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A former MF Global Inc. broker pleaded guilty to federal commodities act violations after the U.S. accused him of making unauthorized trades that caused the now-defunct futures company to lose more than $141 million.
Evan Brent Dooley, 44, who worked in MF Global's Memphis, Tennessee, office, entered his plea today before U.S. District Judge Robert M. Dow in Chicago. A federal grand jury indicted Dooley in 2010 over trades he made in 2008.
MF Global Holdings Ltd., the brokerage's parent, filed for bankruptcy in October 2011 after making a $6.3 billion wrong-way trade on its own behalf of the bonds of some of Europe's most indebted nations.
Dooley, of Olive Branch, Mississippi, pleaded guilty to two counts of violating Commodities Exchange Act speculative-position limits. Each count carries a maximum five-year sentence. He also faces a potential $1 million fine, acting U.S. Attorney Gary Shapiro said in a statement.
Dooley declined to comment after the hearing today.
He was charged with 16 counts of wire fraud, each punishable by as long as 20 years in prison. He had pleaded not guilty in May 2010 before U.S. Magistrate Judge Nan Nolan, and was released on a $4,500 bond.
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Dow set a March 8 sentencing date and allowed Dooley to remain free on bond. After sentencing, the U.S. will ask Dow to dismiss the remaining counts in the indictment, according to the plea agreement.
Dooley also agreed to pay restitution to the collapsed firm, totaling $141,024,294, according to the agreement.
Dooley was associated with New York-based MF Global from September 2006 to February 2008 and was permitted to trade on his own account and for clients, prosecutors said when announcing his indictment in April 2010.
Patrick Fitzgerald, the Chicago U.S. attorney when the charges were announced, said Dooley "allegedly induced MF Global to open a trading account and act as his financial guarantor by providing false information about his financial condition on his account application." The case was brought in Chicago because the transactions were conducted through CME Group Inc.'s Chicago Board of Trade.

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Chunky Banana Cream Freeze
Everyone loves ice cream, but we all know it doesn't make a great after-school snack. Until this! With its sweet banana-almond flavor and chunky texture, this appealing frozen dessert is a crowd-pleaser. People who ask me for the recipe can't believe how easy it is to make. —Kristen Bloom, Okinawa, Japan
Total TimePrep: 15 min. + freezing
Makes3 cups
- 5 medium bananas, peeled and frozen
- 1/3 cup almond milk
- 2 tablespoons unsweetened finely shredded coconut
- 2 tablespoons creamy peanut butter
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/4 cup chopped walnuts
- 3 tablespoons raisins
- Place the bananas, milk, coconut, peanut butter and vanilla in a food processor; cover and process until blended.
- Transfer to a freezer container; stir in walnuts and raisins. Freeze for 2-4 hours before serving.
Editor's NoteLook for unsweetened coconut in the baking or health food section.
Nutrition Facts1/2 cup: 181 calories, 7g fat (2g saturated fat), 0 cholesterol, 35mg sodium, 29g carbohydrate (16g sugars, 4g fiber), 3g protein. Diabetic Exchanges: 1 fruit, 1 fat, 1/2 starch.
Originally published as Chunky Monkey Banana Cream Freeze in Patriot Family After-School Snack Contest
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Sep 17, 2012
It's one of my favorites that I make for myself. Made a few change to the ingredient I add 4 tablespoon of sweetened coconut flakes & peanut butter, add bittersweet chocolate instead of raisins and chopped almonds, just add more almond milk to get it the way you want. I also try with dark chocolate almond milk. Yummy!
Jul 19, 2012
I left out the raisins and walnuts and it was delicious! It tasted just like ice cream!
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text: Student Profiles Kate Loomis '06 Kate Loomis '06 Hometown: Los Gatos, California Major: Geology and Archaeology/Classics Why did you choose to come to Bowdoin? When I was getting ready to apply to schools, I knew that I wanted a small liberal arts college, preferably outside my home state of California. I also wanted to use college as a chance to experience living in a completely different place - someplace with actual winters! Then I visited Bowdoin in April after I'd been accepted and was struck by how friendly everyone was. And even though April is not Bowdoin's prettiest month (it was a little muddy and cold for a California girl) I could see how beautiful the campus would be during the rest of the year. The college decision was a hard one for me, but I've always been so happy that I chose Bowdoin. Why did you choose you major? I entered my freshman year almost entirely undecided. During my spring semester I took a classical archaeology course (Pagans and Christians) with Associate Professor of Classics James Higginbotham that I loved. I had always been fascinated by the ancient world, but my high school didn't offer any courses in the subject. I decided to take Latin and more archaeology during my sophomore fall, and haven't looked back. Going along with my new-found interest in archaeology, I also decided to take Geology 101 with Associate Professor Peter Lea. It was fascinating and brought back all my memories of rock collecting as a child and made me know that I wanted to study more geology. I really enjoy the variety that comes with being a double major in two very different disciplines. What has been your favorite course at Bowdoin? It's pretty hard to beat the two upper-level archaeology seminars I've taken, Ancient Numismatics and The Art of Trade. They meet in the Art Museum (or in Banister Hall while the Walker Art Building is being renovated) and involve working with pieces in the Bowdoin collections. It's pretty amazing to go to class and get to hold 2,000 year-old artifacts. In Numismatics (the study of coins) I was able to analyze the metallic content of several Roman coins with the geology department's scanning electron microscope. The project was an intriguing way to explore the overlap between my two majors. Have you engaged in any independent research while at Bowdoin? Last summer I worked with Professor Peter Lea in the geology department, and continued work in an independent study this fall. We looked at the recent sediment record of Merrymeeting Bay to correlate the record across different points on the bay. It's very interesting the way one can definitely see when humans enter the picture - the pollutant levels shoot way up due to industrialization. What extracurricular or work experiences have you had at Bowdoin? I've been involved in the student group Global Justice (formerly Global Help) since I was a sophomore, and am one of the co-chairs this year. We focus on issues of social and economic justice, such as fair trade, and we have also been working a lot on raising awareness about the current situation in Darfur, Sudan. It's been a great introduction to student activism, and it's truly amazing how dedicated Bowdoin students are to their own causes. I'm active in the newly-formed Knitting Club, which has been a great mid-week break. I also started playing Ultimate Frisbee this year and have had so much fun. It's a really great group of people and actually motivates me to exercise! I also played JV squash my freshman year, which was a great way to learn the sport, but unfortunately the program didn't continue past that year. Did you study abroad during your time at Bowdoin? I spent last spring in Athens, Greece, with College Year in Athens. I got to travel all over the country and learned so much - it's definitely easier to remember buildings if you've actually seen them in person! I had never studied Modern Greek before, but it was really important to me to study abroad in a non-English-speaking country. It was crazy and stressful at times, but really taught me a lot about myself. It was very strange coming back to America and not having to think about reading signs or understanding the conversations around you. I also participated in a 3-week field archaeology course on the tiny Aegean island of Despotiko, which was absolutely amazing. We'd dig all morning, then have a huge mid-afternoon group meal, and spend the rest of the day on the beach. What is your best Bowdoin memory? I know it's what everyone says, but I love how the entire campus congregates on the quad once spring finally arrives. It totally makes up for the winter, and it's when I feel the most connected to the Bowdoin community. You sometimes end up catching up on more sleep than reading, but it's worth it. What are your plans for after graduation? The dreaded question... I'm still exploring my options. I'd like to try working in the government or non-profit sector for a while, and I am planning on probably going to grad school in a few years, once I find a way to focus all of my interests. What advice would you give to a prospective student or first-year about the Bowdoin experience? I wish that I had gotten more involved with different groups and clubs during my freshman year. I was a little intimidated and unsure of what I wanted to do, but freshman year is really the time to explore all of that. No one expects you to be an expert yet! And you really do get used to the weather, so don't let it keep you from choosing an amazing school. Story posted on April 06, 2006 « Back | More Student Profiles | Go to News Home


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Higher levels of leisure-time physical activity cut the risk of cardiovascular and all-cause mortality in people with type 2 diabetes by two-thirds….
The new analysis based on the Swedish National Diabetes Register (NDR) found the usual results, that physical activity is very beneficial, but in an important additional finding, researchers report that among diabetics who did little or no exercise at baseline, those who managed to substantially increase their leisure-time physical-activity levels over approximately five years cut their risk of death by almost two-thirds.
Dr. Björn Zethelius (Uppsala University, Sweden) stated at the EASD that, "We consider physical activity and dietary advice as the basal treatment for diabetes, and when it fails, different types of pharmacological treatment are added." "But what this study shows is that it's never too late to increase your physical activity. Even when you are on medication, if you increase your physical activity, you will lower your risk for cardiovascular diseases. I think that's the important message."
Zethelius and colleagues used data on leisure-time physical activity, recorded yearly, from the more than 15,000 men and women with type 2 diabetes in the NDR. Participants were grouped as either "low physical activity" (no regular exercise or exercise once per week) or "regular exercise" (between three times per week and daily exercise). If patients died during the course of the study, their last recorded physical-activity level was used for the analysis.
Over a five-year period, regular exercisers were significantly less likely to have a cardiovascular event or to die either from cardiovascular disease or any other cause.
Investigators also looked at diabetics who reported doing little or no physical activity at baseline but who managed to increase their regular exercise to at least three times per week by the end of the study period (a mean of 4.8 years).
Here the reduction in study end points was even more striking, with the number of cardiovascular deaths among diabetics who increased their exercise levels dropping by 67% as compared with subjects who did not improve their exercise habits. Rates of all-cause mortality, likewise, were reduced by almost the same degree.
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Persistent low exercise vs increasing exercise over study
Fatal/nonfatal CHD
0.41 (0.30-0.54)
Fatal/nonfatal CVD
0.79 (0.69-0.92)
Fatal CVD
0.32 (0.17-0.60)
All-cause mortality
0.35 (0.25-0.49)
*Adjusted for age, gender, diabetes duration, type of hypoglycemic treatment, smoking, body-mass index, systolic blood pressure, HbA1c, LDL, HDL, triglycerides, and albuminuria
Similar reductions were seen when the "increasing-exercise" group was combined with the "regular-exercise" group.
The Swedish findings echo those of a recent German study and meta-analysis, conducted in a mixed cohort of people with type 1 and 2 diabetes. A strength of this latest study, Zethelius stressed, is the extent to which it took conventional cardiovascular risk factors into account.
The data is epidemiological, not interventional, so it's not clear whether the same results would be seen in practice, but the reductions are nevertheless "impressive," Zethelius said.
Exercise interventions are typically considered to be even harder in diabetic patients than in the general CV-prevention population, but Zethelius points out that approximately 1,800 patients, or one in five, moved from a low physical-activity category into a higher physical-activity bracket over the course of the study.
As to whether it is physicians failing to recommend physical activity in their patients, Zethelius believes this is "more of a culture question. . . . I'm just speculating, but I think that may be different in different countries."
The program moderator Dr. Nick Wareham (Institute of Metabolic Science, Cambridge, UK) stressed that the data should serve as a wake-up call to physicians. "These data should encourage us to focus on encouraging physical activity as part and parcel of medical care. Not only are there benefits potentially in terms of cardiovascular risk, but also for other end points such as all-cause mortality and cancer."
Randomized clinical trials looking at hard cardiovascular end points in diabetes patients "are probably never going to be done," Wareham noted. "We do have to rely on this sort of observational data, but it does encourage us to put promotion of physical activity as central to our care. Just the very fact of making people aware of just how little they're doing, that's one thing. If you provide a pedometer to patients and encourage them to measure and be aware of their own inactivity, that's been shown to increase activity. We need to use as many tactics as we can."
Zethelius B, Gudbjörnsdottir S, Eeg-Olofsson L, et al. Leisure time physical activity and risks of cardiovascular disease and mortality in type 2 diabetes: Report from the Swedish National Diabetes Register. European Association for the Study of Diabetes 2012 Meeting; October 2, 2012; Berlin, Germany. Presentation 54.


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The largest federal employee union elected a former Veterans Affairs Department nurse as its new president on Wednesday.
J. David Cox, who has been the national secretary-treasurer for the American Federation of Government Employees for the last six years, now assumes the top leadership post at the union. He defeated Alex Bastani, AFGE President of Local 12, which represents Labor Department employees, in a vote held during AFGE's conference in Las Vegas this week.
Cox, who serves on the Federal Salary Council and the Federal Prevailing Wage Council, replaces retiring AFGE President John Gage. Gage has served as the union's president since 2003.
According to Cox's bio on AFGE's website, the North Carolina native has increased union rolls by more than 52,000 members since he first became national secretary-treasurer in 2006. Before joining the leadership ranks of the union, Cox worked as a registered nurse at the VA for 23 years. He also serves as chair of the AFL-CIO union's veterans council. AFGE is affiliated with AFL-CIO.
Cox gave a rousing speech to union members during the organization's legislation conference this past spring in Washington. He criticized congressional efforts to extend the federal pay freeze and increase the amount government workers contribute to their pensions. Cox, while urging members to reelect President Obama, nevertheless, took some shots at the administration's proposed 0.5 percent pay raise for fiscal 2013. "And now the administration is talking about one-half of one percent," Cox said. "Now let me say that one more time. This is our friends. One-half of one percent. I believe we all deserve better than that. Do you not believe you deserve more than a half percent? It doesn't matter if you are a Democrat or a Republican, brothers and sisters, if you are trying to drive the living standards of our members down, we've got to take you to task and hold you accountable, no matter who and what you are."
AFGE and other federal employee unions have their work cut out for them. Obama has proposed lifting the pay freeze, but he believes federal workers should pay more for their pensions, for example. Mitt Romney and his GOP running mate Rep. Paul Ryan of Wisconsin favor reducing federal employees' compensation and shrinking the government workforce through attrition.
AFGE members, along with members of Nevada's AFL-CIO protested Tuesday outside the Venetian Hotel in Las Vegas where Ryan attended a fundraiser sponsored by casino owner Sheldon Adelson.
Bastani during the campaign touted his successful efforts to prevent the government from privatizing certain jobs at Labor. An attorney who also works as a local theater actor in the Washington area, Bastani was an economist at the Bureau of Labor Statistics from 1987 to 2002. He has served as AFGE president of Local 12 since 2006. During a YouTube campaign video, Bastani emphasized fiscal responsibility at the union, and said he would take a pay cut as national AFGE president to show "leadership by example." Like Cox, he supported Obama but believes the administration needs to be held more accountable for positions affecting federal employees. "I voted for Barack Obama, I campaigned for Barack Obama, but I will not surrender to Barack Obama on important issues like pay and benefits," Bastani said in the video.
The Washington Post reported earlier that James Brooks, secretary-treasurer of Local 2430, which represents VA employees in Colorado Springs, Colo., also ran in the union's election for president.


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A hole in my editorial schedule has afforded me the time to catch up on my honey-do list. Like you, being handy with woodworking tools exposes me to a host of home renovation/repair/remodelling tasks. Also like you, my standards for interior woodwork (really any woodwork) are impractically high. I straighten studs with hand planes and hand cut miters.
I'm also the king of mission creep. A bad electric burner turned into a kitchen remodel. My wife's desire to repaint our bedroom, untouched for more than 15 years, meant new trim, new doors, hardware and new electrics. The project was completed last Fall with a new bed and period correct textiles.
Not content with a beautiful bedroom and an ugly hallway, I extended the renovation down the second floor hall and into the bathroom. I did little to the bathroom proper save paint, trim (including crown molding) a new vanity and a hand cut cherry bathroom mirror.
My goal (and advice) is to be sure to finish such projects. A scarring episode of Oprah highlighted how annoyed some wives are with their husbands' half finished projects. Its a sensitive subject with me since such jobs consume my very precious spare time. I'd rather spend my spare time painting pictures or playing basketball with the kids.
Still, the transformation to my suburban New Jersey split level (read- horrible 1950's architecture) has been fairly dramatic. And just a shout out- lighting always makes it pop.
Latest project (bedroom, hall, and bath was last Fall) once again involved mission creep. We hired a painter to paint the exterior of the house. He was fast, good, and inexpensive so we asked if he could paint the high ceilinged main living/dining room. A wet Spring delayed his start date presenting me with the opportunity to quickly retrim this space, bringing it up to the same standard as the upstairs.
With that done, the family room started to look a bit dingy. I originally intended this space to have a utilitarian Shaker theme. Years ago I fitted the laundry room with built-in pine cupboards and lined the walls with peg rails. Throughout this space I used simple 1×4 pine, adding a bead to the lower edge with a side bead plane, as crown molding. The molding houses Shaker pegs from LV.
A wierd niche at the end of the room between the back door and powder room cried out for built in closets. That's where I am now. The electric is done- walls are closed up and the solid wood 6 panel doors are hung but not planed to perfectly fit. 2 closets side by side consist of 2 24″ doors each. I buy these as blanks and hang them. But the trim is all supposed to be very utilitarian and built-in looking. Beside the closets a 2′ wide space remains. My intention is to make something akin to a built in hutch- open shelves over a half door.
Frankly, I don't care for this sort of work. My wife Maria really doesn't care for the disruption and stress that largely I create. The stress stems from the fact that I don't feel particularly good at this sort of work. And I honestly don't think I'm good at it. I have very little experience with power tools. And this sort of work really requires them. So for this latest project I've sought a few power tools to help me pick up the pace.
I bought a Bosch cordless drill (my first) and it's been awesome. A Bosch compound miter saw has been helpful, tho I've found it not to be a panacea. Houses are rarely square enough to simply miter stuff. I have a airnailer powered from a big Sears compressor I bought years ago when I was working on my old German cars. Airnailers can be great, especially for trim work involving ladders. But moving the tank isn't fun in a split level. And dragging black rubber hose around isn't all that convenient. A hammer is cordless. So despite access to a few modern power tools, I've been leaning heavily on old fashioned hand tools.
I consider this sort of work entirely separate from furniture making. For me, my work is always bounded by "context". Its the reason I wear colonial clothes in my articles. Home remodel jobs are certainly out of 18th century context. I've often heard it said "I choose the best tool for the job, be it hand or power". I think this is code for "I use power tools but I own and can sharpen a block plane". The reality is, for someone to choose, they must have skill to use the alternative efficiently. Otherwise it's not a choice. I guess I feel I'm in that camp, and while perhaps not uniquely, certainly rarely.
Case in point: I stopped to sharpen my hand saw last weekend. I planed the door frame studs even with each other using a wooden jack plane in situ (i.e. planing a vertical surface). And I'm all that and a bag of chips with a chisel. I just don't know how many woodworkers have these sorts of alternatives. Not sure how a commercial carpenter would do this sort of work. So much of what I do, even to me, seems esoteric, bordering on irrelevant. But these household projects have reminded me of what a huge advantage it is to be proficient (and maybe more than that) with hand tools.


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PARIS (AP) — France warned Monday that extremists could prevail in Syria if nations fail to support the opposition coalition and don't deliver promised funds and political support soon.
Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius, addressing envoys from 50 nations that France is trying to coax into action, says that support is needed to ensure the world's credibility in the eyes of those fighting President Bashar Assad's regime.
"We have to give the Syrian people a clear signal: we are at your side," Fabius said.
The civil war in Syria, which began with an uprising against Assad's regime 22 months ago, has killed over 60,000 people and forced hundreds of thousands to flee the violence, according to the U.N.
The meeting in Paris, attended also by three Syrian National Coalition vice presidents, comes two days before a donors conference in Kuwait.
Promises of funding and other aid made at a December conference of the Friends of Syria group have failed to materialize. France, which has spearheaded the formation of a viable Syrian opposition-in-exile, wants to make sure that aid which has been already promised comes through.
More than $100 million was promised in Marrakech, but French officials refused to say how much has arrived.
More than 100 countries have backed the Syrian National Coalition, formed in November, decreeing it the sole legitimate representative of the Syrian people. France was the first to confer such recognition.
"If we don't give the means to the Syrian people to go achieve their freedom, there is a risk and we all know that it exists, that massacres and antagonisms amplify, and that extremism and terrorism prevail," the French minister said. "We need to end (the war) in peaceful way and that means increased and concrete support to the Syrian National Coalition."
The coalition replaced an early opposition grouping of exiled Syrians, whose credibility was compromised by infighting and criticism that they were out of touch with the Syrians fighting the Assad regime.
Now the new, more representative coalition has yet to form a provisional government as it said it would do.
Fabius held up the specter of chaos taking over Syria without a legitimate political force.
"Time is not on our side," said Riad Seif, a Syrian coalition vice president. "The Syrian people are angry at this dubious silence of the world."
The coalition "can't keep coming back empty-handed," Seif said.
It's not just cash but things like equipment and expertise that are needed to help the coalition function.
Seif said strong backing from the international community was needed too.
"If we announce a government without a budget, without a safe zone (inside the country), it makes no sense," he said.
Another coalition vice president Georges Sabra, told the Associated Press that "we have to start with $500 million .... otherwise what can this government do?"
The United States set an example ahead of the Paris gathering by announcing Friday it plans to send $10 million in new aid to help alleviate hunger in northern Syria.


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NEW ORLEANS (AP) — BP and a team of attorneys are urging a federal judge to give final approval to a proposed class-action settlement of economic damage claims after the 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.
U.S. District Judge Carl Barbier is hearing arguments Thursday from lawyers who negotiated the deal and attorneys who object to it. Barbier has hinted he won't immediately rule from the bench.
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Whether climate change will occur or not and whether changes result from human activity or not, cautious Southwest businessmen, including farmers and ranchers, should plan accordingly.
"We have some time," said Gerald North, distinguished professor of atmospheric sciences and oceanography at Texas A&M University.
North, speaking at the annual Texas Ag Forum in June in Austin, said the Southwest agriculture industry should consider possible changes in business plans, "whether climate change occurs or not."
He said research and observations, augmented by satellite surveys in recent years, indicate that climate change is occurring and that the Southwest will be vulnerable, with drought approaching levels of the 1930s Dust Bowl and the 1950s drought. "Data suggest annual precipitation could dip that low some years," he said "Computer models indicate that precipitation in the Southwest will decline."
He said Texas may be particularly vulnerable, in part because of its varied climate, part of which is sub-tropical. "In a worst case scenario, Texas rivers frequently will not make it all the way to the Gulf Coast," he said. "Texas will get hotter. East Texas likely will be wetter; West Texas likely will be dryer." He said I-35 could be the demarcation zone; West of the Interstate will be drier if climate change does occur.
Wildfires likely will be more common with a dryer climate. Also, as populations inch out into rural areas potential for wildfires increases, North said. "It's too soon to tell if climate change will affect hurricanes but they could get stronger."
North said temperatures over the past 20 years have been higher than at any time in the past 1,000 years.
He said he is not a preacher proselytizing about the imminent threat of climate change. "I'm neither an alarmist nor a skeptic. I started off as a skeptic but am now slightly on the conservative side."
He said research and satellite observations over the past 15 years made him more aware of "the big picture." Recent data, he said, show global air temperatures warming in a steep curve around 1980 and a "slight cooling recently. That may be a short break before it starts heating again. That represents the main thinking in the field, people in the best position to determine if (global warming) is man's activity.
He said surveys show "95 percent of respondents who have published papers in journals, people in the field," say global warming is influenced by human activity.
North said warming is occurring, "a little more toward the poles. We could expect an ice-free Arctic for a month or two a year within the next decade."
He said observers have seen huge ice plates melt away on Antarctica. Greenland ice is also melting rapidly. A rise in sea level from melting ice "depends on the expansion of water and could be a foot or two. Or it could be big.
"Some studies indicate that even if the polar ice melts it could take 100 years to get sea levels to rise to its full rate. But sea levels will rise," he said.
He said for the last 10,000 years carbon dioxide levels were "relatively steady. But since the Industrial Revolution we've seen a steep spike. We have a lot of carbon in the air from burning fossil fuels."
The rate is so high that the natural system can't absorb the carbon. "It takes 200 years to reduce the trend if we cut back," he said. And the problem feeds on itself. As the earth become warmer it emits more carbon into the atmosphere.
A greenhouse effect is essential for life on earth, North said. "It's essential to keep the planet warm enough. But with an increase in carbon dioxide or other greenhouse gas the outgoing radiation into space goes down; the planet warms and incremental increases in planet temperature result."
North said the Southwest typically gets airflow that originates along the Equator, where it begins as moist air that generates frequent rainfall and creates the lush rainforests. As it circles westward and north, the air rises and becomes dryer as it drops into the Southwest.
He said the jet stream has been moving north for the last 40 years, leaving areas to the south dryer. "As temperatures rise, Texas will take a hit; at least parts of it will."
He says two questions concern him. Is it warming and what's the cause? "What to do about it is a value judgment and political. Some economists believe putting off some actions (on global warming) makes sense. Most economists favor a carbon tax instead of cap and trade."
Mark Hussey, vice chancellor and dean for agriculture and life sciences at Texas A&M, said several different viewpoints exist on climate change and what to do about it. "In 50 to 200 years, some suggest Texas will be more forested because of climate change. Others say it will be more arid. Pessimists expect a desert."
Regardless of what Texas looks like in a half a century or two centuries, Hussey said Texas A&M will "remain focused on providing technology to help producers remain competitive. If we do see climate change, Texas, because of its size and variability in climate, will be sensitive to that change."
He said Texas is the leading producer of carbon in the country, "double any other state. A&M research is gauging the impact of carbon dioxide and climate change," Hussey said. "We're looking at communities, rangelands, cropping systems, carbon sequestration, tillage practices and conversion of croplands to grasslands. We are looking at the economic impacts and best use procedures."
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"I Didn't Know What I Was Going to Do"
Judge Rules Against NYC Division of AIDS Services and Income Support (DASIS)
December 2000
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Federal Judge Sterling Johnson Jr. ruled on September 19, 2000 that the New York City Division of AIDS Services and Income Support (DASIS) violated the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and provided grossly inadequate service to people living with HIV/AIDS. Placing the agency under federal oversight for three years, Johnson stated that DASIS had "chronically and systematically" denied clients access to emergency housing, rent assistance, food stamps and Medicaid, among other services. The ruling resulted from a class action lawsuit brought on behalf of DASIS clients by Housing Works, an AIDS advocacy group.
In a front-page story, the New York Times wrote that "Under Judge Johnson's ruling, which takes effect immediately, people with complaints will be able to take them to the federal magistrate judge appointed to monitor the agency, Cheryl L. Pollack, who has been managing the case by overseeing the exchange of documents and other evidence. Judge Pollack will not monitor day-to-day activities or policies. After reviewing complaints, she may recommend penalties."
A large portion of the ruling consisted of harrowing recountings of repeated neglect by and incompetence on the part of DASIS. Reprinted below is the case study of Henry Bradley, whose frustrating tale of being trapped in the bureaucracy underscores the significance of the judge's ruling and may help to spur increased advocacy on behalf of DASIS clients.
Nature of the CasePlaintiffs commenced this action against defendants for failure to provide meaningful and equal access to public benefits and services as required by the Americans with Disabilities Act and the Rehabilitation Act, and for failure to comply with numerous federal and state laws, including the Social Security Act, the Medicaid Act, the New York Social Services Law, and various regulations under these acts. . . .
The Division of AIDS Services and Income Support ("DASIS"), a division of the New York City Human Resources Administration ("HRA"), is the means for indigent individuals living with AIDS or clinical/symptomatic HIV to access critical subsistence benefits and services offered by City and State defendants. Rather than requiring persons with AIDS or clinical/symptomatic HIV illness to access the many programs administered by HRA on their own, DASIS case managers are responsible for assisting clients in applying for and maintaining public assistance, Medicaid, Food Stamps, housing, Social Security benefits, and other benefits and services. DASIS was known as the Division of AIDS Services ("DAS") until it was consolidated with HRA's Income Support division in 1997. . . .
Witness at Trial -- Henry BradleyHenry Bradley is a fifty-one year old man who has been disabled with AIDS since 1983. As a result of his disability, he suffers from symptoms including numbness in his extremities, fungal infections that cause his teeth and nails to fall out, and severe rashes. To control the disease, Mr. Bradley currently follows a medication regimen that requires taking fifty-one different tablets, plus liquid supplements, daily. Mr. Bradley experiences certain side effects from the medication, including loss of bowel control, blurred vision, and occasional loss of short-term memory. While a DASIS client, Mr. Bradley has slept poorly, suffering from chills and sweats during the night, and he has lost over thirty pounds.
In 1993 and 1994, Mr. Bradley resided at 775 Riverside Drive. After initially funding Mr. Bradley's housing DASIS closed his case without notice in February 1994. Mr. Bradley sought a conference with DASIS, but was refused and instead had to file for fair hearing. The fair hearing decision in his favor ordered DASIS to reopen the case, pay the benefits due retroactively, and to notify Mr. Bradley about any further decisions.
Despite the fair hearing decision, DASIS did not pay the rent arrears and Mr. Bradley lost his apartment. During this time, Mr. Bradley's Medicaid was not active, and he was unable to maintain his medication regimen.
In November 1994, DASIS did pay the overdue benefits to Mr. Bradley. However, DASIS then immediately closed his case again without notice. During this time, DASIS knew where to reach Mr. Bradley.
From November 1994 to April 1995, Mr. Bradley was without shelter allowance, cash assistance, food stamps, or medical assistance. During this time without public benefits, Mr. Bradley relied primarily on church charity in order to live. Again he was unable to maintain his medication regimen for this time period, and his health deteriorated from the constant worry about day-to-day survival.
Each time Mr. Bradley won a fair hearing decision, DASIS employees would direct Mr. Bradley to take his complaints to a noncompliance center to file a complaint. Mr. Bradley was forced to wait upon arrival and would eventually receive a computer printout that would describe what should be done to achieve DASIS compliance. Then, he would be instructed by the staff to take the printout to the liaison office and to await further contact. This further contact never occurred. Mr. Bradley would do this once every twenty or thirty days with no result.
Although Mr. Bradley sought DASIS' assistance in securing a permanent apartment, no help was forthcoming. When he independently found an apartment, he brought the lease to his case manager at DASIS shortly before mid-August 1995; Mr. Bradley understood that his application would be processed. Instead, his case was closed for a third time, without notice, on August 14, 1995. Mr. Bradley did not learn of this closure until he discovered that he lost the apartment because DASIS had not processed the application.
Mr. Bradley again contacted more than twenty people at DASIS in an attempt to have a conference and avoid the delays caused by seeking a fair hearing and then seeking to force compliance with the decisions; DASIS refused him every time without explanation. From August 1995 to July 1996, Mr. Bradley did not receive any benefits. Mr. Bradley survived by depending on different charitable organizations and churches. His Medicaid was affected by the case closing and he was not able to follow his medication regime for over two years. As a result, his health deteriorated, affecting his vision, and multiplying his regimen from three tablets per day to seventeen tablets three times per day.
Mr. Bradley sought a fair hearing and received a favorable determination in July 1996. DASIS was ordered to restore his benefits retroactively, reversing the discontinuance of his medical assistance benefits and food stamps. However, in September 1996 DASIS complied with the decision for only one day and then closed the case next day for a fourth time without notice to Mr. Bradley.
Mr. Bradley did not know why his case was closed yet again. In questioning different people at DASIS, he received different answers regarding his case status. When he sought help from the noncompliance unit, he received the same chain of instruction as before: receive a computer printout from the noncompliance unit, deliver it to the liaison unit and await contact. As before, that contact never came.
Mr. Bradley's complaints to the noncompliance unit in Albany did not resolve the issue. Mr. Bradley did not seek another fair hearing in 1996 or 1997 because DASIS employees told him that it was unnecessary and useless to seek a new fair hearing merely to enforce the original decision.
In 1996, DASIS approved rental assistance for an apartment for Mr. Bradley but failed to make payments after he moved into the apartment. As a result, Mr. Bradley was forced to pay the rent out of his social security payments, and to get by otherwise with almost no income. Finally in April 1998, Mr. Bradley received notice from DASIS that they would comply with the 1996 fair hearing order and repay part of the back rent that had accrued. Defendants were compelled to reimburse Mr. Bradley $7,132.00 in public assistance benefits that defendants wrongfully withheld during the period, almost three years of welfare benefits. However, DASIS did not repay over four thousand dollars in rent that Mr. Bradley paid out of his SSI payments.
The same April 1998 letter from the noncompliance unit stated that Mr. Bradley would receive the food stamps due from August 1996 until March 1998. During this time without food stamps, Mr. Bradley was forced to go from church to church in search of food. However, even after April 1998, Mr. Bradley did not receive his food stamps consistently.
In 1998, Mr. Bradley's DASIS case was closed yet again and he was transferred to regular public assistance. He did not know that his new case manager, Ms. Davis, was not a DASIS employee until he called her. When he responded in person to a letter setting an appointment with Ms. Davis, she told him through a phone bank that she never sent the notice and that she did not handle DASIS clients.
Before Mr. Bradley was allowed back to DASIS, he received another letter from a Mark Limerick of DASIS stating that, in order to become a client he had to resubmit documents he had already submitted to DASIS. Mr. Limerick arranged to meet Mr. Bradley at his home to get the paperwork but failed to show up for the appointment. Mr. Bradley then went to DASIS' office in person and resubmitted the documents. Although Mr. Limerick told Mr. Bradley that the transfer back to DASIS would take a week, Mr. Bradley was not transferred back for three to four weeks.
In 1998, DASIS sent Mr. Bradley notice of an award of food stamps for the month of September only. The same day, Mr. Bradley received a letter stating that DASIS intended to terminate his public assistance on September 11, 1998, and to reduce his food stamps to only ten dollars per month. No one at DASIS could explain to Mr. Bradley why the notices were sent.
In response, Mr. Bradley requested a fair hearing. On September 8th, 1998, the hearing officer reversed DASIS' computation of benefits and directed DASIS to restore lost public assistance and food stamp benefits retroactive to August 1996. Despite the fair hearing decision, DASIS did not restore the lost housing benefits, and has not paid for the lost benefits since then. Nor did DASIS pay a nutrition and transportation allowance following this decision.
Mr. Bradley then received a notice informing him that DASIS intended to close his public assistance case yet again on September 15, 1998. No one at DASIS could explain what the numerical notation meant.
Mr. Bradley first sought to gain compliance with the 1998 fair hearing decision by following instructions to contact the noncompliance unit and take their printouts to the liaison office, where he was told that he would be contacted. Mr. Bradley was never contacted. After he contacted the State compliance unit, a director at that unit told him that he would be contacted when compliance was achieved. Mr. Bradley was never again contacted about compliance with the fair hearing, and the retroactive benefits were never paid.
DASIS' own records noted that in May 1998 Mr. Bradley's case was open and "in fine shape," but then closed as of October 1998. This notation added that sufficient income to meet needs should not have caused the closure, since Mr. Bradley's income had not changed. The discrepancy was not explained.
In 1999, Mr. Bradley brought in a lease with a request for moving expenses, and a supervisor at DASIS accompanied him to view the apartment. However, a few weeks later, in May 1999, Mr. Bradley's case was closed without notice for a fifth time. Again Mr. Bradley sought conferences that were refused.
Mr. Bradley had informed DASIS of his new address and had received correspondence from DASIS at the new apartment. In fact, DASIS had approved the apartment and was paying the rent for the apartment directly to the new address. Nonetheless, in August 1999, DASIS erroneously mailed a letter to Mr. Bradley's prior address scheduling a face-to-face appointment for September 1, 1999. Mr. Bradley only learned of the appointment in a phone call with DASIS when he learned that his case had been closed for failure to attend the appointment.
In November 1999, Mr. Bradley reached an agreement with DASIS to retire alleged utility arrears from the apartment that DASIS had required him to move out of in 1994. Mr. Bradley followed the required steps and secured DASIS' agreement and approval to pay the arrears in November 1999. DASIS failed to pay the arrears, however, and Mr. Bradley's utilities were terminated suddenly and without notice in January 2000. The electricity cut-off spoiled the refrigeration of his medicines and liquid supplements.
This year (2000), Mr. Bradley was again forced to seek a fair hearing when DASIS issued a notice of intent to reduce his benefits by recoupment of half of the money being paid in rent. Mr. Bradley prevailed again; the order reversed the recoupment and directed DASIS to continue benefits.
On March 3, 2000, DASIS again erroneously mailed a letter to Mr. Bradley's old address requiring Mr. Bradley to report for recertification. DASIS had mailed the envelope to his old Manhattan address, yet the notice inside listed his correct new address in Brooklyn. Mr. Bradley only learned of this letter after he contacted DASIS in late March 2000. Despite knowing Mr. Bradley's correct address, despite paying rent on the current address, and despite the fact that Mr. Bradley corrected this same mistake in 1999, this was the second time DASIS mailed a notice critical to Mr. Bradley's continued receipt of benefits to the wrong address. Mr. Bradley's case was closed as a result of the mistake and yet again had to be reopened.
In sum, because DASIS' failed to properly assist Mr. Bradley, he was deprived of critical subsistence benefits, to which he was fully entitled, for years. As a result of DASIS' unwillingness or inability to correct his case, Mr. Bradley was repeatedly unable to access his Medicaid benefits, at one point for approximately two years. Without Medicaid, he was unable to take his medication, causing his toenails, fingernails, and even his teeth to fall out. DASIS failed to make any rent payments on behalf of Mr. Bradley for almost two years. During this time, Mr. Bradley was unfairly compelled to pay nearly three-quarters of his monthly SSI income toward rent, leaving him little money on which to live and forcing him to go to soup kitchens merely to survive.
Mr. Bradley's right to these benefits was unequivocally established in fair hearing proceedings, which DASIS repeatedly chose to ignore.
DASIS' repeated failures continued virtually to the date of trial. In failing to register the correct address for Mr. Bradley in 1999, DASIS erroneously mailed him a recertification notice at his old address, and then cut off his much-needed public benefits. After Mr. Bradley corrected the Agency's error, moreover, DASIS repeated the mistake in 2000, although it appears that DASIS had Mr. Bradley's correct address all along; that DASIS was, in fact, simultaneously mailing rent checks to Mr. Bradley's correct address; and that DASIS even entered the correct address on the notice contained in an envelope mailed to the incorrect address. These were subsistence benefits upon which Mr. Bradley depended for his maintenance. Mr. Bradley testified that he was forced "to go to different churches and sit around the street and wait for people to come with bags so that you could get something to eat because I didn't know what I was going to do."
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Schizophrenia is a chronic, severe, disabling brain disorder. It interferes with the way a person interprets reality. People with schizophrenia may:
- Hear voices or see things that others do not
- Become paranoid that people are plotting against them
- Experience cognitive deficits
- Withdraw socially
These and other symptoms make it difficult for people with schizophrenia to have positive relationships with others.
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The cause of schizophrenia is unknown but it is associated with problems in brain structure and chemistry. There may be some genetic role.
Schizophrenia does not develop because of one factor. You may have a gene that increases your chance of schizophrenia, but you may not develop the disease based on your environment. Environment means any outside factor like stress or infection.
Risk Factors
Factors that may increase your chance of schizophrenia include:
- Having a parent or sibling with schizophrenia
- Marijuana use or other drug use
- Father being of older age
- Other factors, like problems during pregnancy or birth
Men typically develop symptoms in their late teens or early twenties. Schizophrenia in women tends to occur in their twenties or thirties. In rare cases, it is seen in childhood.
Symptoms often appear slowly. Early signs may include difficulty with relationships, school or work. The symptoms may become more disturbing and bizarre over time or occur in a matter of weeks or months.
Positive symptoms are behaviors that are not generally seen in healthy people. They may lose touch with reality with:
- Hallucinations—seeing or hearing things/voices that are not there
- Delusions—strong but false personal beliefs that are not based in reality
- Thought disorders
- Movement disorders
Negative symptoms are associated with breaks in normal emotions and behaviors, such as:
- Emotional flatness—flat speech, lack of facial expression, and general disinterest and withdrawal
- Reduced feelings of pleasure
- Difficulty starting and continuing activities
- Reduced speaking
Cognitive symptoms are changes in memory and thinking, such as:
- Poor ability to understand information and make decisions based on it
- Difficulty focusing
- Difficulty using information immediately after learning it
You, or a loved one or caregiver, will be asked about your symptoms and medical and mental health history. A physical exam will be done. A psychological exam may also be done.
It will take some time to confirm a schizophrenia diagnosis. Tests may be done to rule out other conditions or lifestyle habits such as drug use that can cause similar symptoms. Schizophrenia is diagnosed when 2 or more of the following symptoms occur and reduce ability of day to day life:
- Delusions
- Hallucinations
- Disorganized speech
- Disorganized or catatonic behavior
- Symptoms that disrupt normal emotions and behaviors—also known as negative symptoms
Schizophrenia is not curable, but symptoms can be reduced through treatment. Early, aggressive treatment can lead to better outcomes and may delay progression of schizophrenia to psychosis.
Hospitalization may be required during acute episodes. Symptoms are usually controlled with antipsychotic medications. Talk to your doctor about the best treatment plan for you. Options may include one or more of the following:
Antipsychotic Medications
Antipsychotics work by blocking certain chemicals in the brain. This helps control the abnormal thinking that occurs in people with schizophrenia. Determining a drug plan can be a complicated process. Often medications or dosages need to be changed until the right balance is found. This can take months or even years. The right balance of medication will have the least amount of side effects possible with the greatest benefit.
It is important to continue taking the medication even if you are feeling better. Symptoms will return once the medication has been stopped. A long-acting injection instead of daily pills may be used if you have difficulty taking regular medication.
Antipsychotics also have side effects that may make it difficult to stick to a medication routine. Common side effects include:
- Slow and stiff movements
- Restlessness
- Facial tics
- Protruding tongue
Medications called atypical antipsychotics have fewer side effects and are better tolerated over long periods of time. However, these medications may cause significant weight gain, high blood sugar, and high cholesterol.
Medications for Coexisting Conditions
Depression and anxiety can often occur with schizophrenia. They may be treated with:
- Antidepressants
- Anti-anxiety medications
- Mood stabilizers
- Anticonvulsants
Supportive Therapy
Schizophrenia is a lifelong condition. It can be confusing and frightening for the person with the disease and for family members. Individual and family therapy can address:
- Social skills
- Vocational guidance
- Community resources
- Family issues
- Living arrangements
- Emotional support
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Mental Health Canada
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Winder city officials have amended the agenda for the called meeting scheduled for 6 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 14.
Added to the agenda at 5 p.m. Monday were: An expenditure of $20,000 to complete the storm water project on Brookview Terrace, and approval of CEDS Construction's bid of $214,700 for the installation of a four-inch, steel, natural-gas main line to the McConway and Torley LLC manufacturing facility on Airport Road.
Also on the meeting's agenda are these items:
• replacement of the city code regarding the discharge of firearms within city limits. The changes will allow the shooting of guns on agricultural and industrial tracts at least five acres in size, as well as the use of air guns inside the city limits by adults and by children under the supervision of adults who are at least 18 years old. Under the new code section, guns could not be discharged within 300 feet of any property line, public road right-of-way or occupied building. And they could not be fired between 9 p.m. and 6 a.m. The restrictions would not apply to anyone acting in self-defense.
• a major overhaul of the city's alcohol ordinance.
• the ratification of the recent purchase of a Jackson Street parking lot adjacent to the former bank operations building that the city is renovating for use by the Winder Police Department and some administrative staff.
• the purchase of Cityworks software for several departments at a cost of $24,000 for installation and staff training; $30,000 for the license and annual maintenance; and $2,500 per month for an unlimited number of users.
• and a change in the city's health coverage plan for city employees who retire after Dec. 31, 2012. The changes would make coverage available only to employees who are at least 60 when they retire; pay 50 percent of the retiree's premium for individual coverage but no dependents; and provide the benefit only until the retiree is eligible for Medicare.
The meeting is open to the public and will be at the Winder Community Center.
Winder council calls Aug. 14 meeting, lengthens agenda
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Great finish, least we got a medal. Well done to Vos though, brilliant sprint to win.
After he wins, pretty much the first thing he does every single time is praise his team and how hard they work for him. I find it mildly irritating that people just seem to enjoy kicking him when he loses and says something a bit silly which happens occasionally, rather than focus on the fact that he's pretty much the best sprinter of all time (arguably) and a very decent bloke (I've heard this from many people I know at my club who have cycled with him as he used to race up here) that he's actually a smashing bloke. I know who I'm going to trust any way.
It's not just one instance, obviously. There's the "I'm the Barcelona of cycling" thing, the classless celebs (his own team famously withdrew him from the Tour de Romandie in 2010 when he gave the two fingered salute in winning), the fact he's so hated amongst other riders for being a reckless **** that a stage of the Tour of Switzerland was delayed in protest against his antics & the fact he had to change the dedication of his autobiography between hardback and paperback editions because he dumped his pre-fame girlfriend for a former Miss Italy.
Bloke might well be the best cycling sprinter ever, but he's not a nice man at all.
Cricket Web's current Premier League Tipping Champion
- As featured in The Independent.
"At this point, the merciful thing to do may be to put up one of those big green curtains they use when a horse falls at a racecourse, to spare the crowd the sight, and afford the man some privacy, for the ruthless but necessary end of his Test career." - The Guardian's Andy Bull on Keaton Jennings
Look, I've got a fair bit of time for Cav (obv not as close a connection as PF), but..
Don't care what's happened before, or afterwards, but he's known for ages that he's had the target on his back - that he's the man to win the road race because he's racing for GB and one of the best sprinters ever, in the London Olympics (yes, the track didn't suit him, but still...)
For him to whinge about other teams not helping him out is silly - sorry Cav, but you're the marked man, why would anyone want to help the person who is most likely to beat their own teammate? He got stuck into the Aussies for being negative - why should they help him catch up to the breakaway which included one of their own team? They're not wearing Sky guernseys now...
He was the obvious man to win, and people aren't going to let that happen - they'd rather let a lucky dip go down than help the best rider win come the Olympics. Simple.
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Cadel ruled out of the Individual Time Trial.
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#408. Sixty three not out forever.
Good start by the Kiwi in the women's time trial. Fastest through the first 9km so far.
But the commentator's unaware we've already won a medal today. Best to check stuff like that before making bold predictions about NZ's second medal of the Olympics being imminent.
Yeah, it's all NZ commentary. Some of them are definitely there, but I think quite a bit of it is just being done over the TV footage - not sure if they're doing that from there or here. There's a lot of "hopefully they'll give us a glimpse of the Kiwi soon..."
Fair play to the Russian, to have a medal and come out and set a stiff mark here is top stuff.
Ooh, silver medal position now for Villumsen. Fingers crossed.
Quality ride from the Kiwi/ Dutch girl. Well done there.
Aw, fourth. Still, a great effort.
Feel for the Spaniard there, chain snapped as he started then had to change rear wheel as well. All chance gone through no fault of his own.
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text: Student Profiles Scott Raker '05 Scott Raker '05 Hometown: Seattle, Washington Major: Government, with a minor in Theater Why did you come to Bowdoin? I knew that Brunswick was a great college town. I just really wanted to be on the East Coast and try a different place. One of the main things I remember is that [Bowdoin's] brochure said something like "We can't guarantee you're going to have a good time here." It seemed a lot more honest than other places. How did you decide on your major? I kind of fell into it. I have always had an interest in history and figured I would be a history major. But I started taking government courses for whatever reason, and took a comparative politics class with Professor Laurence - just an intro course - which was really interesting, and it seemed like a practical way of using history. So I kept taking classes. What has been your favorite class at Bowdoin? I took Japanese Politics and Society with Professor Laurence, which was a really great comparative politics course. We watched movies every week, we'd eat Japanese food sometimes, and he'd bring in a lot of great guest lecturers, really covering a huge amount of ground. It was a really intensive course, but really interesting. I'm now taking a senior seminar following up on that course and it's just as interesting. Liberalism and Its Critics, taught by Professor Franco, made possibly dry texts on political theory really engaging and sometimes (because of Franco) hilarious. The class sparked the idea for my independent study. All government and philosophy students should take a class with Professor Franco. Have you done any independent studies? I've taken a bunch of independent studies. Sophomore year, I did a playwriting independent study with [Associate Professor of Theater] Davis Robinson. I used historical stories from the founding of Seattle [to create a full-length play]. Seattle basically started out as an outpost for the loggers to come in to go to brothels. It's just interesting that really loose moral standards are underlying the founding of a city. I looked at different generations of pioneers and why people would move to the West, and then tried to put it all into a full-length [play]. Then I had another theater independent study with two other students, Marcus [Pearson '05] and Brian [Laurits '04]. That was just improvisation and comedy sketches, and by the end, we came up with an hour and a half show loosely based on religious questions, the Red Sox, Christmas - it was all over the place. This semester I have two independent studies. One is a government paper looking at different labor parties in Europe and if they're abandoning their social democratic roots and returning more to classical, liberal terms. Specifically, it's looking at the Labor Party in Britain and the Social Democrats in Germany. The last few years, they've become more about free markets and abandoned socialism to a large extent, while at the same emphasizing civil rights. So I'm seeing if that's a consolidation of the Left to its basic liberal foundations with John Locke. And then I'm directing Waiting for Godot [as an independent study in theater]. It'll be performed [April 29-30]. Independent studies are a great way to have your own thing going on for a semester that's different from an actual structured class. You have to put your own incentive into it and you gain satisfaction from the final product. What extracurricular activities do you participate in? Do you have an on-campus job? I've worked in the Hawthorne-Longfellow Library since sophomore year, just sorting books and checking books out. I did that this summer actually, too. That was a lot of fun because a lot of people were having a summer job up here and it's great to see Maine in the summer. I've done a few plays each year. That's been a lot of fun, either with student productions or faculty productions. Most recently, I was in 800 Words: The Transmigration of Philip K. Dick, with Sonja Moser, the new [theater professor]. It was a lot of fun because it was a pretty crazy play - it kind of reminded me of [the movie] Being John Malkovich. It was a good cast and Sonja was fun to work with. Have you studied abroad during your time at Bowdoin? My spring semester of my junior year, I was on the now-defunct CBB London program with Professor Laurence. There was a great class called Text in Performance where we got to see a lot of West End plays. We went to ten or twelve shows. The government classes were great because it was Professor Laurence - who is British - talking about British media and international finance. And I had a class studying the European Union and we got to take a trip to Brussels to see the EU Parliament. What is your best Bowdoin memory? My independent studies, especially the comedy sketch one, were incredibly fun and rewarding, and I've enjoyed pretty much all of my classes. But my favorite memories come from the time in between all the work where you can do dumb things with friends. I have to admit that the times that I've taken road trips, gone to parties, or procrastinated in some other way with people that I like will stick in my mind a lot longer than any paper I've written. So while I've had great classes, the people around me are more responsible for my memories at Bowdoin. What are your plans after graduation? I'm going to go to grad school at the Brown University/Trinity Repertory Consortium for an MFA in Acting. It's acting, but you take additional classes in playwriting and directing and you're working with a repertory theater at the same time. It's sort of weird to jump into another few years of school, but I figured if I wasn't going to pursue acting now, I'd never do it. It's always been an interest for me, so I applied to these places and got in. There are fifteen students in the program. What advice would you give to a prospective student or first year about the Bowdoin experience? The whole idea of a liberal arts education seems to steer away from direct clear paths. So while I've been really happy with my time at Bowdoin, I can't see a through-line in the pretty much arbitrary decisions I've made that will help anyone. But I can give more specific advice about things I've enjoyed. I lived in the Red Brick House the fall of my junior year, which is an off-campus group of apartments usually rented out to students. I liked getting the chance to live in Brunswick and feel a little more self-reliant. Brunswick is in a great part of Maine. I've always liked getting the chance to drive out to Bailey's Island or have dinner in Portland. It's easy to get stuck on campus for a long time, but through the Outing Club (which is something I really should have taken advantage of) or on your own, there are lots of ways to see other places. Story posted on April 08, 2005 « Back | More Student Profiles | Go to News Home


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University of Missouri Extension's Active and Healthy School Program has helped students adopt healthier behavior at Leslie Bell Elementary School in Lexington.
Funded through a grant from the Health Care Foundation of Greater Kansas City, this program has assisted Leslie Bell Elementary in fostering a healthier school environment that naturally encourages 353 rural, lower income students to increase their physical activity and make healthier nutrition choices.
Lynda Johnson, a Nutrition Specialist and Lafayette County Program Director, provided training and consultations to implement the key program components. Activity "zones" were incorporated on the playground so all students are moving throughout recess. (On traditional school playgrounds, less than 30 percent of students are actively engaged.) Teachers were trained to lead classroom "activity breaks" to help students focus on classroom learning and be more energized. Multi-faceted nutrition activities were coordinated with Oppa School Food Management such as more locally grown fresh fruits and vegetables served at lunch.
Due to the success of this pilot initiative, the district is now funding a paraprofessional position at the elementary school and five other Lafayette County elementary schools want to partner with MU Extension to implement the program.
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The Planning Commission Tuesday held a public hearing to consider recommending an amending a city zoning ordinance that would allow ham operator towers and wind mills higher than 35 feet tall.
The Planning Commission Tuesday held a public hearing to consider recommending an amending a city zoning ordinance that would allow ham operator towers and wind mills higher than 35 feet tall.
The matter was originally brought up at the Sept. 25 Planning Commission meeting when Ridgecrest resident Steven Rainey requested a permit to build a 55-foot radio tower with a 15-foot antenna.
Current Ridgecrest zoning ordinances do not allow tower-like structures higher than 35 feet in residential areas.
Even in commercial areas, structures like cell towers are subject to conditional use permits and special hearings to determine a myriad of things, including whether they would hinder air traffic patterns around the China Lake Naval Air Weapons Station.
City Planner Matthew Alexander recommend that the planning commission recommend the city council amend the zoning ordinance to allow the commission to review and approve those structures on a conditional use basis.
"The one advantage is that we are required to notify everyone within a certain radius to comment," Alexander told the Planning Commission.
Alexander pointed out that city staff had researched zoning ordinances for other towns and used Fountain Hills, Ariz. as an example.
The permit process, if approved by city council at a later date, would include a public hearing to allow neighbors of residents like Rainey who would like to install a structure in the local neighborhood.
"Most of the city is currently zoned residential," Alexander said. "We are proposing single and estate and agriculture areas."
Rainey's proposed ham radio tower would not remain permanently standing. He has indicated when it is not in use, it would lay flat on his property and be raised and lowered via a crank.
Commission Chairman Craig Porter asked why the requested amendment included windmills in addition to ham radio towers.
"The staff is always trying to think outside the box," Alexander said. "Windmills are certainly becoming more popular source of alternative energy sources."
Commissioner Jim Sanders recommended changing the wording to include more general structures for anything the commission couldn't think of at the time.
Commissioner Carter Pope agreed with the idea.
Porter briefly expressed the idea should be discussed more thoroughly.
"I'm not really opposed about it, but we should consider a separate public hearing," Porter said.
During public comment, Ridgecrest resident Dave Matthews gave a few examples. He said one was a television antenna or a satellite dish were good examples, which required a certain amount of line-of-sight to receive a good signal.
"I think you should broaden it. It would save a lot of headaches in the future," Matthews said.
Rainey said that he agreed with the direction of the recommendation.
"I'll keep it all kosher," he said of his tower. "It's not like it's going to be a 200-foot structure."
Alexander said that if the recomendation were passed, it would be put on the docket for the city council's consideration but it would take time before it made it back to the Planning Commission.
"Bear in the mind the wheels of government move slowly," Alexander said.
The amendment would require to separate readings before it could be approved and Rainey could apply for the conditional use permit.
The planning commission voted unanimously to approve the recommendation after altering the language to apply it to more general tower-like structures.


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Paralyzed Iowa farmer determined to plant crops
An Iowa farmer paralyzed in a hunting accident said he will plant his crops this spring.
Paralyzed from the ribs down, Jake Wookey said nothing will stop him from farming. The Red Oak farmer and father of three is now getting back into his tractor.
"I ran into a plowable terrace, wasn't going but 25-30 mph, and I took the brunt of it," Wookey said.
Wookey said he won't let anything stand in his way.
"I'll get it figured out because I told all my friends that I am going to plant my crop this year. That's my goal," he said.
His personal tractor is now parked at the Madonna Rehabilitation Hospital where doctors and physical therapists have treated him since February. They are now helping him develop the strength to eventually get in and out of his tractor on his own.
"We've had a lot of farmers that we've worked with but we've never had one as determined as Jake to get into the tractor for planting season," said Kristi Britten with Madonna.
With support of the staff at Madonna, his wife and three children, Wookey said it's not his injury that could come between him and his crop.
"I will be ready to plant corn, I guess, if snow wasn't on the ground," Wookey said.


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Recently upgraded my site to 4.0 and now having major log in issues
1) not staying logged in when moving from page to page
2) not logging it at all, just refreshing the page when log in button is clicked
3) not staying logged in after browser is closed
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nothing fancy there, and it worked perfectly before the upgrade.
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On my web application, I display information in different languages. Everything works fine in IE compatibility mode and FireFox but it shows boxes for chinese/japanese languages. I am pretty much having the same issue as described here
Thanks for your help.
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hi all,
I am having a weird problem with VS 2010. I am using the premium edition.
It seems that none of the asp controls <asp:..> tag are recognized by the editor. I keep getting a green underline under each control name. To check this, I have created a brand new web site targeting .NET framework 4.0 and even in the auto-generated pages, none of the asp controls is recognized. I am also unable to see the properties of any control if I click inside the tag (at an attribute). All I get is the ID of the button and the tag <HTML ELEMENT>! Furthermore, when I drop an ASP control from the toolbox, the attribute "ID" is not generated. Only when I switch to the design view that I can get to see the properties of the control and the ID is set automatically. The message for the green underline says: Element 'Button' is not a known element. This can occur if there is a compilation error in the Web Site, or the web.config file is missing.
Does anyone know what is going on?
Hello everyone,
I ran into an issud to day with the follwoing code. The strPanelOrder session variable is false, however, once it goes into the next if statement and sets the strTrimOrder to True, it changes the strPanelOrder session varialbe to true as well. Why is this and how to I stop that from happening?
If Session(strPanelOrder) Is "False" Then
If (strItemNumber.Length() = 10) And (strItemNumber.Substring(0, 2) = "FS" Or strItemNumber.Substring(0, 2) = "FC" Or strItemNumber.Substring(0, 2) = "DS" Or strItemNumber.Substring(0, 2) = "DC") Then
Session(strPanelOrder) = "True"
End If
End If
If Session(strTrimOrder) Is "False" Then
If (strItemNumber.Substring(4, 1) = "T") And (strItemNumber.Substring(0, 2) <> "AC") And (strItemNumber <> "Length") Then
Session(strTrimOrder) = "True"
End If
End If
Thanks in advance for taking a look at this.
I am trying to invoke a window using the following commands:
Response.Write("<script>" & vbCrLf)"
Response.Write(window.open('" & url & "','','toolbar=0,status=1,resizable=1,scrollbars=1,menubar=1');" & vbCrLf)"
The problem however is that on IE8 the session object is not carried over to this new window. I get "Nullpointerexception" when I try to retrieve the connection object from the session. It works on IE6 though.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
We're trying to migrate a one of our apps to our dev server for testing and development, but we're having problems with the membership functionality. We can add users, but there seems to be a disconnect with roles. We can query the aspnet_users table and find the new user in there, but when we query the aspnet_usersinroles table, that user id is not present.
We're also unable to run the Roles.GetUsersInRole("somerole") method. It returns 0 records. When I run Roles.ApplicationName, it returns the correct name, so .NET should be passing the correct app name.
We're just a little baffled. If anyone could shed some light on what could be the issue, we would appreciate it.
Thanks! :)
I have been using the following tutorial and had to convert the code to C# for my project, now i cant get the code to work, im getting red line under the word "in" in the UpdateRolesFromList, i tried to add a datasource on page load for the checkboxlist like so RoleList.DataSource = PopulateRoleList(User.Identity.Name.ToString());
and gives me error saying cannot implictly convert type 'void' to 'object'
What am i missing, that when i load the page or even do a search it never displays the checkbox list as it shows in the tutorial?
protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
public void PopulateRoleList(string userName)
string[] roleNames = null;
string roleName = null;
roleNames = Roles.GetAllRoles();
foreach (string roleName_loopVariable in roleNames)
roleName = r
I am creating a new workflow using SPD on MOSS 2007, SP2, and having a problem with it.
The workflow is fairly basic, where when a user creates a new infopath form it sends an email to another person, who enters some info, then selects where it get's routed to next. There are 3 more similar processes before the form is marked as
completed. At each step the WF emails the person selected as next reciepient and updates a "flag" saying which step the process is in.
The problem is that sometimes when I update a form, (all emails come to me since it's still in testing), the workflow stops with a message of "Failed on Start (retrying)". After doing some digging I found this link:
So I went in and added an action for every update I do to first check the document out, do the update, and then check the document back in. Well the problem I get now is that the WF fails with a message about unable to check the document back in.
I tried troubleshooting it by putting in WF Stop and Log entry actions to try to figure out exactly where the problem was happening.
I thought I had fixed it
I am modifying the infio path form 2007 from my state machine workflow to constantly update the status fields in the request form.
below is the method i created for the same..
private void updateInfoPathRequestForm(string xpathNode, string nodeValue)
SPUserToken token = workflowProperties.Web.CurrentUser.UserToken;
using (SPSite _site = new SPSite(workflowProperties.Site.ID, token))
_site.AllowUnsafeUpdates = true;
using (SPWeb _web = _site.OpenWeb(workflowProperties.Web.ID))
SPListItem item = _web.Lists[workflowProperties.List.ID].Items[workflowProperties.Item.UniqueId];
Has anyone ever had strange behaviour with deployed MVC websites on IIS7.
Our homepage shows intermittent strange behaviour as follows
1 - Postbacks sometimes are not processed server side, sometimes postbacks change the URL and add random query string parameteres
2 - Server side code in the Index Action is sometimes not called when the homepage loads (we have some data we load in from a cookie on the Index action of Home Controller, intermittently this data is not loaded in.
3 - Tracking - We have a really strange issue whereby some people who hit or site on the homepage are being tracked by Google Anayltics, Our internal tracking database (which uses a cookie) and some other third party software as bounces and then the second page they hit is being logged.
It seems as if randomly, server side code is not being executed from our homepage only. All other pages are fine, this only ever happens on our homepage
Are there issues around MVC homepages in IIS7 - has anyone else ever seen this behaviour ?
Hi All,
I have got error while installing sharePoint 2010 as follows and answer also present below,but i could not able to find the patch as mentioned in the solution below I.e: "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Updates\UpdateExeVolatile"
I my machine is not the base machine its a VM running with Windows Server 2008 standard and SQL Server 2008 R2......
ANy help much appreciated...
ISSUE #3: when running Setup.exe for Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010 you may experience the error:
Setup is unable to proceed due to the following error(s):
A system restart from a previous installation or update is pending. Restart your computer and run setup to continue.
For the list of pre-requisites needed to install the product please refer to:
Correct the issue(s) listed above and re-run setup.
Check the value of the following Registry keys:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Updates\UpdateExeVolatile - if the value of the UpdateExeVolatile Registry key is anything other than 0 you will see this message.
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Pendi
Hello, I believe there is an issue with a current document link in SharePoint. When we click on the main Document Folder (labelled - Project Descriptions) we are typically provided access to a large list of subfolders and documents. For some
reason now, when we click on the main Document folder, a dialogue box opens up prompting me with the following language:
Do you want to open or save this file?
If you click "open", you're redirected to a blank page in SharePoint. Our documents are no where to be found. Please help.
Josh - AMBiT Consulting Inc.
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Cisco's annual Marketing Velocity took place April 16-18 in Cannes, France, drawing in more than 200 Cisco partners from 44 different countries. The event, which is focused on next-generation marketing techniques for Cisco technology and solution provider partners, was the seventh Velocity conference in the networking titan's history.
In case you missed it, here are 10 scenes providing a glimpse into Velocity, and the beautiful city in which it was hosted.


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Who said there aren't as many deer as there used to be? If you're a bowhunter, the Badger State is the place to be right now if you want some great action.
Wisconsin bow-and-arrow whitetail hunters shattered a state record in 2012, harvesting 45,775 bucks — the most antlered bucks ever taken in one season by archery hunters. The overall bowhunting harvest of 93,452 whitetails is the 6th best mark ever recorded in Wisconsin, which holds the distinction of having the longest running archery season in North America. Deer & Deer Hunting, which has tabulated state-by-state records since 1991, is the first organization to categorize state harvest figures.
Wisconsin's previous best bowhunting seasons by sheer number of deer killed are:
2003: total bow harvest of 95,607 whitetails.
2004: total bow harvest of 103,571 whitetails.
2006: total bow harvest of 113,884 whitetails.
2007: total bow harvest of 116,010 whitetails.
2008: total bow harvest of 99,284 whitetails.
The state's regular archery season, which ran from mid-September through the first week of January, attracts more than 250,000 annually.
To get harvest records in information for each state, be sure to check out the annual Deer Hunters' Almanac.
"It was a great year for buck harvest, especially in the farmland areas," Wallenfang told the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel. "Wisconsin has always been known as a great producer of trophy bucks, but this year has likely secured Wisconsin's standing in the record books. It will be a lot of fun to attend the deer hunting shows this spring to see just what was taken."
For more on Wisconsin's recently concluded deer seasons, check out Paul Smith's article in today's Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel.


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