug 6 Posted 4 years ago
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Hannity Could Run for Congress
National talk show host Sean Hannity will attend tomorrow night's State of the Union address, as the guest of Texas Congressman Louie Gohmert. Could they be colleagues in Congress some day? Hannity won't rule it out. Political insider Jim McGrath says the conservative pundit would have plenty of name recognition. Speculation is, he might run for congress from a texas district.
"From his radio show and his perch on Fox News," McGrath says, "he's known for his support of conservative policies, and I think that's why he's looking at Florida, possibly Texas."
Hannity is a native of New York. He says that state isn't friendly to conservatives. Would the move be a negative?
"Whether he would face an issue as a carpetbagger," he says would be the big question. "A lot of people got after Hillary Clinton for running for the Senate from New York, when she really wasn't from New York."
Clinton survived those charges, and Hannity hasn't confirmed plans to run.

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There is little sign, of course, that this behavior is abating.
The drug war shows no signs of abating in Mexico and the appetite for drugs in the United States remains high.
The photograph we have of Arbus herself becomes a little sharper, but the spell shows no sign of abating.
Which means that, in the end, the decade belonged to Christopher Nolan, which shows no sign of abating.
Jaffe, for one, resorted to a disaster metaphor to describe the saga, which shows no sign of abating.
The gale still held on, however, and we saw no signs of its abating.
How anxiously we looked out for some sign that the gale was abating, but in vain.
She opened the door and stood for a moment before stepping into the abating storm.
The tempest had raged for three or four hours, and showed no signs of abating.
But his contempt was abating; he was growing uneasy; Philip was before him as fierce as ever.
"put an end to" (c.1300); "to grow less, diminish in power or influence" (early 14c.), from Old French abattre "beat down, cast down," from Vulgar Latin *abbatere, from Latin ad "to" (see ad-) + battuere "to beat" (see batter (v.)). Secondary sense of "to fell, slaughter" is in abatis and abattoir. Related: Abated; abating.


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Absolute Opens Chicago-Area Facility
A new technical center will support area customers.
News Post: 8/8/2013
Absolute Machine Tools has established a 26,000-square-foot technical center in Elgin, Illinois, approximately 40 miles northwest of Chicago. The company has been doing business in the Chicago area for about 20 years, and the facility is a step toward offering greater support for area customers.
Michael Land has been named general manager of the new building, which will house applications engineering, sales, parts inventory and a machine demonstration showroom, among other services.


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It is that time of year when your corn rootworm management strategy should be examined. We are currently digging corn roots in our research plots to evaluate the performance of the seed treatments, soil insecticides, and YieldGard Rootworm (YGRW) hybrids. As you dig corn roots, you might find larvae feeding on the roots of YGRW hybrids or adult beetles in the field. Either of these situations may come as a surprise if you are unfamiliar with the technology.
There are several conditions under which you might expect to find adult corn rootworms in a field of YGRW. First, there is the possibility that the field was not planted to a YGRW hybrid. This is an unlikely situation, but sometimes bags get accidentally mixed or field records are incorrect. Second, each YGRW field must have a refuge planted to a nonBt hybrid. This refuge will produce adult beetles, and they would be expected to move into the YGRW hybrid. Research has shown that adults can move 17 rows a day in what we would call trivial movement, but they also can migrate very long distances. Third, if the YGRW is a late-maturing hybrid (because of genetics or late planting), the green silks in this field may attract adults from more mature fields that are nearby. Fourth, YGRW hybrids do not kill all the corn rootworm larvae. The Bt technology does not provide complete control of the pest, similar to what we have experienced with European corn borers and YieldGard corn borer hybrids. Therefore, you should expect some larvae to survive, cause minor injury, and for those larvae to mature and emerge from the soil as adults.
What should be done if adult beetles are found in a YGRW field?
First, confirm that YGRW was planted in the field. Second, measure the performance of root protection by digging the roots, washing off the soil, and looking for injury. Effective performance would be if no more than 1/4 node of roots was removed on any plant. Root rating information can be found at on the root rating page [1].
Should the adult beetles be controlled in a YGRW field?
Probably not--only if beetles are clipping silks back to within 1/2 inch of the husk and interfering with pollination would their populations be a concern.
Egg laying that will produce next year's damaging larval populations has already begun, and adult control this season to prevent larval injury next year will no longer be effective. YGRW has been very effective in protecting corn roots from significant larval injury. If it is being planted next year, there is little need to kill adults to reduce next year's larval pressure.
There is little justification for being redundant with your management efforts; don't spend additional money to manage this insect this summer.
This article originally appeared on pages 153-154 of the IC-494(20) -- July 25, 2005 issue.


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Pardon the non food information – but I have FANTASTIC news: I received a job offer! I'm currently going through the pre-employment background check, but I don't see any reason why I should not pass that, so hopefully come January 2, 2012 I shall be starting my "big kid" job! Whoop! I'm so excited, I get a job to do something I find fascinating and useful! For those of you who don't know, I will be doing tax returns for an accounting firm (I'll mention the actual firm once I sign. I don't want to jinx it!). And now back to your regularly scheduled post:
Having this blog gets me to make things I wouldn't ever think to buy in a store. Case in point: marshmallows. They aren't very flavorful when they're from the store, but homemade has this light airy texture and FLAVOR. And they taste way better in hot coco than regular marshmallows. I also think that homemade marshmallows melt more quickly into your hot coco but I could be completely wrong.
As an aside: what the difference between hot coco, hot chocolate, and hot cocoa? Anyone know? I've always been kind of confused.
Anyway, don't be scared of homemade marshmallows. I really believe they're easier than brownies. Yes, I typed that correctly. Easier than brownies. For the marshmallows there are only two things you might not have lying around your kitchen: corn syrup and a candy thermometer. Woah, woah, woah! Don't leave. Yes, I said thermometer, but it really does take all the guess work out of it and makes the whole thing super simple.
The recipe itself, from Ezra Pound Cake, is mostly hands off and the most time consuming thing is the waiting for the marshmallows to dry. Once the sugar is dissolved you don't stir the pot at all so all you have to do is watch the temperature to make sure you turn off the heat at the right point. After the sugar is cooked to 240°F, you add it to the gelatin that has been blooming (I used Knox Original Gelatin) and just whip the holy bajesus out of it.
Marshmallows always reminds me that I really really need to get a handheld mixer. You want to get your egg whites whipped as close to the time you need to add them to fluff as possible. I always have to whip them first then set them aside and then refluff them right before adding by had since I don't have a hand mixer. Boo. After adding the egg whites you add whatever flavor extract you want to the fluff.
When removing the fluff for drying its VERY important to spray your spatula with Pam (or whatever spay oil makes you happy). The fluff won't stick to it and you can spread it around. I end up respraying the spatula a few times, but it really does make all the difference. For the mini marshmallows like these ones, I used a jelly roll pan in order to be able to spread the fluff thin enough.
For the red swirls right after spreading out the fluff quickly drop some red food dye on to the top of the marshmallows and then using a wooden skewer swirl the red food dye around the marshmallows. I've found that I have to do this fairly quickly or the marshmallows start to set up.
The entire cooking process takes about 40 minutes with the bulk of it waiting for the sugar to reach 240ºF. With it being this easy, why buy marshmallows ever again? Homemade are simple and way tastier!
Homemade Mini Marshmallows
From Ezra Pound Cake
1 cup powdered sugar
3 1/2 envelopes (2 tablespoons plus 2 1/2 teaspoons) unflavored gelatin
1/2 cup cold water
2 cups granulated sugar
1/2 cup light corn syrup
1/2 cup hot water (around 115°F, about 15 seconds in the microwave)
1/4 teaspoon salt
2 large egg whites (or meringue powder reconstituted according to the manufacturer's directions)
2 teaspoons to 1 tablespoon vanilla extract (or any other extract flavor. I used peppermint)
Spray a jelly roll pan (for mini) or 9×13 (for regular/thick) with oil (such as Pam) and dust with powdered sugar.
In the bowl where you'll actually whip the marshmallows, place the cold water and gelatin and allow to bloom while you cook the sugar.
In a heavy or medium sauce pan combine the hot water, corn syrup, salt, and sugar. Over low heat stir the mixture until the sugar completely dissolved. Clip in the thermometer. Over medium heat cook the sugar mixture to 240°F.
Pour the cooked sugar mixture into the mixer bowl that has the gelatin and mix, using the whisk attachment, on high until the mixture has tripled in volume and looks glossy. It will fill most of the bowl. In another bowl (and either a clean whisk or using a handheld mixer) beat egg whites until they form stiff peaks. Add the egg whites and extract to the marshmallow fluff and mix until they're just combined.
Spray your spatula with oil and scrape the fluff into your prepared pan. You may have to respray your spatula a few times. Sift some powdered sugar over the top and allow to sit for at least 3 hours. I usually let it sit overnight.
If swirling in some food coloring, drop small amounts of food dye all over the top and quickly swirl using a red food dye. Then dust with powdered sugar and allow to firm up.
Once dried out, take a small knife and run it around the edges and then dump it out onto a clean work surface and cut into whatever size/shape you'd like. Toss each cut marshmallow in some powdered sugar to make sure they don't stick.


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Promoting Islam panel, 9News failed to identify Young Republican sponsorship
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On July 24, KUSA 9News co-anchor Kirk Montgomery reported on an upcoming forum, "Islam in Current Affairs," but he did not identify the event's host: the Denver Metro Young Republicans.
After stating on July 24 that "[t]he Islamic faith is often in the news, primarily in discussions over politics and peace in the Middle East," KUSA 9News at 4 p.m. co-anchor Kirk Montgomery reported on a public forum that "organizers describe[d] ... as a two-hour class on Islam 101." Montgomery, however, never identified the Denver Metro Young Republicans (DMYR) as the host of the event, "Islam in Current Affairs." Moreover, although it aired an interview with the organizer of the panel discussion, Geoff Blue, 9News failed to note that Blue is president of the DMYR.
From the July 24 broadcast of KUSA's 9News at 4 p.m.:
MONTGOMERY: The Islamic faith is often in the news, primarily in discussions over politics and peace in the Middle East. Well tonight, some of the Metro area's foremost experts on the subject are holding a forum that is open to the public. The organizers describe the event as a two-hour class on Islam 101.
GEOFF BLUE ("Islam in Current Affairs" organizer): Islam is having a major impact in the world these days, especially in the Middle East and with the war in Iraq. And we realized also that a lot of us don't have a good understanding of Islam itself, what Islam is, what its principles are.
MONTGOMERY: Tonight's panel discussion, called "Islam in Current Affairs," begins at 6 o'clock. It's at the Sheraton Hotel on the east side of Hampden and I-25. Members of the audience will have an opportunity to also ask questions.
As stated on DMYR's website, Blue "has been a member of the Denver Metro Young Republicans for four years and is a firm supporter of the Republican party"; he currently serves as president of the organization's 10-member board. The site further confirms that DMYR organized the July 24 event, which was to be moderated by 9News political reporter, Adam Schrager:
Denver Metro Young Republicans will host a panel discussion on Islam in current affairs on Tuesday, July 24, 2007. If you are interested in better understanding what Islam is and how its elements affect events in the news, please join us for an informative and lively discussion with three recognized experts.
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WHEN I meet new people and tell them where I'm from I get one of two reactions: 'God, that must be boring' or 'Where is Dorchester?' Moving when I was eight from the buzzing city of Birmingham to the rolling hills of Dorset was a shock for both me and my family.
But once I had got used to being able to see open green spaces from my bedroom window rather than tall grey buildings, I began to really notice the differences between life in the countryside in comparison to a city.
The first thing was the fact that almost everyone knew each other – I'd walk down the high street and my friends would be constantly saying hello to people we crossed.
The first time I noticed this I thought it was crazy but now after 10 years of living here I do the same thing.
Last year I worked in a café, and after a couple of months, when I could chat to the regulars on a Saturday morning, I began to love the sense of community gained from living in a small town – a thing you would not get in the total anonymity of a city.
But when I got a bit older and my friends and I would plan to meet up at the weekend, it was then that I realised the lack of things to do.
The range of activities for young people in Dorchester fails in comparison to that offered when in a city.
However, it could be argued that things to do here are actually better – nobody can say no to a day on Weymouth beach in the summer, or an incredibly cheap ticket to the latest film at the Plaza!
Many interpret the sense of safety you get by living here is due to it being 'boring'.
However, there is no denying that it's brilliant to have when you're a teenager.
I am fortunate enough to be able to walk down the street by myself and not be worried about who I might come across – if I do encounter anybody, it's probably my neighbour walking his dog!
I know many young people find it frustrating living in the sleepy county of Dorset, but I believe it's your perspective, rather than your location, which needs to change.
If you embrace the countryside with all its strengths, you'll realise what an incredible place it is to grow up in and you'll be desperate to get back when you go away to university!


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Mushroom is due for his final health check. Once he has his vets approval he will be ready for adoption. We do make every effort to keep our rabbits adoption profiles as up-to-date as possible but this is not always possible. If you are interested in adopting Mushroom or have any questions about his adoptable status, please email email@example.com
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Maritime Security
USCG receives 16th Ocean Sentry MPA
A new HC-144A Ocean Sentry maritime patrol aircraft has been delivered to the US Coast Guard by Airbus Group. This is the 16th Ocean Sentry for the US Coast Guard, with another two aircraft scheduled for delivery during 2014.
The 15 Ocean Sentries already in service with the US Coast Guard are operated from Coast Guard Air Stations in Cape Cod, Massachusetts, Mobile, Alabama, and Miami, Florida. A fourth HC-144A air station will be stood up in Corpus Christi, Texas.
The Ocean Sentry is based on the Airbus CN235 tactical airlifter. As a maritime patrol aircraft, the HC-144A is equipped with search radar, electro-optical and infrared cameras, an Automatic Identification System for data collection from vessels at sea, and a communications suite. It serves a wide range of missions, including drug and migrant interdiction, disaster response and search and rescue.
Sean O'Keefe, chairman and CEO, Airbus Group, said: 'The coast guard competitively selected and is buying the HC-144A because it has proven to effectively and efficiently perform the broad range of demanding maritime patrol missions, including search and rescue, homeland security, disaster response and national defence.
'The Department of Homeland Security recently recognised the coast guard's HC-144A maritime patrol aircraft programme as the DHS Project of the Year, and we're proud to have worked with them to deliver this capability consistently on schedule and on cost. We are pleased to be members of the coast guard aviation community and to support the dedicated men and women who protect our nation's coasts and waterways.'
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Ruth Glynn and Giuliana Pieri, 'From Fascism to the "Years of Lead": Italian Responses to Trauma'
Date: Friday 2 December 2.00 pm
Venue: 11 Bedford Square, room GSB2
Dr Ruth Glynn, Senior Lecturer in Italian, University of Bristol
'Trauma and the Leaden Years'
The legacy of Italy's widespread and prolonged experience of political violence in the period known as the 'anni di piombo' (years of lead, c. 1969-83) has begun to be interrogated through the prism of trauma theory. This paper sets out the case for pursuing such a reading of the anni di piombo as cultural and collective trauma paying close attention to issues of repression and hypervigilance in Italian cultural and legal responses to those years. It then turns to address, more specifically, the traumatic import of women's participation in the political violence of the anni di piombo, with reference to critical perspectives on the roles traditionally assigned women in discourses relating to culture and nation.
Dr Giuliana Pieri, Senior Lecturer in Italian, RHUL
'Trauma and Memory after Fascism: Italian Art and Fascist Violence'
This paper will focus on Italian art in the period 1938-46 ca. As Italian Fascism entered its final phase, Italian artists began to show a new violent imagery in their works. This paper will focus on war art and its contemporary and postwar reception as a means to interrogate the difficult and still debated legacy of Italian Fascism in Italy. I began to reflect upon the possible links between trauma theory and the reception of Fascism in postwar Italian culture when I curated the exhibition Against Mussolini: Art and the Fall of a Dictator (London: Estorick, 2010). Some of the images which will be the focus of my talk can be found in the exhibition website: http://mussolinicult.com


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Jean Robillard was originally commissioned by TAG to produce the bronze bust in 2000. Jean hails from Quebec in Canada and was suggested to TAG by a fellow Canadian. Jean agreed to provide all the labour free-of-charge provided his expenses were met and he was able to attend an Official Unveiling Ceremony in London in 2002. It was intended at that time that the bust would be installed at the Tree Site in Barnes, London.
Later in 2000 the Bust Project removed from TAG by other parties who later admitted they had "Ousted TAG from the Project".
These new parties intended to complete the project for the bust's instillation at Golders Green Crematorium for the 25th anniversary in 2002.
For 18 months these 'other parties' fund raised and announced the project on their own web sites and Email lists.
In March 2002, with only six months to go to this unveiling, Jean had completed the wooden sculpture and had received praise for the quality his work. Then he was told by the other parties that the Bust Project was cancelled because fund raising had not gone well.
It was suggested to him that he sell the original wooden sculpture on eBay to reclaim some of the money back he had spent out of his own pocket on the bust.
Fortunately for all concerned TAG was re-connected with Jean and agreed to complete the Project and honour in full the original agreement TAG had made with Jean.
At this point there was just six months until Marc Bolan's 25th Anniversary which proved to be six months of frantic work and cross-Atlantic communications to turn the wooden sculpture into a Bronze and to ship it safely to the UK from Quebec. Below you can see the wooden sculpture as it takes shape, the wax test moulding before the bronze could be cast.
Meanwhile in England, TAG set about discussing the Bust's location with the residents, applying for planning permission, ordering the plinth, arranging the unveiling, organising hotel accommodation for Jean and his wife, arranging for a suitable post-unveiling reception venue. This reception was made possible due to the liaisons between TAG and the Quebec Cultural Attaché to Great Britain.
Timing was tight but as you all know – we did it! Marc Bolan is one of only a handful of Rock Stars to be immortalised in Bronze.
The original bust was carved in wood. The images below show it taking shape.Jean donated the five hundred hours of work time needed to complete the sculpture.
As per his agreement Jean had completed the sculpture doing all the work free-of-charge. Many months passed after this that Jean was told the project to have it cast in Bronze and unveiled at Golders Green Creatorium for the twenty fiffth anniversary had been cancelled by the organisers in the UK because having eighteen months fund raising had not gone "as well as expected" and they could not afford to continue. Although people gave money for the Bronze Bust Project, and Jean had been promised his expenses no money was ever forthcoming.
This is when TAG were contacted and put in touch with the sculptor, allowing the project to be completed.
A mould was made from the original wooden sculpture. But before casting in bronze takes place a test wax casting is made using brown wax to give an idea of what the finished bronze will look like. The wax casting is used to check that the mould has been made properly and that there were no air pockets trapped when the mould was made.
Below - TAG Founder & Secretary (as well as being the co-ordinator of the whole Bronze Bust Project) with the Bronze & the Original Sculpture.


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In the International market for chips, there are all kinds of tastes entirely unlike that of the US. To suit those new palates and food preferences globally, Lays Potato Chips (also known as Walkers in the UK), has created a whole line of fascinating chip flavors from "Hot Chili Squid" to "Cheese Lobster"! Would you try any of these bizarre chip flavors yourself?
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The other day I was walking through a thrift store and happened upon this dress. I realized with a tiny, NO-SEW alteration, I could quickly make it into a dress with nursing access.
My dress is a Downeast dress, but it is no longer available. If you want to hack a dress similar to this, look for a layered bodycon dress if you want a fitted look. If you want a looser fit, look for a dress with multiple layers. A dress with either one layer over the bust or a dress with multiple layers down the front will both work. Here are some dresses you could buy or make so you can create your own nursing-friendly dress.
Stripe Layered Dress, Tiered Sheath Dress, Pleated Double Layer Mini Dress, Layered Bodice Sundress DIY


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Word on the street is that if the Knicks and Stephon Marbury can agree on a buy out figure, he'll be a Boston Celtic before long. This is one of those rumors that warms my heart.
Usually, I'd say a guy like Marbury is an ideal candidate to play his ass off for a couple of months in the hope that some idiot GM out there would sign him to a deal next year when he becomes a free agent. If it were anyone but Stephon, I'd say that's exactly what will happen. The only problem with that logic concerning Starbury, is that we used the words logic and Starbury in the same sentence.
This guy is certifiably insane. Cuckoo for Cocoa Puffs insane. I would wish Stephon Marbury on my worst enemy, that's why I'm hoping against hope that he lands in Boston and spreads his insanity throughout that roster. I can see it now. Marbury is Garnett's boy. Garnett gets in Doc Rivers' ear, Stephon's minutes go up. Before you know it, Rondo's minutes are getting cut, Stephon is gunning from all angles. Ray Allen is pissed that he isn't getting his 6 three point attempts per game anymore and the cohesion that team has enjoyed for the past year plus gets flushed down the tubes.
What a great way to start the new year. If Marbury does sign with Boston, it'll only reaffirm what we already knew. He's a horrible GM who got lucky in the summer of '07 when an ex-Celtic decided to help out his old club.
I mean, if you watch that video and come away thinking "I'd love to have that guy on my team," there's something wrong with you. I think of Marbury as a slighty more malignant cancer than T.O., with less talent. Good luck, Boston.
by Brian on Jan 2 2009
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CSUEB student Vidal Ramirez directed the new orientation video.
Today an orientation video; tomorrow a blockbuster hit?
- July 26, 2010 5:00am
Mass communication major Vidal Ramirez directed, edited and presented a new video capturing the highlights from the Cal State East Bay orientation session held on July 16.
Check out the five minute video creatively summarizing the day's events, including a showcase of campus clubs and organizations, cheers from the orientation team, and a rousing round of new freshmen playing "Are you smarter than Pioneer Pete?"
Watch the 2010 CSUEB orientation video.
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California State University, East Bay is the San Francisco East Bay Area's high-access public university of choice. CSUEB serves the region with campuses in Hayward and Concord, a professional development center in Oakland, and an innovative online campus. With an enrollment of more than 14,000, the University offers a nationally recognized freshman year experience, award-winning curriculum, personalized instruction, and expert faculty. Students choose from among more than 100 professionally focused fields of study for which the University confers bachelor's and master's degrees, as well as an Ed.D. in education. Named a "Best in the West" college, as well as a Best Business School, by the influential Princeton Review, Cal State East Bay is among the region's foremost producers of teachers, business professionals and entrepreneurs, public administrators, health professionals, literary and performing artists, and science and math graduates.


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Florida Gov. Charlie Crist has ordered an investigation to determine whether the remains of 32 students were buried decades ago in shallow graves on the grounds of a former reform school for boys.
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Loved the location, buses were very good and we were able to get around. The staff were very helpful with information on things to do.
Friendly and helpful staff; private car park Somewhat out of the city center; Building is not very attractive, in need of redecoration


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Job opportunities for students can be accessed on the Hofstra University portal here. Bulletin Boards listing available jobs are located on the balcony of the Student Center. All student positions are also kept on file in the Office of Student Employment.
Graduate student positions include graduate assistant, graduate assistantship, resident director and tutor. For those students applying for financial assistance, eligibility for the Federal Work-Study program may also be available. For all on-campus graduate student positions, applicants must hold a baccalaureate degree and be accepted as a fully matriculated student in a Masters, Law or Doctoral level program at Hofstra University.
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It's 2016!
How many of you have made resolutions? Goals? Too overwhelming? Don't be.
A year for me is too far out for me to be accountable, so what I do instead is make small measurable goals that will lead me up to that.This works for me because I can be accountable in something that only requires me to stay focused on a goal for a week or so. That part is easy. The hard part is asking me to stay focused on a goal for over a month. I'll get distracted after two weeks. Knowing that about myself allows me to make sizable goals within a two week window. Once I finish the goal, I check it off and go to the next one.
Here's my process:
I start with my year goals. I then make monthly goals based on my yearly goals
(what do I have to do each month to fulfill my yearly goals).
Then I create weekly goals based on those monthly goals.Then I create daily goals based on those weekly goals.
So each day I know before I start the day what I need to do that day to accomplish my yearly goals. And I simply do that thing first. Once that's done, I answer emails, help clients, start on tomorrow's work, go to lunch, quit for the day, go skiing, whatever. But before I do anything else, my goals for the day are accomplished.
If you focus on 4 big goals at one time, the odds that you will
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on multiple goals at the same time.It's much easier to achieve one goal than to try to achieve 3 or 4 at one time.
Focus on one big goal at a time. Finish it.Then start another.On down the road, once you become good
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If that goes well…consider adding another.If it does not go well, go back to one goal at a time.
Which would you rather do:Focus on one goal at a time, for 90 days each, and in 365 days accomplish 4 goals.
Or try to do all 4 at one time, and find after 365 days that you have not achieved any of your goals?
Apps: I use a google calendar to create the goal and deadline. I also create a reminder that goes off everyday to remind myself to work on this. It keeps me from getting distracted.
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Mission Harvest © 2011 William J. Brannan
"There are many aspects of the law of which the worst of men approve. In prison societies, murderers despise rapists, thieves despise murderers, and so on. Each criminal wants all the world of law and order except his personal area of exemption. Some criminals are proudly self-righteous of their areas of compliance. No thief is exempt from prison because he has not murdered, nor is any murderer exempt because he has not committed rape."
"The attack on private property can take two basic forms. First, by denying God's law, powerful individuals can despise the property rights of weaker individuals. The Social Darwinism which prevailed in the United States and elsewhere after 1860 led to "robber barons" who used their power to trample law underfoot. These men justified their lawlessness by appealing to evolution and "the struggle for survival." The Social Darwinists held that "the cultural and the biological progress of advanced peoples is assured so long as 'the law of competition' is allowed to operate freely and, in respect to the human species, to assume the form of a 'struggle for existence' which only 'the strongest' survive."11 The Social Darwinists had no real interest in private property; their concern was to use the theory of evolution as a guide for society. It became a tool for justifying massive theft."
"To return to the interpretation of theft as, essentially, the robbing of a man's freedom: false weights and measures, fraudulent money, and the destruction, impairment or theft of property all diminish or destroy a man's freedom. Property is basic to man's freedom. A tyrannical state always limits a man's use of his property, taxes it, or confiscates that property as an effective means of enslaving a man without necessarily touching his person. The interpretation of Noth and von Rad, instead of altering the traditional interpretations of the eighth commandment rather reinforce them, in that theft is seen as more than the lawless seizure or destruction of property: it is at the same time an assault on a man's freedom."
"Freedom in itself means freedom for something in particular. If all men are "free" to murder, then there is no freedom for godly living; no peace or order is then possible. Men are then no longer free to walk the streets in safety. If men are "free" to steal without penalty, then there is no freedom for private ownership of property. If men have unrestricted free speech and free press, then there is no freedom for truth, in that no standard is permitted whereby the promulgation or publication of a lie can be judged and punished. False witness is then favored and the importance of truth is denied."
""Ye shall have just balances." The shekel and the homer were to be fixed standards. If fraud be allowed to creep into our commercial scales and measures, the fraud will corrupt every transaction. The very heart of the mercantile system will be poisoned. Villany secreted here would spread as from a centre to the whole circumference of commerce. It is supremely important that men establish right standards of speech and conduct. If the exchange is to prosper, it must (like the throne) be established in righteousness. Over the portals of every shop, on the beam of every balance, engraved on every coin, ought the maxim to run in largest capitals, "Whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them!""
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PRINCETON — The Princeton Tigers know all too well what kind of game they can expect Friday night against the Cornell Big Red.
Last season, the Big Red put the Tigers behind the Ivy eight ball with a 67-59 win in Ithica, N.Y., in Princeton's league opener. Though some of the faces have changed, Cornell and coach Bill Courtney continue to employ the same up-tempo style that gave the Tigers issues a year ago.
"It's two different teams, but it's important to have a long memory," coach Mitch Henderson said. "I certainly do. They did what they do against us last year. They sped us up and the pressure got to us."
Cornell is led by 6-foot-7 sophomore forward Shonn Miller, an extremely versatile athlete who leads the Big Red in points, rebounds, steals and blocks. Though the Tigers have one of the best individual defenders in the league in senior forward Ian Hummer, stopping Miller will be a team assignment.
"I think we'll probably try to guard him with a few different guys," Henderson said. "He's versatile enough where he plays all over the floor, so everybody needs to be aware of him."
Perhaps the biggest strength for the Big Red, however, is their depth. Ten different Cornell players average more than 10 minutes per game, with some of its most effective scorers—particularly sophomore Galal Cancer and senior forward Errick Peck—coming off the bench.
"Cornell plays 12 guys," Henderson said. "In the kid Miller, they've got a really good player, but I think they're good all across the board. I'm not sure if their first five is that much better than their second five. Their strength is in their numbers."


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BHA's public housing residents were not informed of their rights
BHA's public housing residents were not informed of their rights, when served notice and after being sent notice of the BHA's plan to sell Berkeley's public housing units!
BHA's public housing residents were not informed of their rights
By Lynda Carson -- March 29, 2010
Berkeley -- The Berkeley Housing Authority (BHA) did not inform it's public housing residents that they are protected by Berkeley's good cause rent laws that state it is not a good cause to evict, when a landlord (including the BHA) wants to sell an occupied residential rental property in Berkeley.
In addition, the BHA did not inform the public housing residents that they have the right to refuse to sign anything that materially changes the terms of their existing contracts, that would eliminate or void their eviction protections, under Berkeley's local good cause rent laws.
During late December 2009, the BHA filed a disposition plan with HUD to announce that the BHA intends to terminate it's public housing program, and sell it's occupied public housing units to a developer.
To fulfill a federal disposition requirement, in a BHA October 27, 2009, notice and information packet sent to Berkeley's public housing residents, including a public relations informational brochure titled "Berkeley Housing Authority Preservation Plan -- Questions and Answers," the BHA legally informed Berkeley's public housing residents of the plan to sell Berkeley's public housing units to a local developer. The BHA also mentioned that all the public housing residents will be displaced from their housing, as a direct result of the scheme to sell their public housing units.
However, when doing so, the BHA failed to inform Berkeley's public housing residents that it is illegal for landlords to evict their residents when selling occupied residential buildings in Berkeley, and that this law also applies to the BHA.
The disposition plan (application DDA0003874) was filed by the BHA in late December 2009, is currently under review by Arona Wiley, and the BHA is expecting the Housing and Urban Development Agency (HUD) to approve the plan to sell Berkeley's public housing units, sometime in April, 2010.
Furthermore, documentation exists revealing that the BHA tried to compromise or may have compromised some attorneys with the East Bay Community Law Center and Bay Area Legal Aid, when the BHA invited members of the local law firms that represent low-income renters to a private meeting, to discuss the proposed sale of Berkeley's public housing properties. Berkeley's many public housing tenants were not at this meeting.
The BHA was well aware before the meeting, that the public housing residents may need future assistance and legal representation from either of the law firms representing low-income renters, if or when the tenants chose to fight back against any attempts by the BHA to evict or relocate them from their housing, because of the BHA's plan to sell it's 75 public housing units.
For legal purposes, most or all of Berkeley's public housing residents should have been at this private meeting between the BHA and the local law firms that are representing the Bay Areas low-income renters, while the discussions took place regarding the plan to sell Berkeley's public housing units. At this point, the tenants could have been immediately informed by the law firms representing tenants, that landlords are not allowed to evict, when selling residential properties in Berkeley, including the Berkeley Housing Authority.
During a discussion with Gracie Jones of the East Bay Community Law Center (EBCLC) on March 29, 2010, when I asked why Berkeley's public housing tenants were not informed that it is illegal for landlords (including the BHA) to evict their renters when selling a property in Berkeley, Ms. Jones stated that no public housing residents were at the BHA's meeting that day.
Records reveal that 2 informational meetings were held by the BHA on Nov. 3, 2009, at the South Berkeley Senior Center, where the public housing residents were additionally informed about the BHA's plan to sell it's 75 public housing units, and the BHA's plan to displace the public housing residents from their long-time homes as a direct result.
During the Nov. 3, 2009, 1:30pm BHA meeting, 26 residents appeared, and during the second meeting on Nov. 3, 2009, only 18 public housing residents appeared. Additionally, in the minutes from those public meetings it was recorded that Berkeley's public housing tenants said that they believe they are being kicked out of their public housing by the efforts to gentrify Berkeley, that they were victims of the previous council, that their rights are being violated, and that they do not trust the Berkeley Housing Authority.
However, in a stunning bizarre development, public documents also reveal that the BHA and it's relocation (displacement) consultant Overland, Pacific and Cutler (OPC), had also met privately with members of the legal services advocacy community on Nov. 3, 2009 (a 3rd BHA meeting on Nov.3, 2009).
In this meeting, members of Bay Area Legal Services (Bay Legal), East Bay Community Law Center (EBCLC) and the National Housing Law Project (NHLP) joined the BHA and it's consultants for a discussion about the BHA's plan to sell Berkeley's public housing units.
When I asked Ms. Jones who else attended the private Nov. 3, 2009, BHA meeting, she stated that Lisa Grief of Bay Area Legal Services was at the same meeting, but stated that she could not recall who else attended the meeting.
Indeed, public records reveal that on Nov. 3, 2009, low-income renter legal representatives Lisa Grief (Bay Legal), Gracie Jones (EBCLC), Sharon Djernal (EBCLC), and Catherine Bishop (NHLP) were all at the BHA's little private meeting, when Berkeley's many public housing residents were not present at the meeting. Others at the BHA's little meeting included BHA consultants Eric Novak of Praxis Consulting, and BHA displacement consultant Chad Wakefield of OPC.
No one picked up the phone at Bay Area Legal Services when I repeatedly called to inquire further into the private Nov. 3, 2009, BHA meeting that included members of Bay Area Legal Services, East Bay Community Law Center (EBCLC) and the National Housing Law Project (NHLP).
Documents also reveal that the BHA intentionally used members of the legal services advocacy community and Berkeley's public housing residents in it's all out push to convince HUD to approve the plan to sell Berkeley's public housing units.
Records reveal that the BHA sent copies to HUD, of all the the sign-in sheets that were signed by people who appeared at the three Nov. 3, 2009, BHA meetings. Another breach of trust by the BHA, to all who were not informed in advance that copies of the sign-in sheets would be sent to HUD by the BHA, in the effort to pressure HUD into approving the plan to sell Berkeley's public housing units.
In addition, during my discussion with Ms. Jones, she also stated that she knows it is illegal for landlords to evict tenants in Berkeley when trying to sell a property (including landlord BHA), and she further stated that if I hear of any public housing tenants facing eviction from their housing because the BHA wants to sell it's public housing units, that I should tell the tenants to immediately call the East Bay Community Law Center (EBCLC).
Additionally, I also asked Ms. Jones when the EBCLC plans to serve notices to Berkeley's public housing residents to let them know that it is illegal for landlords to evict in Berkeley when trying to sell their residential buildings, and asked her when the tenants would be informed that they do not have to sign anything if they do not want to, regarding the BHA's plan to sell Berkeley's 75 public housing units.
In reply, Ms. Jones stated that she is not an attorney, that she does not know what the plan is for the EBCLC regarding the BHA's public housing renters, and that her supervisor (Sharon) will be out of town for at least 2 weeks.
As of the afternoon of March 29, 2010, according to BHA consultant OPC, the BHA has not yet received approval from HUD to sell it's public housing units, and that the BHA has not yet sent out an RFQ (request for qualifications) in an effort to see who is the best nonprofit developer that may be qualified or interested in buying Berkeley's occupied public housing units.
Lynda Carson may be reached at tenantsrule [at] yahoo.com
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A little background info on BHA's Disposition Plan, reviewer Arona Wiley
The BHA's Disposition Plan application is being reviewed by Arona Wiley of HUD, in the Chicago-land area...
No doubt, the City of Berkeley, the BHA and Berkeley's public housing residents have the highest confidence in HUD's choice of Arona Wiley, as the best person available to review the BHA's disposition application (scheme) to terminate Berkeley's public housing program, and plan to sell Berkeley's 75 public housing units.
Pubic records show that Arona Wiley resides in Gary, Indiana, along with her husband Joshua, right next door to Chicago.
See more about the Arona Wiley - Joshua Wiley family below...
Arona M. Wiley -- Age 52?
Arona Wiley
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Arona Wiley
3630 E 12th Ave
Gary, IN 46403-3422
Joshua Wiley
Arona,Wiley -- awiley57 [at] sbcglobal.net,
3630 E. 12th Avenue,Gary, Indiana, 46403
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Click below for the BHA's disposition plan, sent to HUD, and under review by the one and only, Arona Wiley...
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Arona Wiley. Public Housing Revitalization Specialist. (312) 913-8021 ...
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(See article below that involves Arona Wiley & her husband Joshua Wiley)
Nov 29, 2006 9:27 am US/Central
Gary Police Sergeant Accused Of Bilking Neighbor
Authorities: Sgt. Joshua Wiley Took Helen Chentnik's House, Spent Most Of Her Savings
By Lori Caldwell / Post-Tribune
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Gary police Sgt. Joshua Wiley befriended his elderly Aetna neighbor, Helen Chentnik. Then he dumped her into a nursing home, moved into her house and spent most of her savings, court records state.
Wiley, 48, an 18-year Gary Police Department veteran, is charged with six felony counts, including fraud on a financial institution, exploitation of an endangered adult and theft.
"Joshua Wiley gained control of approximately $138,495.46 of Helen R. Chentnik's assets through his deceptive scheme as set forth above," the four-page probable cause affidavit states.
In the past four years, Wiley allegedly cashed the woman's pension and Social Security checks, took money from her savings account and forged a quit claim deed to obtain ownership of her house.
He and his wife, Arona, a Gary Housing Authority employee, are living in Chentnik's home, next door to his residence.
Since April 1, 2004, when Wiley admitted Chentnik into Clark Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, officials say neither Wiley nor his wife ever visited their neighbor.
Debits from Chentnik's account include $318 to Kay Jewelers, $900 to Circuit City, more than $1,000 to Meijer, $245.69 to Kmart and "weekly debits between April 25, 2003, and Feb. 25, 2004, from Key Market and Walgreens," the affidavit states.
Lake County Adult Protective Services Director Mark Mora contacted police after an alert teller, Marina Zemlik, noticed the sudden decrease in Chentnik's savings account at U.S. Federal Credit Union.
"She was suspicious of the debits taken from Chentnik's account and she said that common sense would tell you that an elderly woman would not eat $200 in groceries per week," the affidavit states.
"Both Joshua and Arona Wiley (brought) Helen Chentnik into the credit union, and the Wileys would tell Zemlik how much money they wanted to withdraw from Helen's account. She would then have Helen sign the receipt and observe that Helen would never say anything and was quiet and would just stand there," the affidavit states.
Adult Protective Services froze the account in March 2004. A short time later, Joshua Wiley came to the credit union with a power of attorney document to withdraw cash. When he was denied, he said, "This is ridiculous. I'm a Gary cop and this is my power of attorney. Now take the freeze off." The teller said Wiley was "very cocky" during the exchange, the affidavit states.
On Jan. 18, 2005, Wiley executed a quit claim deed and took ownership of Chentnik's house for $10, court records state. Wiley told Mora Chentnik's son approved of the financial arrangement and provided a letter giving him power of attorney. Richard Chentnik died in federal prison two years ago.
Lake County Detective Michelle Weaver learned Chentnik, 87, suffers from dementia and senility and "was totally incapable of making any decisions," doctors reported.
Although Joshua Wiley never spoke to Weaver during her investigation, he told Mora that Chentnik was in the nursing home while he worked on repairs at her house. Weaver said she could not locate any building or construction permits for Chentnik's home.
Investigators said any documents Chentnik signed giving Wiley control over her finances and property "were considered invalid due to the fact that Helen could not appreciate nor recognize any document bearing her signature," court records state.
Wiley was not in custody Tuesday night. He will be held on $50,000 bond. Lake Superior Court Judge Diane Ross Boswell will preside over his case.
Wiley could face up to 20 years in prison if convicted of the charges.
His attorney, Jerry Peteet, told The Post-Tribune he would comment after reviewing the affidavit, but his cell phone was off and mail box was unable to accept messages Tuesday evening.
Wiley, recently assigned to a new "cold case" investigative unit, is expected to be transferred to a clerical job, police said.
(CBS 2 and the Post-Tribune are news partners covering stories in the communities of northwest Indiana. If you know of stories happening in this region, contact us.


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From Cul-De-Sac to Commune
"Architect and social designer Stephanie Smith, who runs the company Ecoshack, took me to the first official cul-de-sac commune potluck at the end of January on a newly developed bluff in Topanga Canyon, three months after she came up with the idea."
'Coming together to share resources is the basic premise of Smith's vision for the cul-de-sac commune. Hoping to learn what kinds of tools she should design to help facilitate sharing, Smith listened to Scott Vineberg, who lives in the commune, and his progressive-thinking neighbors as they brainstormed ways to go off the grid together, raise chickens and manage their stress levels."
"The stay-at-home convenience of the cul-de-sac commune is, as Smith sees it, a solution to the biggest design flaw of its predecessors."
"'In the past, utopian communities have often failed because people who started them have really insisted that the best way is to leave your old community, leave society, leave culture and start over, and it's a valid idea in many cases, but, it also leads to failure,' she said. 'So what we're interested in doing is make them effective as part of a culture, not a counterculture this time.'"


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Sara Evans Pretties Up the 2012 ACM Awards
Adding a little springtime color to the festivities, Sara Evans made a dazzling arrival to the 47th Annual Academy of Country Music Awards in Las Vegas on Sunday evening (April 1).
Taking place at the MGM Grand Garden Arena, the "A Little Bit Stronger" singer was clad in a high-slit pink dress as she took time to greet fellow musicians, fans and media members prior to the ceremony.
Not just another pretty face, Miss Evans hopes to nab the award for Female Vocalist of the Year while also getting the chance to show just why she got the nomination during her scheduled performance.
Hosted by Blake Shelton and Reba McEntire, the 2012 Academy of Country Music Awards also feature performances by the likes of Carrie Underwood, Zac Brown Band and a special ditty from Lionel Richie and Friends.
Enjoy the pictures of Sara Evans at the 2012 Academy of Country Music Awards (April 1).
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Barack Obama [Images], who scripted history by becoming the first black President of America, had projected himself as a 'powerful' spokesman for rights of minorities and a crusader against discrimination as he wooed the Indian-Americans in their vernacular languages, including Hindi.
How Mahatma Gandhi inspires Obama
The Obama campaign had brought out Hindi and Malayalam versions of his five-point manifesto, which were widely distributed among Indian-Americans through community organisations across the 50 states.
The leaflet has highlighted affordable healthcare as one of the top priorities of his Administration, pointing out that 24 lakh Asian-Americans in the country were not covered by medical insurance, a costly affair in the US.
Indian-American community welcomes Obama
"A common American family will be able to save at least $2,500 per annum according to Obama's plan," the one-page manifesto said.
It said that the 47-year-old Democrat started his career as a community organiser in Chicago and spent a considerable time working for wiping out all kinds of discrimination.
Obama, who began his political career as a member of the Illinois state Senate, was instrumental in adoption of a law against racial discrimination, it said.
Obama's rise is stuff of the Great American Dream
"He will use his experience to protect the rights of the minorities," said the pamphlet, posted in the Afro-American's presidential campaign website.
Obama also pledged to carry out extensive reforms in the immigration system of America, especially the H-1B visa scheme, which is very popular among high-skilled Indian professionals.
Bangalore, New Delhi cheer for Obama
The manifesto said Obama is a votary of strong immigration laws but holds a humanitarian view about illegal immigrants.
Obama's views on all things Indian
The manifesto pointed out that Asian-Americans own over one lakh small businesses in the US and said Obama will work for ensuring that the interests of the minority communities are protected.
He seemed to have reaped returns of his efforts as the Indian-American community seems to have overwhelmingly backed him in his race for the White House.
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Nothing is quite as distressing as being "different." And not having your first period by the time you are sixteen (primary amenorrhea) falls into this category, especially if you have not developed breasts and pubic hair as your friends have. I'm told that the girls' locker room can be just as intimidating as the boys'.
However, delayed puberty is only one aspect of this menstrual disorder. Many other factors ranging from anatomical abnormalities to genetic defects can prevent the onset of menses.
It's quite likely that if you have never menstruated, you've already consulted with your physician about which of the four categories of primary amenorrhea you fall into. You may, however, be unaware of some of the new options you may have for bearing your "own" child. The road to your "happy ending" will depend on which of the four categories you fall into:
In some rare cases your problem may stem from an anatomical abnormality: you may have been born with an imperforate hymen (closed vagina); with cervical stenosis (closed cervix) or without a vagina. These problems affect about 40 percent of women with primary amenorrhea.
Normal Uterus and Ovaries
If your reproductive organs are normal, but hormonal problems are keeping you from menstruating, the treatments for hormonal imbalances outlined in chapter 12 will probably restore your fertility. Should your hymen or cervix be closed to the outside, a minor surgical procedure will open them to allow menstrual flow. If you were born without a vagina but have a normal uterus, hysterectomy will usually be necessary to prevent a painful buildup of menstrual blood that can destroy the uterus. Your ovaries will not be removed and will enable you to use in vitro techniques to harvest your eggs and fertilize them with your husband's sperm. Pre-embryos will then be transferred to a gestational surrogate who can carry the pregnancy.
Normal Uterus with Nonfunctional Ovaries (No Eggs)
If you have a normal uterus and nonfunctional ovaries, your FSH will be elevated, indicating that your pituitary is working overtime to stimulate follicular development. This may be because you were born without any eggs (Turner's syndrome) or because, due to an enzyme defect, your ovary cannot respond to FSH stimulation (resistant ovary syndrome). I can confirm that you have a normal uterus with an X ray (Hysterosalpingogram).
Even though your chance for having a baby seems hopeless, studies indicate that with the proper hormonal supplement, you should be able to nurture a donor embryo in your womb.
Joe and Toni H. decided to use donor eggs to achieve a pregnancy. They used Joe's sperm to fertilize the eggs retrieved from a donor who remained anonymous. I transferred three embryos to Toni's uterus after providing the necessary hormones. After a few weeks of pregnancy, her placenta provided all the necessary hormones. You may wish to read more about donor embryo transfers in chapter 21.
Nonfunctional Uterus with Functional Ovaries
If you have normally functioning ovaries, you can have your own baby. One particular couple comes to mind: Gary and Bridgette D. Although her ovaries were perfectly normal, Bridgette's uterus had not developed properly. Gary and Bridgette decided traveled to Pennsylvania to undergo in vitro fertilization. Her sister agreed to carry the pregnancy and had three of the pre-embryos transferred to her uterus. Three weeks after the second try, they received a call telling them that they had made a miracle baby.
With in vitro fertilization techniques a doctor can surgically retrieve (harvest) your eggs, mix them in a petri dish (in vitro) with your husband's sperm, and transfer your living embryo to a surrogate mother's womb for gestation. Nine months later you can take home your own baby for a lifetime of joy.
Although these medical techniques are feasible today, many unanswered legal and ethical questions have been preventing widespread use.
Uterus and Ovaries Absent
If you have no uterus and no ovaries, you have several options for having a child. You cannot have a child genetically related to you, because you have no eggs to pass on your genes. A surrogate mother, however, can offer you the opportunity for having a baby who is genetically related to your husband. Using artificial insemination techniques, your husband can father the child and you can adopt it from the surrogate mother.
Another option you may wish to consider is adoption. Once they receive their "chosen" baby, many couples who suffer through years of unsuccessful infertility treatment often wonder why they waited so long before choosing adoption. Adoption can be a very satisfying happy ending.
Most women with primary amenorrhea can be helped. Women with hormonal imbalances can have them corrected; women with eggs and no uterus can "hire" a gestational surrogate; women with a womb and no eggs can give birth using donor oocytes; and women with no reproductive organs can consider a surrogate mother relationship. With the aid of "miracle medicine," nearly all of the women with primary amenorrhea can look forward to a happy ending.
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'It's like, 'It must be weird to sit down and watch your a** with your mom,' but it's so weird, being on the inside of it,' Kristen says of how she feels when watching her steamy scenes with her mom.
Kristen Stewart has recently been busy promoting her new film "On the Road" before it heads to selected U.S. theaters on December 21. Speaking about the Beat Generation drama with Collider, the "Twilight Saga" beauty recalled an "interesting" experience of watching her own very nude scenes in the film with her mother Jules Mann-Stewart.
"That was really an interesting experience," Kristen gushed. Of her intense sex scenes with both Sam Riley and Garrett Hedlund, the brunette beauty said that her mother "loved it" instead of criticizing her for doing it. "For me, I think everyone was really happy that it took a few years for the movie to get made," she said. "My mom came to Cannes. She loved it. She was really proud."
Still, Kristen confessed that she hadn't discussed the explicitly sensual scenes with her father. "I haven't talked to my dad about it yet, really," she said. "I think Welcome to the Rileys was probably more difficult for a parent to watch. I was so sensitive about everything, after that film. That character really found its way under my skin."
"I was so overly sensitive about not just anything overtly sexual, but anything about a young girl. It rocked me, and I think my parents could probably feel that, as well. It was not something that we talked about," she added. "It's funny to talk about from an outsider's prospective. It's like, 'It must be weird to sit down and watch your a** with your mom,' but it's so weird, being on the inside of it."
During the interview, Kristen also shared advice to her younger "Twilight" fans who want to watch her R-rated film. "I think the actual law is that, if you are with a parent, you can go and see an R-rated movie, if you're over the age of 13. I guess it depends on who your parents are and who you are."
"I read On the Road when I was 14, so I don't know," she said. "My parents never wanted to shelter me from the world that we live in, so I'm probably not the right person to ask. I think, if you have a desire to see it and your parents don't want you to see it, then take that bull by the horns."
In "On the Road", Stewart plays Hedlund's 16-year-old free-spirited wife who has an affinity for marijuana and sex. Along with her husband, the young lady meets Riley's Sal Paradise who decides to have a road trip soon after the death of his father. Thirsting for freedom, they discover the world, the ecstasy of experience, the connectedness of humanity and ultimately themselves.