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|By ANDREA ADELSON, AP Sports Writer
September 26, 2005
NEW YORK (AP) -- Jets quarterback Chad Pennington will miss the rest of the season because of a torn right rotator cuff, The Associated Press learned Monday night.
Pennington's injury was confirmed by a person with knowledge of his condition, but who declined to be identified because the team had not made an official announcement.
An MRI exam showed Pennington tore his rotator cuff in Sunday's 26-20 overtime loss to Jacksonville. The NFL Network originally reported the injury, the second time Pennington has had this tear in less than a year.
Backup Jay Fiedler also damaged his shoulder Sunday and will be sidelined, leaving third-stringer Brooks Bollinger to play quarterback against Baltimore this weekend.
Last season, Pennington missed three games with the same injury and had offseason surgery to repair it. He was sacked on consecutive plays during the Jets' first series of the second half against Jacksonville. On third-and-11, Pennington was taken down by Bobby McCray and fumbled for the second straight down and recovered the ball, but his shoulder was injured on the play.
Fiedler came in, but was hit while completing a 16-yard pass to Justin McCareins -- his sixth play in place of Pennington -- and hurt his shoulder.
Pennington came back to lead the Jets (1-2) on two scoring drives, both capped by field goals, but clearly was hurting and said after the game that the injury felt ``similar to last year.''
``It's frustrating and demoralizing,'' Pennington said. ``I worked really hard to get back to playing, putting in all the extra hours in over time, and trying to come back to be out there on the field. When something like that happens, it really tests you. It tests your willpower, your mind and your confidence.''
Despite the injury, Edwards thought he and Pennington had made the right call by letting him back in against the Jaguars instead of going with Bollinger -- though the play calling was limited by Pennington not being able to throw long.
``He gave us the best chance to do what we needed to do to win the game,'' Edwards said. ``I had reservations, but he was able to go in and do some things.''
Pennington also had a major injury in 2003, when he broke his left wrist in a preseason game and missed six regular-season games.
Fiedler was acquired this season to give Pennington an experienced backup and he shared much of the preseason work. A downcast Fiedler indicated after the game that he was fearing the worst.
``I kind of landed with my arm above my shoulder and I felt something go,'' he said Sunday. ``I knew I wasn't going to be able to throw a football.''
Bollinger is confident he can shoulder the task.
Bollinger, in his third season with the Jets out of Wisconsin, has appeared in just one NFL game, last year against Arizona. He replaced an injured Quincy Carter in the Jets' 13-3 win and was 5-of-9 for 60 yards.
``I'm just going out to try and execute the plays that they call with knowing that I have an understanding of how to manage a football game and what I need to do to help the team win,'' Bollinger said. ``I'm not trying to make it into rocket science.''
When asked if the team would consider signing a free agent, such as Vinny Testaverde, Edwards said the Jets would discuss that once they had definite diagnoses on Pennington and Fiedler.
``All the powers that be will huddle up,'' Edwards said. ``We'll get a lot of phone calls from agents, I'm sure.''
As for Bollinger, he's looking at his NFL starting debut as a chance to show the Jets what he can do -- but he's focused on the task at hand: beating the Ravens.
``I think anytime you get an opportunity in there as a quarterback, especially not being a first-round pick or whatever, it's an unbelievable opportunity,'' he said. ``It can turn into anything, but again, there's enough on my mind and I have enough to worry about this week that whatever it turns out to be down the road, fine, great, but I'm just worried about this week.''
Edwards said an MRI revealed that offensive tackle Jason Fabini has a Grade II sprain of the medial collateral ligament in his right knee, but will be fitted for a brace and his status for the game against Baltimore was uncertain. Linebacker Eric Barton has a strained ankle, and his status for Sunday's game was uncertain.
AP Sports Writer Dennis Waszak contributed to this story.
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A PENSIONER forced to transfer money to a woman as he lay dying in hospital told his family she was 'pure evil'.
'Despicable' Cheryl Leach has been told to expect up to five years in prison after breaching an anti-social behaviour order (ASBO) preventing her from targeting the elderly and vulnerable for cash.
The 35-year-old had contacted Albert Cooke, who was suffering from cancer and died on Monday, begging for money, despite the ASBO, Blackburn Magistrates heard.
She said she was sorry the grandad-of-two was ill but could he give her some money, prosecutors said.
But when the 69-year-old said he was in hospital and couldn't get to a cash machine she had told him he could send money to her account via the internet, the court heard.
Catherine Allan, prosecuting, said seven cash transfers to Leach's account were discovered by Mr Cooke's son Justin.
Leach, who lives in Mather Street, Radcliffe, Manchester, because she is banned from Blackburn with Darwen, pleaded guilty to breaching the ASBO made on December 5.
She was committed in custody to Preston Crown Court for sentence after the magistrates ruled the 12 month maximum prison sentence they could impose was not enough.
"We feel 12 months is not enough given the circumstances," said the chairman. "The ASBO says quite clearly that if you breach any part of the order you can go to prison for up to five years. People cannot expect any sympathy if they breach these orders."
Catherine Allan, prosecuting, said Leach was one of several people made subject to the ASBO because they preyed on the elderly and vulnerable, persuading them to give them money.
"Albert Cook, who sadly died of cancer, was such a person and he was specifically named in the ASBO," said Miss Allan.
"The defendant has taken a great deal of money off him over recent years causing his family to complain to the police. His son, Justin Cooke, said Leach had manipulated his dad financially to such an extent that the police sought this order."
The prosecution said Mr Cooke was taken into hospital in December and it was known he would never leave.
When Justin Cooke went round to his father's address on January 1, he saw a bank statement which revealed several money transfers to Leach's account.
"Even though this gentleman was terminally ill she was still manipulating him and getting money off him in breach of the ASBO," said Miss Allan.
She said Leach had previous convictions for burglary, assault and robbery and was in breach of prison licence for a robbery offence.
Michael Blacklidge, defending, said Leach expressed remorse and had the decency to admit the offences.
He said Leach was adamant the money was transferred before Mr Cooke went into hospital.
"These were transactions at arms length. She was in Bury and he was in Blackburn," said Mr Blacklidge.
Sgt Jon Cisco, of South East Blackburn neighbourhood policing team, described Leach's behaviour as 'despicable'.
He said: "This type of exploitation is criminal and will be not be tolerated by Lancashire Police.
"She preyed on a vulnerable and elderly man who was clearly very poorly at the time.
Speaking after the case Justin Cooke said: "As my dad was dying he got really upset as he could see what Leach had done.
"She had taken thousands from him over the years.
"On his death bed he said she was pure evil and that she never should any emotion for what she was doing.
"She hasn't even left enough money to cover his funeral."
As well as putting pressure on former labourer Mr Cooke to hand over cash, she had earlier persuaded him to buy her driving lessons and a car, Mr Cooke said.
He said: "My dad was an amazing person. He was kind, gentle and compassionate and would do anything for anyone. I think that is how they met.
"After my mum Joan died of cancer in 2006, dad started socialising in Blackburn town centre and he met Cheryl in the pub. He used to wear lots of gold jewellery and that is probably what attracted her to him.
"He was very flattered to be shown attention by someone much younger and when she said she needed money he believed her."
Mr Cooke's funeral will take place on Tuesday at 2pm at Pleasington Chapel of Rest with a burial in Pleasington Cemetery to follow.
Family flowers only have been requested but anyone wanting to make a donation in his memory is urged to give to East Lancashire Hospice.

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In April, Josh Wharton and Mike Pennings completed The Black Sheep(5.12 A0), a new route in the Black Canyon of the Gunnison, Colorado.Originally Pennings' vision, the line took the two three years tofinish. The seven-pitch route takes the prominent Plunge Pillar on the North Chasm View Wall, and went mostly at 5.10 to 5.11, with one pitch of 5.12 A0. In May, Wharton freed the A0 section at 5.13, establishing what is likely the Black Canyon's most technically difficult pitch.
The route is very good, said Wharton, and that's not just because I have first-ascent-itis. Wharton returned to the crux fourth pitch, and worked out a sequence for the steep crimpy climbing. He made five separate trips to try to redpoint the entire route, finally succeeding on May 10 with Jason Nelson. The two swung leads for a team-free ascent.There's a tendency to over-rate climbs that are done in adventurous places like the Black, said Wharton, not the case with this route. It required all the focus and attention to detail it takes for me to do a very hard sport route, something I'd never experienced beforein the Black.
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Our History: Black Sheep Harley-Davidsons for Christ, was born out of a passion and vision to bring the Gospel to those who ride. With so many similar clubs and ministries doing such a good job, it was our specific burden to focus our ministry on 2 million H.O.G. (Harley Owners Group) members. They (We) are a breed unto themselves, who often keep to themselves, allowing only other H.O.G. members to speak into their lives. Such a focus should not be viewed as exclusive (for all are welcome to Christ's love) but rather strategic! Though we often find ourselves ministering to other riders, it is HOG members to whom we give about 50% of our time and resources.
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Lead Minister, First Christian Church
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Ministry Overview
The Lead Minister serves as a spiritual leader and the preacher of God's Word at First Christian Church. He is a man called by God to live an exemplary Christian life, and to provide vision and encouragement to the church body. He has a daily walk with Christ and seeks to carry out the Great Commission. He uses his spiritual gifts and skills to meet the needs of the church and community with a multigenerational mindset. The Lead Minister is by ex officio an elder as stated in the by-laws and works in harmony with the Elders and other Ministers and Staff to accomplish God's will for First Christian Church.
Ministry Responsibilities
- Preaching—Primary preacher at regular church services, sharing the Word of God in a manner that will challenge and excite the congregation to grow in Christian maturity as well as encourage the congregation to reach their community and the world for Christ across all generations.
- Vision and Growth—Work with and through other people to present the overall vision and mission for the church, allowing others to develop the details. Develop leaders who can develop other leaders that are qualified and capable of reaching multi-generations. Lead the church in reaching more people with the message of Christ.
- Teaching—Commit to Christian education for the congregation in the form of leadership training, small group studies, and teaching new members the tenants of the Christian faith.
- Administration—Work to develop a unified team spirit among the Ministers, Staff, Elders and Deacons. Participate in Elders' meetings and other ministry meetings deemed necessary. Chair regular staff meetings and lead an annual stewardship emphasis.
- Pastoral—Provide spiritual leadership for the other Ministers and Staff and the congregation. Participate in evangelistic, membership, and convalescent visitation, tending to the needs of the flock as God has given him the ability.
Additional Ministry Responsibilities
- Coordinate guest speakers with Elders and Staff, including missionaries and evangelists.
- Provide a monthly column for the church newsletter, social media and website.
- Coordinate church activities calendar with the staff.
- Conduct weddings, funerals, and special services as requested and available.
- Participate in community service activities, i.e. hospital chaplaincy, ministerial association, etc. as available in accordance with the mission statement of First Christian Church.
- Participate in regional Christian Church activities such as conferences and camps as necessary.
- Shall be committed to the Holy Scriptures as the inspired and authoritative Word of God.
- Shall be committed to the concept of New Testament Christianity and the plea of the Restoration Movement.
- Shall live an exemplary life under the authority of Jesus Christ.
- Shall have, as a minimum, a Bachelor's degree from an Independent Christian Church Bible College.
- The First Christian Church Lead Minister shall be accountable to the Elders. The Elders will conduct an annual performance review prior to the Annual Budget Meeting in the fall.
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Call it the Curse of Schottenheimer
By Billy Witz
Way back when on Sunday, just as the Colts were preparing to spiral down that old familiar Foxboro rabbit hole, coach Tony Dungy made a decision.
Here it was, early in the second half, and the Colts had been outplayed decisively and already wore their not-this-again looks.
Yet as unfortunately as events had unfolded, they still had plenty of good fortune. Thanks to Patriots tackle Matt Light jumping offside, which cost his team a touchdown, and safety Eugene Wilson dropping a sure interception in the end zone just before halftime, the Colts trailed just 6-3.
And here they were, after Peyton Manning completed a third-down pass to Brandon Stokley, sitting at fourth-and-a-short-1 at the Patriots' 49-yard line with 9:54 left in the third quarter.
It was their first opportunity to seize momentum, if not control, from New England, and give themselves and everyone else in the stadium an idea that this time might be different.
Even Manning, who was slump-shouldered most of the day, perked up. As he eyeballed the short yard the Colts had to make, he motioned to the sideline that he wanted to stay on the field.
True, if the Colts go for it and don't make it, the Patriots have just half the field to cover. On the flip side, if the Colts convert, they have an opportunity not only to tie the score or take the lead, but to change the tenor of the game.
What Dungy's decision boiled down to was this: Do you trust the most prolific offense in the NFL to gain 1 yard on one play, or do you believe your defense, which was 29th in the league in yards allowed, can keep New England pinned in its own end?
In other words, where do you place your faith?
It's the same question that Jets coach Herman Edwards faced Saturday after kicker Doug Brien missed by inches a 47-yard field goal that would have sent New York to the AFC title game.
The Jets, by their own good fortune, had another crack with a first down at the Pittsburgh 25 and 56 seconds left. They ran Curtis Martin over left guard for no gain, LaMont Jordan over left guard for 2 yards, then had Chad Pennington kneel down to run off a few seconds for a loss of 1.
This left Brien with a 43-yard field goal.
Or precisely 3 yards more than Nate Kaeding was left the week before, when Chargers coach Marty Schottenheimer ran LaDainian Tomlinson into the line three times for no gain.
The result for Brien was the same as it was for Kaeding, which was the same as it was for the Colts, who punted and then watched New England drive 87 yards on 14 plays in eight-plus minutes for a touchdown.
They all kissed their seasons goodbye.
These decisions were made nine days apart, in three different cities, by three different coaches -- and the lipstick marks are all the same.
Call it the Spawn of Schottenheimer.
Schottenheimer may be the reigning NFL Coach of the Year, and he has won more games than any other active coach, yet when the playoffs roll around, any instinct to go for the jugular or simply give his players the freedom to make plays is suppressed with Dr. Strangelove-like resolve.
Perhaps it dates to 1980, when Schottenheimer, then an assistant with the Browns, watched as Cleveland quarterback Brian Sipe, his team well in field-goal range in the final seconds, threw an interception in the end zone to Oakland's Mike Davis, sealing a 14-12 playoff loss.
It was the first playoff game of Schottenheimer's 28-year NFL coaching career, and whether it scarred him or simply served as a harbinger of other painful playoff losses, this much seems clear: It's contagious.
It's no coincidence that Edwards' first six seasons in coaching came under Schottenheimer in Kansas City. Or that Dungy spent three years on that same staff. Or that Jets offensive coordinator Paul Hackett coached under Schottenheimer with the Chiefs and with him in Cleveland.
What is telling is that when in came down to it, Schottenheimer and Dungy -- who had two of the three highest scoring offenses in the league -- couldn't betray their nature as defensive coaches and let their playmakers make a play.
Neither could Edwards, despite the fact that Pennington has never thrown an interception in the red zone his entire career .
All three coaches have proven themselves consistent winners because their teams play hard, are fundamentally sound and rarely beat themselves. If you do these things consistently, playing it safe is a fine strategy over the long haul.
It's also hard to get to a Super Bowl that way, let alone win one. When there's so little separating the best teams -- and there's never been less in the NFL -- the ones who win playoff games can't be the ones who are afraid to lose them. And don't think players don't feed off that vibe.
This may not be good news in Pittsburgh, where under Bill Cowher the Steelers have played host to the AFC Championship Game four times and won just once.
Whether he was scarred, or whether it was simply a harbinger, it may be worth noting that 19 years ago, Cowher got his first job in coaching. Under a young, hard-nosed, defense-first coach. In Cleveland. A fellow named Schottenheimer.
Billy Witz covers the NFL for the Daily News. He can be reached at (818) 713-3621 or email@example.com


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Proton Beam Radiation Therapy for Intraocular and Periocular Retinoblastoma
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|Radiation: Proton Beam Radiation Therapy Procedure: Ophthalmic EUA
|Phase 2
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment
Masking: None (Open Label)
Primary Purpose: Treatment
|Official Title:
|A Phase II Trial of Proton Beam Radiation Therapy for Intra- and Periocular Retinoblastoma
- Rate of Local Control in the Globe at 12 Months [ Time Frame: 12 months ]Where proton beam radiation therapy used as an alternative to external photon beam irradiation in children with retinoblastoma as a means of local tumor control and ocular retention, local tumor control measured for participants with a globe as tumor regression with ocular retention, and for post enucleation measured as lack of orbital tumor recurrence.
|Study Start Date:
|January 2007
|Study Completion Date:
|February 2014
|Primary Completion Date:
|February 2014 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Assigned Interventions
Experimental: Proton Beam Radiation Therapy
Radiation given daily for 5 days in a row each week (except for Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays). The whole treatment will take about 4-6 weeks. Ophthalmic examination under anesthesia including dilated eye exam, ocular fundus photography (Ret-Cam), ocular echography and neuro-radiologic assessment (as deemed necessary)
Radiation: Proton Beam Radiation Therapy
Radiation given daily for 5 days in a row each week (except for Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays). The whole treatment will take about 4-6 weeks.Procedure: Ophthalmic EUA
Ophthalmic examination under anesthesia including dilated eye exam, ocular fundus photography (Ret-Cam), ocular echography and neuro-radiologic assessment (as deemed necessary)
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External photon beam radiation therapy (which is current standard of care) has been used in the treatment of retinoblastoma. It is a form of radiation therapy in which the radiation is delivered by a machine pointed at the area to be radiated.
Proton beam radiation therapy is a form of external photon beam radiation therapy, but it may be more effective because its adjusted dosing delivers less radiation to surrounding areas of the tumor, which helps preserve other tissues and cause fewer side effects.
Before you can start treatment on this study, you will have what are called "screening tests." These tests will help the doctor decide if you are eligible to take part in this study. Your eye doctor will perform an assessment of your eye, including an exam while you are under anesthesia. This exam will include a dilated eye exam, photography of your affected eye (by a Ret-Cam), ultrasound of your affected eye, and imaging scans, such as computed tomography (CT) or magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), if the doctor thinks it is necessary. The assessments will be done to check and confirm the status of the disease.
After diagnosis of retinoblastoma, the study doctor will first see if external photon beam radiation therapy is a reasonable treatment option for you. If external photon beam radiotherapy is deemed appropriate for you, you will be eligible to receive proton beam radiation therapy in this study.
If you are found to be eligible to take part in this study, you will be treated with proton beam radiation therapy. Treatment will begin within 1 week of referral to the M. D. Anderson Proton Center. It will be given daily for 5 days in a row each week (except for Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays). The whole treatment will take about 4-6 weeks.
Within 2-4 weeks after completion of therapy, you will have an eye exam performed under anesthesia (like the one during screening). You will have repeated eye exams under anesthesia, depending on the appearance and response of the tumor to therapy. This will occur about every 1-4 months.
You will continue to have these eye exams until the tumors are considered to be stable or unless your disease gets worse.
If the disease gets worse or you experience any intolerable side effects, you may be taken off treatment.
You will be required to have lifelong eye and medical assessments to continue to monitor you for disease. If no disease is found 5 years after completion of proton beam radiation therapy, you will be considered free of disease. You will then have annual (yearly) eye and pediatric assessment through adulthood.
This is an investigational study. Up to 20 patients will take part in this study. All will be enrolled at M.D. Anderson.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|Child, Adult, Senior
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- Active or recurrent retinoblastoma patient eligible for treatment of external beam radiation therapy.
- A parent or guardian who can provide informed consent to a minor or child participant.
- No concurrent infection.
- No contraindication for repeated general anesthesia/sedation.
Exclusion Criteria:
- Inability to return for multiple examinations under anesthesia.
- Medical contraindication for exams under anesthesia/sedation.
- Unreliable follow-up.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00432445
|United States, Texas
|UT MD Anderson Cancer Center
|Houston, Texas, United States, 77030
|Principal Investigator:
|Dan Gombos, MD
|M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
Additional Information:
|Responsible Party:
|M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT00432445 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
NCI-2012-01427 ( Registry Identifier: NCI CTRP )
|Study First Received:
|February 5, 2007
|Results First Received:
|February 12, 2015
|Last Updated:
|February 12, 2015
Keywords provided by M.D. Anderson Cancer Center:
Children with retinoblastoma
Bilateral retinoblastoma
Unilateral retinoblastoma
Proton Beam Radiation Therapy
Radiation Therapy
Tumor of the Eye
Ophthalmic EUA
Examination under anesthesia
Extraocular disease
Intraocular procedure
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Neoplasms, Neuroepithelial
Neuroectodermal Tumors
Neoplasms, Germ Cell and Embryonal
Neoplasms by Histologic Type
Neoplasms, Glandular and Epithelial
Neoplasms, Nerve Tissue
Retinal Neoplasms
Eye Neoplasms
Neoplasms by Site
Eye Diseases
Retinal Diseases
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As 5772 comes to an end and we get set to ring in the Jewish New Year, Hillel of Greater Toronto has many reasons to celebrate the past year and has much to look forward to in the days ahead.
At the annual Hillel Institute conference, held in St. Louis last month, Hillel of Greater Toronto was awarded the Indispensable Member of the University Community Award.
The award recognizes Hillels that demonstrate excellence in promoting the organization's strategic plan to encourage Jewish students to become involved in Jewish community activities.
Hillel of Greater Toronto, which represents about 8,000 Jewish post-secondary students in the Toronto area, was likely singled out in part for its success in implementing Hillel's Ask Big Questions initiative.
Hillel of Greater Toronto's associate executive director Rabbi Aaron Katchen explained that the University of Toronto was one of 13 campuses in North America chosen by Hillel International to launch the pilot program partly funded by the Einhorn Family Charitable Trust.
"It's coming from a program developed at Northwestern University Hillel and the then-campus Rabbi [Josh] Feigelson. He brought the program to Hillel International and we tweaked it," Rabbi Katchen said.
He said the idea behind the program is to "use the power of the question to build community and move away from the hard questions that are divisive in nature," such as questions surrounding the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
Big questions are those that matter to everyone, regardless of their religion, culture, race, gender or political beliefs.
"A big question invites people in. It brings together people who can be on opposite sides of a dispute and make them able to see their similarities and build trust," Rabbi Katchen said.
"A question could be, 'Where do you feel at home? When do you feel secure? What are you thankful for?'… It's not about what the right answer is, it's about, 'What is your answer?'"
The hope, he added, is that if a hard question that has the potential to polarize students does come up, students will be better equipped to have respectful dialogue.
Rabbi Katchen said each Hillel was encouraged to adapt the program to fit the "personality, demographic and makeup" of the campus.
When the program began last year, each of U of T's four Hillel interns were required to reach out to a minimum of 30 students and engage them in big question conversations.
Rabbi Katchen explained that after the interns had one-on-one conversations with the 30 students, they'd have to organize monthly conversations for a group of five to 10 of those students.
For the staff at Hillel of Greater Toronto, one of the goals was to turn the initiative into a campus-wide conversation.
Apparently, U of T administrators took notice.
Hillel extended its reach to partner with a number of organizations on campus, including U of T's student activity centre (Hart House), the Multifaith Centre and the Ecumenical Chaplaincy.
He said that since he started promoting the Ask Big Questions program beyond Hillel, other campus organizations have begun to evaluate ways to incorporate the program's philosophy into other areas of university life.
"They've been using us as a resource to elevate their own work. There are different groups that we are a part of now that are looking at campus-wide questions," Rabbi Katchen said.
"We're being seen as experts on this and we're there to provide training and resources, and people can run with it and incorporate the philosophy wherever they are on campus."
He added that Hillel is invested in building relationships with everyone at the university.
"We're looking at developing relationships and having ongoing conversations with the different levels of the university so we're not just seen as reactive, but that we're a partner with the university and not just an island where Jewish students are off in the corner," he said.
"We want to make sure to incorporate the Jewish voice into all levels of the university."


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2011 Fair Trade Almanac Released
Fair Trade USA's 2011 Almanac Highlights Reveals Tremendous Growth in Fair Trade Imports and Community Investments
Fair Trade USA is proud to announce the release of our 2011 Fair Trade Almanac. Each year, Fair Trade USA's certification department collects data from both our business partners and producer organizations, and complies it all into one easily-digestible report that serves as a key indicator for the health and growth of Fair Trade in the United States.
The 2011 edition showcases monumental growth in Fair Trade Certified™ imports, record-breaking community development premiums, and Fair Trade USA's reinvigorated efforts to strengthen producer organizations through a variety of new cooperative development programs. This parallels significant increase in consumer awareness, which has quadrupled in the past 5 years.
Continuous Growth in Fair Trade Certified Imports
Thanks to conscious consumers across the United States, and our more than 800 committed industry partners, Fair Trade Certified products are now available in virtually every major supermarket in America as well as thousands of restaurants, cafeterias and cafes. In fact, in 2011 the vast majority of food categories showed impressive growth, including: Coffee (32%), Cocoa (156%), Tea (22%), and Sugar (31%).
Here are some exciting highlights from our 2011 Almanac:
In 2011, Fair Trade USA certified a record 138 million pounds of Fair Trade Coffee from 22 different countries around the world, 52 percent of which were also certified organic. In total, coffee imports were up 32% versus 2010, resulting in almost $17 million in Fair Trade coffee premiums paid to producer organizations, a new record for Fair Trade premium returns in one year. The money generated by the surge in consumer demand for ethically and sustainably sourced products is invested into farming businesses to build infrastructure and capacity, as well as into farming communities for schools, roads, health care and other development efforts.
2011 showcased growth across nearly every country. Notably, 2011 marked the first time that Fair Trade Certified™ bell peppers, cucumbers and bananas from Mexico were imported into the United States. One of the most outstanding trends within the produce category during 2011 was continued growth of organic imports, up 64% over 2010.
Community Development Premiums
As you continued to vote with your dollars in 2011, choosing products produced in ways that improve lives and protect the environment, more farmers and workers around the world were positively impacted. We're thrilled to announce that for the first time ever, annual community development premiums topped the $20MM mark; at $22MM they were up over 50% versus 2010. This means that since 1998, Fair Trade USA and its partners have enabled Fair Trade farmers to earn more than $77 million in community development premiums, which have been used for community-elected development projects, covering areas like education, healthcare, environment, business management, quality improvement and productivity.
Co-op Link
In addition to what farmers earned in both sales and community-development premiums, since 2006 Fair Trade USA and its partners have invested over $7.4 million in programs to strengthen small-scale farming communities in projects spanning sugar, cocoa, produce, tea and coffee. Building on this deep history of development work, in 2011 we took an invigorated new approach, called Co-op Link. We surveyed farmers to better understand their most pressing needs, raised $5 million in 2011 alone for programs to address these needs, and worked with NGO's and local service providers to execute programs.
Every Purchase Matters
As these numbers reveal, Fair Trade certification helps farmers, industry partners and consumers like you make every purchase matter, contributing to the long-term sustainability of farming communities around the world. In just 13 years, we've established the Fair Trade Certified label as the leading mark of sustainability and responsible sourcing. Today, it assures consumers that the quality products they purchase are improving lives and protecting the environment.


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Brewers being cautious with Gennett's tight quad
MILWAUKEE -- The Brewers are content to take a cautious approach with second baseman Scooter Gennett, who has been out since leaving Tuesday's game with a tight right quad muscle.
Gennett, whose .305 average leads National League second baseman, may be available for some duty Saturday, but manager Ron Roenicke said he hopes to have him back in the lineup on Sunday.
"I think that's what the plan is," Roenicke said before Friday night's game against the Mets. "He's going to go through everything today, make sure all phases are good. And, if he comes out of that, they'll let me know for the game today. He'll be available hopefully tomorrow again and see if we can get him back in there on the day after and see what happens."
Veteran Rickie Weeks, the other half of the second-base platoon who usually starts against left-handed pitching, was in the starting lineup Friday for the third straight game in Gennett's absence.
The left-handed-hitting Gennett probably would not have been in the starting lineup anyway on Saturday against left-hander Jon Niese. Weeks, hitting .259 overall, is batting .242 against left-handers, compared with just .118 for Gennett.
Gennett, hitting .338 over his last 46 games, agreed with the cautious approach, although it's against his nature.
"Normally, I'm not one to come out of the game," said Gennett. "But, you know yourself and your limits and if I kept pushing it the way I was, it probably wouldn't have ended up good. So, it's more to prevent something worse from happening."
Jim Hoehn is a contributor to MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Mortgage Rates Set Fresh 2011 Low After Jobs Report
Fixed rate home mortgage loans dropped for the eighth straight week to a new low for 2011 amid concerns of another economic slowdown this year, according to data from Freddie Mac and a report by The Wall Street Journal.
The 30-year fixed-rate mortgage averaged 4.49%, down from 4.55% last week and 2010's 4.72% average. Rates on 15-year fixed-rate mortgages fell from 3.74% to 3.68%. 15-year fixed-rate mortgages averaged 4.17% in 2010.
Lawyers Get More Time to Finish Foreclosures
Florida foreclosure defense is translating into more time for plantiff bank attorneys to complete a foreclosure, according to an article in the Palm Beach Post.
Due to the reality of Florida's overloaded court system and swirling questions surrounding the validity of foreclosure paperwork, Fannie Mae is now allowing bank attorneys up to 450 days (about 15 months) for lawyers to complete a foreclosure before fines are levied. The previous time limit was 185 days, or about six months.
The increased time needed to complete a foreclosure legally and correctly against a homeowner is due in large part to Florida foreclosure defense attorneys working to protect the rights of South Florida homeowners, according to Roy Oppenheim.
Obama Blames Wells Fargo, Bank of America, Chase for Modification Failures
The three largest U.S. mortgage lenders are getting some heat from the Obama administration for the failures of the federal foreclosure-prevention program, according to The Associated Press.
The lackluster performance of Wells Fargo, Bank of America and Chase with helping homeowners lower their mortgage payments has led the Obama administration to remove financial incentives it had given these lenders.
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(1) The term "multifamily housing" means housing accommodations on the mortgaged property that are designed principally for residential use, conform to standards satisfactory to the Secretary, and consist of not less than 5 rental units on 1 site. These units may be detached, semidetached, row house, or multifamily structures.
(2) The term "qualified housing finance agency" means any State or local housing finance agency that—
(A) carries the designation of "top tier" or its equivalent, as evaluated by Standard and Poors or any other nationally recognized rating agency;
(B) receives a rating of "A" for its general obligation bonds from a nationally recognized rating agency; or
(C) otherwise demonstrates its capacity as a sound and experienced agency based on, but not limited to, its experience in financing multifamily housing, fund balances, administrative capabilities, investment policy, internal controls and financial management, portfolio quality, and State or local support.
(3) The term "reinsurance agreement" means a contractual obligation under which the Secretary, in exchange for appropriate compensation, agrees to assume a specified portion of the risk of loss that a lender or other party has previously assumed with respect to a mortgage on a multifamily housing property.
(5) The term "qualified participating entity" means an entity approved by the Secretary for participation in the pilot program under this subsection, which may include—
Source(Pub. L. 102–550, title V, § 544,Oct. 28, 1992, 106 Stat. 3801; Pub. L. 103–233, title III, § 307(c),Apr. 11, 1994, 108 Stat. 378.)
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New Media Series — Teresa Hubbard/Alexander Birchler: Single Wide
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Teresa Hubbard and Alexander Birchler's film
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Shot in 2002,
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premiered in the United States in 2004 at the Whitney Museum of American Art at Altria, and will be presented at the Saint Louis Art Museum for the first time as a fully remastered, high-definition video installation.
Curated by Tricia Y. Paik,
Teresa Hubbard/Alexander Birchler: Single Wide
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ZEISS already have one prime lens in Sony's NEX line-up, albeit made under license for them, but at Photokina in September, the optics firm announced its intention to produce AF lenses in both Sony NEX and Fuji X mounts. The first of these lenses in the series, dubbed Touit by the maker, are an ultra-wide Distagon 2.8/12 (18mm equivalent) and a standard-type Planar 1.8/32 (50mm equivalent). Read on to see how well these two new lenses perform on the Sony NEX-7.


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Experts helping decide punishment of 2 NJ terror plotters
By PETER J. SAMPSON | The Record (Hackensack, N.J.) | Published: January 23, 2013
HACKENSACK, N.J. — Two ex-CIA officers, a retired brigadier general and a Muslim cleric are part of a team of defense experts who could help a federal judge decide the punishment for a pair of North Jersey men convicted of conspiring to join a terrorist group to commit murder and mayhem overseas.
The list of advisers includes psychiatrists and psychologists, among them a consultant on the government's side who figured prominently in the cases of a would-be presidential assassin and the only person tried and convicted in a U.S. court on charges of involvement in the Sept. 11 attacks.
The dueling experts could influence how long Mohamed Mahmood Alessa of North Bergen and Carlos Eduardo Almonte of Elmwood Park, N.J., will spend in prison. Alessa, 23, and Almonte, 26, each face up to life after pleading guilty in March 2011 to conspiring to murder non-Muslims outside the United States. They were arrested by the FBI at John F. Kennedy International Airport in June 2010, as they attempted to board separate flights to Egypt.
In what has become a slow, methodical process for a hearing that's still nearly three months down the line, the advisers have completed their evaluations and are assisting the lawyers in refining their arguments. They will square off during what could be a weeklong hearing in Newark that will mark the first time in New Jersey that a panel of specialists has been assembled to try to get inside the heads of a pair of homegrown terrorists.
The hearing, which was to get under way in early February, is now set to begin April 15. U.S. District Judge Dickinson R. Debevoise recently granted a defense request for more time to submit forensic reports and legal memos — due in part to damage related to superstorm Sandy.
Although federal sentencing guidelines prescribe a term of 30 years to life, under their plea deals the government agreed not to seek a sentence of more than 30 years, and defense lawyers agreed not to argue for less than 15.
The judge, however, is not bound by the plea agreement and can impose any sentence he deems appropriate. As is customary in such proceedings, neither side would preview their positions or discuss the case in advance of the hearing.
The defendants' youth, cultural identity issues, history of bad behavior, mental health and vulnerability "to either a sophisticated law enforcement agent or the influence of a powerful cleric" are among the factors likely to play key roles in the sentencing, said lawyers who have been involved in terrorism cases.
Given their clients' acknowledgement of guilt, the defense will raise various mitigating factors to try to convince the judge they are not "hard-core terrorists" who should be locked away for life, said Rocco C. Cipparone Jr., one of the defense lawyers in the case of five men convicted in 2007 of plotting to attack the Fort Dix Army base.
"Maybe there are things in their upbringing or their background that psychologically made them weak and vulnerable at a particular time, or explain why they developed this state of mind," Cipparone said.
"If you are a hard-core terrorist, the courts and the Congress — in terms of the sentencing guidelines — look at you as if you are essentially hopeless in terms of … rehabilitation," he said. "Or, put more directly, once a terrorist, always a terrorist. You're always going to be a recidivist because it's ideologically based. And that may be one of the things the defense will try to counter."
Still, the prosecution can be expected to press for a stiff sentence, said Andrew C. McCarthy, a former federal prosecutor who won the convictions of Sheik Omar Abdel-Rahman and 11 others for the 1993 World Trade Center bombing and for planning a series of attacks against New York City landmarks.
"There's no more important offense that we prosecute than terrorism," he said, "and if you're not going to give terrorists the top of the [penalty] range, who should get the top of the range?"
"If I were the government, I'd be arguing, look, under the guidelines these guys should be getting life. We've already given them a bargain by topping them out at 30 years. The thought that they should now be sliced down to 15 should be something that isn't even considered," he said.
Advising prosecutors as they prepare for the sentencing are Barry A. Katz, a Livingston psychologist, and Raymond F. Patterson, a Washington-based psychiatrist.
Patterson has testified as a government witness in its efforts to block the release from a mental hospital of John W. Hinckley, who was found not guilty by reason of insanity in the 1981 shooting of President Ronald Reagan and three others. He also evaluated Zacarias Moussaoui, the so-called 20th terrorist, who was arrested less than a month before the Sept. 11, 2001, attack and later pleaded guilty for his role in the plot.
Alessa — an American citizen of Palestinian descent who was born in Jersey City — and Almonte — a naturalized U.S. citizen from the Dominican Republic who converted to Islam — have admitted that when they were arrested, they had intended to travel to Somalia. There, they said, they would fight with Al Shabaab, an armed insurgent group affiliated with al-Qaida that has recruited more than 20 Americans in recent years.
During the investigation, the two men were secretly recorded by an undercover officer talking about beheading Americans and sending them home in body bags. Alessa said he would start killing non-believers of Islam at home if he were unable to do so abroad.
Their arrests focused a spotlight on the problem of homegrown terrorism just a month after a failed car-bombing attempt in Times Square and seven months after a shooting at Fort Hood, Texas, in which 13 people were killed and 29 wounded.
"I'll do twice what he did," Alessa boasted, referring to the carnage left by Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, an American-born Muslim of Palestinian descent and an Army psychiatrist who has been charged with gunning down soldiers and civilians at Fort Hood in November 2009.
"My soul cannot rest until I shed blood," Alessa said, according to government transcripts. "I wanna, like, be the world's known terrorist."
It will be the job of the defense experts to put such remarks into context and help the judge determine how much weight to give them.
But McCarthy, the former federal prosecutor, said he would expect the government to make the most of the defendants' recorded statements to show their motives and to counter any claims that they were led astray by the undercover officer.
"Usually the recordings, and this is the reason people plead guilty in the first place, will undermine any claim that the guy was so powerfully influenced it was almost as if he was out of his own body and not in control of what he was doing," McCarthy said.
The defense consultants are certain to focus on the defendants' troubled youth. As a child, Alessa suffered bouts of anger that led to visits to psychologists and psychiatrists as he bounced from school to school, his family has said. In his teens, Almonte was arrested for fighting, drinking and bringing a knife to school, the Elmwood Park police have said.
Two of the defense experts cited in court records, Robert Baer and Marc Sageman, are former CIA case officers who served in the Middle East and know the world of terrorism very well.
Baer, a 21-year CIA veteran, is the author of "See No Evil: The True Story of a Ground Soldier in the CIA's War on Terrorism," the book that inspired the movie "Syriana."
Sageman, a psychiatrist, sociologist and counterterrorism consultant, has been described in The New York Times as one of America's leading theorists on terrorism and how to fight it. His books, "Understanding Terror Networks" and "Leaderless Jihad," are based on his study of the lives of about 400 terrorists.
If the defense decides to call them as witnesses, they could illuminate what it means to be a real terrorist, said Karen J. Greenberg, director of the Center on National Security at Fordham University's School of Law. Sageman is one of the most respected authorities on radicalization, she said.
"Whether he's focusing on the cell or the individual who joins the cell, he's followed the evolution of al-Qaida from the beginning, before [Osama] bin Laden built his network," she said.
Baer and Sageman know what "the drive to be connected with al-Qaida looks like and … how terrorist networks function, and what it takes to become involved, trained," she said. She added that the case "very likely may be very far from what it would mean to be a committed jihadi warrior."
Defense attorneys also have tapped Yasir Qadhi, an American Muslim cleric, to shed light on the pressures exerted on young Muslim men and the ways in which they are targeted with jihadist propaganda.
According to the FBI, Alessa and Almonte consumed a steady diet of radical teachings ranging from the importance of waging violent jihad to the use of suicide vests. Their computers and cellphones were found to contain documents written by bin Laden and his successor as the leader |of al-Qaida, Ayman al-Zawahiri; and video and audio recordings by Anwar al-Awlaki, the American-born Muslim cleric killed in Yemen in 2011by a drone-fired missile.
Awlaki's radical online lectures have been cited as a motivator in terrorist cases in the United States, England and Canada. Hasan, |the defendant in the Fort Hood shooting, had exchanged emails with Awlaki before the deadly rampage. Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab met with the cleric before Abdulmutallab tried to blow up a Detroit-bound airplane with a bomb hidden in his underwear on Christmas Day 2009. Faisal Shahzad, the Times Square would-be bomber, cited Awlaki as an inspiration.
Another defense witness, Stephen N. Xenakis, a psychiatrist and retired brigadier general who served 28 years with the Army medical corps, is regarded as an authority who can help the court distinguish between a committed terrorist and someone who is perhaps a wannabe.
Xenakis spent hundreds of hours at the U.S. detention camp at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, evaluating detainees and assisting their attorneys.


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Thursday, December 24, 2009
26 weeks and meet my little sister
I get the following question about 37 times a day: "How are you feeling?" And I always say GREAT! Because its true. Not just fine, or ok, or hanging in there... but I do feel great! At 26 weeks I've got very little to complain about. I really just feel like my normal self, but just a bit larger with someone kicking me from the inside. As I approach the 3rd trimester I know things could change, so I'm savoring my health right now. I'm hoping the severe fatigue from 1st trimester doesn't revisit... as that was just hard for me to handle, and my sewing machine became lonely from my lack of use. Six months down, three to go! And as you can see, Hazel found a way into this photo. She apparently likes to sit on the plant ledge and pose like a professional. Although I think she looks like a stuffed animal.
I think I'll get yelled at for using this photo, but I don't care. Meet Carla, my younger sister. I also have an older sister, Carrie but she lives in Florida and cannot come home for Christmas. Anyhow, Carla is 2 years younger than me, and lives about 2 hours south of us, in Northern Kentucky. Really just a few streets from the Ohio river. She's VERY excited to be an Aunt and talks directly to my belly, and calls baby "Hank." Cute, eh? Carla is in town for a few days so we hung out today and make cookies and goofed around.
Its almost Christmas so I should get to bed! Santa will be making a stop at our house, I hope!
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- corinnea said...
You look marvelous! Your dog just cracks me up.
Have loads of fun with your sis and Merry Christmas!
- BUMBLE BEANS said...
Merry Christmas!!!
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I work at a medium sized firm in the US (a few hundred employees). I feel it is "right livelihood" and feel good about what I do for a living. There are a few really good people there. But I would say that a high percentage of the people there are one or more of the following: crazy lazy stupid selfish or backstabber.
There is plenty of politics, brown nosing, crazy decisions, waste, inefficiency, lack of teamwork and all the other negative things that occur in the work world.
Meetings have a tendency to spin off into group insanity.
There is both sexual harassment and women using their looks and lets say their "services" to get promoted.
Almost all of the employees claim they are Christian and occasionally try to convert me. I have been told more than once that I am going to hell for not converting. The Christian owner sometimes has group prayers at meetings, has a few Jesus pictures on the walls and believes Jesus takes care of the company. The business has no business tie to any religion (i.e. its not a Christian Hospital or anything like that).
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Thirty "Coachella-type" rock bands on three stages over two days in late August at the Monterey County Fairgrounds, that's the enticing recipe for the inaugural First City Festival.
The lineup for the Aug. 24-25 festival features Coachella-friendly acts such as Modest Mouse, Passion Pit, MGMT, Neko Case and Beach House as well as lesser-known indie groups such as Toro y Moi, Devendra Banhart, Washed Out, Okkervil River, Deerhunter, Purity Ring, Dr. Dog and The Hold Steady.
Coachella, officially the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, is the massive music festival in Indio that drew more than 220,000 music fans over two weekends earlier this year.
Produced by the Bay Area's Goldenvoice (a subsidiary of giant concert promoters AEG Live), which also has a hand in Coachella, the festival was "named after Monterey's claim as the official 'first capital' of California" and "promises a sophisticated musical line-up of 30-plus bands in a relaxed and beautiful coastal setting," according to a Goldenvoice spokesperson.
Tickets for the all-ages festival, which is slated to go from 1-11 p.m. each day, go on sale at 10 a.m. Friday, May 31 at www.FirstCityFestival.com. According to Goldenvoice, two-day general admission is $149.50 with two-day VIP passes at $279.50, with a "layaway" option also available.
There will be three stages plus a "vaudeville variety stage." A full carnival with rides and games will also be available at a separate price. In addition, there will be local craft beers as well as wine and food vendors.
All this unfolds at the sprawling, tree-lined lawns at the Monterey County Fairgrounds, the site of the seminal 1967 Monterey International Pop Festival, which introduced many rock fans to iconic artists such as Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix, The Who, Otis Redding and Ravi Shankar.
Some media posts have touted First City Festival as the biggest thing since Monterey Pop, but last year's Mumford & Sons: Gentlemen of the Road all-day concert was more significant in that it proved a large-scale festival of rock music could be done at the fairgrounds, attract a young rock audience and be an artistic as well as commercial success.
The Mumford & Sons shows (there were two stages and seven other bands that played) opened the eyes of concert promoters and set the stage for more large-scale festivals to be presented there.
With the demise of the Monterey Bay Blues Festival (which filed for bankruptcy last year), there are already a handful of new festivals stepping up to take its place, including this weekend's reggae rock-heavy California Roots Festival (which is almost sold out), June's inaugural two-day Monterey Americana Festival and now the First City Festival, which is being presented by the same promoters, Goldenvoice, that mounted the Mumford & Sons shows.
Many of the bands at First City, especially headliners such as Modest Mouse, MGMT and Passion Pit, fall under the category "electro-pop" or "psychedelic pop," as well as "dream pop" (Beach House) and "chillwave" (Toro y Moi, Washed Out). But other acts include retro soul singer Eli "Paperboy" Reed, "freak folk" favorite Devendra Banhart, the country-soul of Lucero, the "country noir" stylings of Neko Case and the classic rock-leaning The Hold Steady.
The full lineup, in alphabetical order, is as follows: Akron/Family, The Antlers, Avey Tare's Slasher Flicks, Beach House, The Black Angels, Bleached, Blitzen Trapper, Capital Cities, Civil Twilight, Deerhunter, Delta Rae, Delta Spirit, Devendra Banhart, The Dodos, Dr. Dog, Electric Guest, Eli "Paperboy" Reed, Father John Misty, Generationals, Guards, Guy Blakeslee (Entrance), The Hold Steady, Jeffertitti's Nile, Light Fantastic, Lucero, MGMT, Modest Mouse, Neko Case, Okkervil River, Passion Pit, Purity Ring, Quadron, Seventeen Evergreen, Tennis, Toro y Moi and Washed Out.
While indie rock and Coachella fans are rejoicing, there is a small corner of the Monterey Peninsula that's probably feeling a bit queasy right now. The First City Festival takes place the same weekend as the free community arts/music festival West End Celebration in Sand City.
This is the third straight year that a major music concert at the fairgrounds the same weekend has bumped the West End off the top of the page. Three years ago it was Bob Dylan, last year it was the massive Mumford & Sons' concert, now the two-day First City Festival.
In addition to the website, www.FirstCityFestival.com, the festival has established a presence on social networking sites: Facebook.com/firstcityfestival, Twitter.com/firstcityfest and Instagram.com/firstcityfest.
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WANDERERS Under-18s coach David Lee believes the performance of the club's youngsters this season bodes well for the future.
Lee and fellow ex-Wanderer Tony Kelly have overseen a positive second half of the campaign for the academy teenagers that has seen then beat elite sides like Manchester United (twice), Manchester City and Liverpool.
And while the emphasis is always more on development than the actual results, Lee says it backs up the work they are doing at the Eddie Davies Academy to provide the foundation and nurture talent towards future first-team football.
Last season, the U18s made it all the way to the quarter-finals of the FA Youth Cup with a stunning run that included an incredible 8-4 triumph at Tottenham.
Nine of the group of second years from that squad were handed extended contracts and eight have gone on to figure for the Under-21 development team this campaign.
With a new-look squad for Lee and Kelly, the season began disappointingly with just two points from their first 12 FA Premier League U18s matches.
But since breaking their duck with a 4-1 victory against Wolves just before Christmas, they have turned around their fortunes with 10 wins and just three defeats in the league.
Lee revealed a switch back to familiar training methods helped the mid-season revival. And as discussions begin over who will be kept on for 2014/15, Lee is confident the success can continue at the Lostock base.
He told The Bolton News: "As part of the new EPPP (Elite Player Performance Plan) for academies, we restructured our timetable at the start of the season.
"But we found it wasn't working for us as the results showed.
"We reverted back to how we used to work in training and development and it has helped as the turnaround shows.
"We have had some fantastic results against elite teams and it just proves to us what we are doing is right.
"For the remaining three games this season, from my perspective, I hope to continue to develop the players as individuals and as a group.
"Of course, it is the time of year when we start to discuss players' futures and that process is underway.
"Hopefully, we will see a lot stay on and develop further at the club."
Not only did nine of 10 players at the end of their scholarships get extended deals last summer, many have gone on to be U21s regulars and other academy graduates have pushed on even higher to the first-team ranks.
Nine of the development squad starting XI that beat Arsenal 2-1 at the County Ground in Leyland on Monday had come through the ranks, including matchwinner Andy Kellett.
Kellett and fellow reserve defender Oscar Threlkeld were also on the bench for the first-team against Wigan last weekend. And with forthcoming Financial Fair Play restrictions putting even more emphasis on the development of youth, Lee says it is refreshing to see youngsters breaking through.
He added: "Managers will always have to buy players but if academies can help it will benefit the football club.
"We can only put our opinions forward about who can push on but I think it proves we have made good decisions when eight of the nine kept on last year have been in the development squad.
"Our ratio of players progressing is good and it is pleasing that the hard work from everyone at the academy pays off. We have others who have gone on to train with the first team and it is fantastic for the club and everyone involved and long may it continue."


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ISELIN, N.J. — Domino Sugar has donated $50,000 to the American Red Cross for relief and rebuilding efforts in the Northeast following Hurricane Sandy.
Domino Sugar, which owns a refinery on the Hudson River in New York and whose sales office is headquartered in New Jersey, launched the first phase of its giving program over the Thanksgiving holiday with a donation to the American Red Cross of 30,200 lbs. of assorted Domino Sugar products. The food supplies were shipped from Domino Sugar's Baltimore refinery and distributed to local food drives through the Community Food Bank of New Jersey.
"All of us that live in the storm-impacted areas have dealt with power-related outages, falling trees and in some cases, even surge flooding," said Brian O'Malley, president of Domino Foods. "Fortunately, even though our New York refinery was shut down for almost two weeks, our employees personally were spared the most severe havoc Hurricane Sandy brought to our tri-state community. But, not all in our communities were so fortunate. We witnessed the tremendous response of the American Red Cross, who were among the first on the scene providing assistance to those that lost literally everything. Our $50,000 donation to the Red Cross is another way to assist and thank them for the services they are providing, and also to give back in a meaningful way to our fellow citizens who continue to struggle in the aftermath of the storm."
Given the spirit of these efforts, Domino Sugar has also set up a microsite where its employees and partners can join the company in support of the American Red Cross at https://american.redcross.org/dominofoods-emp.
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ISELIN, N.J. — Domino Sugar has donated $50,000 to the American Red Cross for relief and rebuilding efforts in the Northeast following Hurricane Sandy.


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Have Mental Health Questions? Ask a Psychiatrist Online
This is a very difficult situation, and to be honest, there is no simple solution.
Until someone with a problem accepts that there is a problem, they won't do anything about solving it. That's the first hurdle. The second is convincing them that help is available, and that the should accept it. At least he is open to a degree of help, in that he is prepared to take medication, but from what you describe, a brief spell of hospitalization would help.
Sustained gentle persuasion is at least part of the answer. Just being there to listen, and letting the person know that you are there for them may let them build up enough trust inside themselves to begin to deal with it.
You may not to be able to solve their problem, or for that matter understand how they feel, but just listening and letting them talk can be really helpful.
Getting people to open up can be difficult. It has to be done sensitively so that the person does not feel put down or alienated. A gentle approach like 'It must be difficult feeling as you do. Perhaps we could talk about it? is often the best start.
Choose your time and place carefully if possible so that the person feels as safe and as comfortable as possible.
Try to make sure that the person feels that you are on their side, and try to use 'open questions' – ones that don't allow a simple "Yes" or "No" answer.
Don't try to give them solutions, because as they open up and talk, the person begins to find their own solutions.
Good beginnings are:
Where – 'Where did that happen?'
When – 'When did you find out……?'
What – 'What else was happening?'
How – 'How did you feel?'
Can you tell me…….
How are you feeling? This helps to get past the bare facts of a situation, and lets people begin to look at their inner turmoil.
Don't push hard or try to tell them what they MUST do – give them space and time to talk.
Get a couple of magazine articles about depression, and leave them lying around.
There are some things you can do, and here are some tips:
What you can say that helps:
I'm here for you – you're not alone.
What causes these thoughts and feelings is a real illness, and it can be treated..
You may not believe it now, but someday, this will pass and you'll feel differently.
I care about you and want to help, even if I don't really understand what you are going through right now, how you feel, and what you're thinking
Don't ever give up – just hang on one more minute or hour – whatever you can.
You are important to me. Your life is important to me, and to everybody who knows you
I'd like you to tell me what I can do now to help you.
We can get through this together
Don't say:
Cheer up- it could be worse
Quit worrying about it – you'll be fine
Your just imagining it, it's all in your head.
Everybody feels like this sometimes
Why do you want to die – look at the life you've got.
You'll just have to help yourself
I'd have thought you would be better by now.
Get over it and snap out of it.
Grow up and act like an adult.
What's the matter with you anyway?
You'll also find some helpful information here:
Also the Samaritan's web site in the UK here is a mine of useful information which will help you, as is the National Suicide Prevention line (in the USA), which you will find here.
Ultimately, of course, a person can be hospitalized against their will, but only under the strictest of circumstances. If you think he is at imminent risk, you should consider this.
The laws of committal vary from State to State, but in general there are broad similarities.
Committal is a legal means of providing individuals with emergency services and temporary detention for mental health evaluation and treatment when required. It can be voluntary or involuntary.
A voluntary committal is when a person 18 years of age or older, or a parent or guardian of a person age 17 or under, applies for admission to a facility for observation, diagnosis or treatment freely and of their own accord
An involuntary committal is when a person is taken to a facility for involuntary examination.
This can only be done when :
There is reason to believe that he or she is mentally ill and because of his or her mental illness
The person has refused voluntary examination and
The person is unable to determine for himself or herself whether examination is necessary and without care or treatment, and the person is likely to suffer from neglect or refuse to care for himself or herself and such refusal could pose a threat of harm to his or her well being;
and there is a substantial likelihood that without care or treatment, the person will cause serious bodily harm to himself, herself or others in the near future as evidenced by recent behavior.
A person may not be detained for more than 72 hours.
A law enforcement officer may take an individual to a facility for evaluation if he has reason to believe that the individual's behavior meets the statutory guidelines for involuntary examination.
If a person is willing to swear in a Petition for Involuntary Examination that he has personally witnessed an individual causing harm to themselves or others, an "ExParte" for an Involuntary Examination can be made.
A person may not be detained for more than 72 hours on primary committal.
These are general guidelines, and you should get legal advice as to what specifically applies in your State.
Best wishes, NormanM


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The hotel is located in the most exclusive residential area of Sitges, in the heart of the Mediterranean, just 15 minutes from the airport and 25 from downtown Barcelona.
It consists of 6 buildings surrounded by gardens with 110 rooms. It has two outdoor pools, solarium, jacuzzi and a thalassotherapy center. The restaurant overlooks the pool, buffet breakfast and Mediterranean specialties.
The rooms have satellite TV, safe, mini bar and private bathroom. Free WI-FI service.
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LA VERNE – The La Verne Heritage Foundation is presenting its 13th annual "Spring Orange Squeeze" at Heritage Park, giving tours on weekday mornings to school students and local groups.
The program, from March 5 to 15, demonstrates what life was like during the orange picking time in the late 1800s.
The tour at the Weber Ranch will feature a tractor ride through the orange grove, a demonstration of how the oranges were picked, the purpose of a smudge pot, the importance of a windmill, a small craft and the children will be able to squeeze an orange and taste the fresh juice.
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The world yearns to know everything about the sibling rivalry masked as Super Bowl XLVII, every riveting childhood wrestling match and dinner-table debate.
Harbaugh vs. Harbaugh is the inescapable story, the big headline with the minor note that the 49ers are playing the Ravens in a football game, too.
Except ... if 49ers coach Jim Harbaugh and big brother Baltimore coach John Harbaugh have little intention of playing along, what happens then?
Well, other than me applauding their dual decision to avoid the obvious, overwrought and plowed ground, maybe there are a few other issues to examine beyond brotherly bonds.
Most especially, the Harbaughs suggest, the focus should be on the players who will be doing the tackling and running Feb. 3 in the Superdome.
But actually, the Harbaugh reluctance to milk this story in the face of massive interest is an intriguing NFL character study, too.
I believe this is true with the Ravens, and I know it's true with the 49ers: The players love the coach who consistently puts the spotlight on them.
It defines this dynamic era of the 49ers, really.
Jim Harbaugh obviously gets a ton of the public praise, but he also has, in a thousand ways, pushed this very talented group to play for each other.
And that motivates the 49ers to play for him, too.
He's not in the way of their individual accolades; he's just a part of all of it, and he makes a point to never, ever say a critical word about any person in a 49ers uniform.
Which brings us to the Super Bowl, the Harbaugh Brother storyline, and two teams shaped by coaches who aren't into peeling back their own life stories.
"I can take a pass personally from that," Jim Harbaugh said Monday after a few Harbaugh family questions.
He will be tested over the next two weeks, especially during the strobe-light mayhem of Super Bowl Week.
But the 49ers coach is a proven master of bluntly and unashamedly declining to answer questions he has no interest in answering.
You press him harder, he only digs deeper, which, frankly, I respect more than I probably want him to know.
I think it also helps give the franchise a broad sense of toughness.
If Harbaugh doesn't yield in front of the media or to other coaches around the league (including his brother), then why should the 49ers players ever yield, even if they're down 17-0 in the NFC Championship game, as they were Sunday in Atlanta?
His message is the one he issues from the podium, and any other conversation with his players is private and remains private.
"You love to have Coach on your side," 49ers CEO Jed York said of Harbaugh after Sunday's victory. "He puts his guys first.
"He might not put the media first; he might not put the rest of the league first. I understand that, and he is who he is and he's comfortable with it and I respect him and I respect the job that he's done."
Who else but a Harbaugh would have replaced Alex Smith, a proven recent winner having a career year, with Colin Kaepernick in late-November?
That took guts, it took instincts, and Jim Harbaugh presented the decision without reflection or the desire to convince anyone but himself.
And Kaepernick, about to make the 10th start of his NFL career, has proved Harbaugh right with every new big play.
Who else but a Harbaugh would have replaced his offensive coordinator in early December, as John Harbaugh did this season -- dumping old mentor Cam Cameron and promoting Jim Caldwell?
That took chutzpah, and Caldwell's leadership and play-calling has justified everything by pushing quarterback Joe Flacco and the Ravens offense to a higher place.
This is how the Harbaughs do it, and they do not ask for favors along the way -- and now they're playing each other for a title, the first Super Bowl head-coaching appearance for either man.
True to the patterns of the Harbaugh family, John Harbaugh already has humored the brother questions for a bit longer and more effusively than his steelier little brother.
But as the questions continue, neither will do much more to help these stories.
And they already went through it last season, when they met for the first time as NFL head coaches -- a Ravens' victory on Thanksgiving night in Baltimore.
"I just want everybody to know, that was a four-day deal and every story has been told," John Harbaugh said Monday in Baltimore.
"I really hope the focus is not so much on that. We get it, it's really cool and it's exciting and all that. But it's really about the team, about the players, about the guys you're talking about."
It's not about the Harbaughs, but it's also about why the Harbaughs don't want it to be about the Harbaughs.
It's about two tough coaches, two tough teams, and a family spirit that is mostly and proudly played out on the football field.
Read Tim Kawakami's Talking Points blog at blogs.mercurynews.com/kawakami.


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McConnell Public Safety and Transportation Operations Center Project
The first step toward the McConnell Public Safety and Transportation Operations Center Project was taken in November 2002 when voters approved a bond referendum that included $29 million towards the replacement of county's aging Emergency Communications Center. Additional funding for this facility was allocated from county general funds. Construction on the center was substantially completed on July 31, 2008 and was on schedule and under budget. When migrations are complete, agencies that will be co-located in the facility are the Department of Public Safety Communications (9-1-1 Communication Center), the Office of Emergency Management, the Emergency Operations Center, the Virginia State Police Division 7 dispatchers and call talkers, and Virginia Department of Transportation Operations Center.
The Forensic Facility for the Fairfax County Police Department, located adjacent to the McConnell Public Safety and Transportation Operations Center, also substantially completed construction on July 31, 2008. The Forensic Facility provides new quarters for the Crime Scene Unit, the NOVARIS section, the Electronic Surveillance Unit, as well as a future DNA Laboratory.
See the project overview (PDF) for more information.
Announcements and Information
The McConnell Public Safety and Transportation Operations Center is to be located on the corner of West Ox Road and the Fairfax County Parkway. Take a minute to familiarize yourself with the master plan (PDF) of the West Ox Complex.
Center construction was substantially completed on July 31, 2008. A Ribbon-Cutting Ceremony is scheduled for October 10, 2008 (see invitation below). Gradual agency migrations are anticipated from late Summer 2008 through Spring/Summer 2009.
For more information, please call 703-324-5800 or 703-324-5111, TTY 711.
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text: Delegates clash over vaccinations By The Associated Press March 28, 2013 Story Share CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- A partisan squabble broke out this week in the state House Health Committee over whether state permission should be required to get an exemption from mandatory vaccinations.On the committee's agenda had been a fairly mundane bill concerning which government agencies grant medical exemptions.However, the committee spent more than two hours discussing whether a private physician alone, with no input from state officials, should be able to grant exemptions.In West Virginia, about 60 families per year request that their child be exempt from state-mandated vaccinations. They need to get a note from a doctor and then present that note to a local board of health to get an exemption. If denied, they can appeal to the state board of health and the courts.Republican Delegate Patrick Lane led a group of mostly GOP delegates who wanted the doctor's note alone to suffice for an exemption. Multiple amendments and motions were filed, all of which failed on a 12-12 vote. Amendments fail on a tie vote under House rules.West Virginia law requires that children are vaccinated for certain diseases such as polio, measles and whooping cough before they can attend school.At one point the debate appeared to get personal. Democratic Delegate Margaret Staggers, a doctor, said that vaccines fall under the specialty of public health and a general practitioner was not necessarily equipped to make decisions about the effect on the public at large."It's not just Patrick Lane's child," Staggers said, addressing Lane. "It's Patrick Lane's child living in the community."Staggers also suggested that Lane makes enough money that he could home-school his children if he was so against vaccinations.Lane responded that his children are vaccinated, but that his family was "nobody's damn business in this committee." Dr. Rahul Gupta, who runs the Kanawha County health department, said that because vaccinations have been so successful in this country, people forget how crucial they are. Gupta said that when he was in medical school in India he saw children die of rabies and polio -- preventable diseases -- because of a lack of widespread vaccinations."If you have an unbiased public health officer who's looking out for the health of the entire community that's different than a private doctor," Gupta said. "We want to make sure that because immunization is such an important component of all of our lives that that is sacrosanct."Gupta said that the public health officials always look at testing and data to determine whether or not to grant an exemption."If the data says that the child is allergic, there's not a physician in this country that will say go ahead and do the shot," Gupta said. Republican Delegate Daryle Cowles was skeptical that the judgment of a family pediatrician should have to be double-checked by a local public health official.Cowles said that a family doctor and "a mother's intuition" should be enough to keep a child from being vaccinated and that the state should not play a role. Story Share Story Share Trending Now 1 DHHR: WV medical marijuana law will need $2 million in upfront costs 2 Gazette editorial: Is it time for health care for all yet? 3 Vintage West Virginia: Putnam Village 4 WV Gov. Justice appoints Foster's replacement to House 5 Malfunctioning aircraft lands safely at Yeager Airport Warner brothers settle lawsuit against Morgantown Previous Story USPS moves up closure of Clarksburg center Next Story


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Topic: Goodbye, Mommy
To all my sweet friends who have joined me on this journey; my sweet mother passed away peacefully in her sleep, holding hands with my sister, niece and me at 6:37 pm on Thursday, November 17th. We are all at peace now, and she is no longer in pain.
Coincidentally, Mom died on November 17th, the same date that she lost her own mother, 24 years ago.
Those of you who helped me through the final days were lifesavers. You were "spot-on." You were my angels.
Loving daughter of Kathy, diagnosed with CC July 18, 2011. She passed quietly in her sleep on November 17, 2011.