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Faces of the Frontlines!
May 5, 2020
UPSE thanks the membership (Faces of the Frontlines) for providing the essential services Islanders need during this challenging time. Stay Safe!
Karen Jackson, UPSE President
Happy May Day to all Workers!
May 1, 2020
Today is International Workers' Day; a day to recognize the contributions of working people.
A heartfelt thankyou to those who have fought for the wages, benefits, rights, and working conditions we enjoy today and those who continue to fight.
Day of Mourning: April 28, 2020
April 28, 2020
Islanders will be marking the National Day of Mourning with all nadians, on April 28th with a virtual ndlelight vigil. Every year more than 1,000 workers lose their lives in the workplace in nada. This is unacceptable. The enduring message of Day of Mourning – "to mourn for the dead and fight for the living" – is more important than ever. We owe it to all workers to make sure they have the protections and supports to work safely. The COVID-19 pandemic emphasizes the need to strengthen and renew our commitment to preventing further tragedies for all workers.
Pic: Karen Jackson, UPSE President, lays a wreath at the Day of Mourning Monument in Charlottetown, April 28.
Administrative Professionals Day: April 22, 2019
April 22, 2020
The Union of Public Sector Employees recognizes the support and expertise Administrative Professionals provide in the workplace. On April 22 let's
celebrate these hard working, multi-tasking individuals for the important work they do every day.
Karen Jackson, UPSE President
Thoughts and Prayers to our Sister Union - NSGEU
April 20, 2020
Our thoughts and prayers are with all those affected by the tragic events in Nova Scotia. Our hearts break for all the families that have lost loved ones. Thinking of our sister Union NSGEU and all your members, we are here in solidarity. ❤
Celebrate RCW Week - April 13th - 19th
April 14, 2020
I would like to recognize our Resident re Workers, Patient re Workers and Home Support Workers as you celebrate RCW Week. Never has the role of our RCWs, PCWs and HSWs been more vital. As we celebrate RCW week, I would like to personally Thank each and everyone of you that are going over and above during this pandemic. Not only are you providing excellent re to Islanders, you are also filling in for family members who nnot visit their loved ones during this challenging time. There are no words that n Thank You enough for the many things you are doing that may go unseen to the public, but we know are making a huge difference to our vulnerable Islanders.
You all play such an essential role in the delivery of health re in many areas and are essential members of Nursing teams in both the Public and Private sectors. The work you do has such a positive impact on people's lives and healthy outcomes every single day. You personify Excellence in re despite the many challenges you face daily!!! Thank You for everything you do for your patients, residents and clients ❤
Karen Jackson, UPSE President
Message #4 to Members
April 9, 2020
Dear Members,
Once again, I would like to Thank our members for your delivery of valuable services that Islanders need and for keeping Islanders safe, during this ever-changing world we live in right now. Every day brings new challenges that we have never had to address before. UPSE is a diverse Union representing 5000 members from 15 different collective agreements, and our staff have been working tirelessly dealing with our members' issues since the onset of this pandemic. I want to acknowledge and Thank our staff who are continuing to service our members. I nnot Thank our Labour Relations Officers (LROs) enough for the work they are doing on your behalf. They are being creative and trying to find solutions with employers on evolving issues daily.
One of the issues that we are hearing loud and clear is about access to proper personal protective equipment (PPE). You n be assured that I have been lobbying the employer along with the CUPE, IUOE, PEINU Presidents, to ensure the safety of our members is first and foremost, since the onset of COVID 19. I have written a letter to the Premier, Minister of Health, Minister responsible for Labour, Dr. Morrison, Marion Dowling and Denise Lewis-Fleming advoting that protecting the health and safety of our members is critil to preventing exposure to, and transmission of COVID 19. CUPE, IUOE, PEINU and UPSE are strongly advoting on behalf of all our members that you have access to the appropriate PPE. The employer is fully aware where UPSE stands on this issue! I have daily contact and a weekly conference ll with Health PEI.
Other issues we have been dealing with since my last message include accommodating our members who may be immunosuppressed or have a family member at home who is at a higher risk if exposed to COVID 19. We are dealing with those on a se by se basis. We have developed guidelines on staff deployment in Health and are developing guidelines for the Civil Service. We are working with the employer to get essential members who n work from home accommodated. We have worked out an agreement for schedule changes regarding shift premiums for our non-shift employees, ensuring that our members who have been redeployed are getting their benefits in their collective agreement. I have worked with the employer to ensure that safety protocols were put in place for our LCC members to ensure their safety on their return to work. Last weekend I had discussions with the employer about return to work for our 750 Seasonal Rell members. These are just a few of the issues we have been dealing with.
On a personal note, as your President, I have had many conversations with different levels of Government including the Premier during this pandemic. Those that know me well, know that I take my position to heart, and I deeply re about my members. To say the past few weeks have been trying at times would be an understatement. Our members look to their Union for answers, help and solutions to issues that we really were not prepared for, during this unprecedented time. I worry about the safety of my members every day, and that is always first and foremost in my conversations with employers. I worry about our health re workers who face this pandemic on the frontlines with the fear of not being properly protected. I worry about all those members who are delivering the extra services announced by the government on top of their regular duties to ensure that Islanders are getting much needed help. I worry about our seasonal rell members and about our members who are dealing with an increase in social issues. I worry about our correctional and enforcement officers, our group home workers who are working during this stressful time and keeping Islanders safe. I worry about all our members who are working extended hours. I am so proud to be your President and acknowledge the vital services you are providing Islanders. You are doing incredible work!
To close I just want you to know that our LRO's will be available over the Easter weekend if you have an urgent matter that needs to be addressed. Please ll the office number or email and you will reach one of our LROs. Our number is 902-892-5335. Many of our members will be working this weekend and we send our heartfelt gratitude to each and every one of them. I also want to acknowledge all the essential employees, union or not, who are working to provide the essential services Islanders need. We are all in this together. Every job matters, and we could not do this without all of you! They are going to work for us, so please stay home for them!
Karen Jackson
UPSE President
UPSE Thanks Essential Employees in Both Public and Private Sectors!
April 9, 2020
Message #3 to Members
March 26, 2020
Dear Members,
I would once again like to acknowledge and Thank all those who are working, providing those services to Islanders that have been deemed essential by our Chief Health Officer.
UPSE continues to be in daily contact with your employers, keeping the safety of our members first and foremost during our discussions, your safety is our number one concern.
Given that we still don't know everything we need to know about this virus, we are urging the employer to err on the side of ution and provide our members the protective equipment required, to keep you safe in your work sites. This is something we include in our daily discussions with the employer. I have also brought my concerns about this in my discussions with both the Minister of Health and the Premier.
We urge all our members to follow the directions of our Chief Health Officer Dr. Heather Morrison and Chief Nursing Officer Marion Dowling to help ensure your safety, your family's safety and the safety of all Islanders, especially those that are vulnerable. I know there are many questions how COVID-19 is affecting your work sites. The issues change daily, as new situations arise and UPSE has told the employer that communition is key for our members, to ensure best practice and protocols are followed. We are working collaboratively with other PEI Unions and our national union, NUPGE, to keep us up to date on not only what is happening across the Province, but what is happening across the Country, and the challenges other provinces are facing.
I would like to thank you all for the skills, dedition and support you are providing to Islanders during this unprecedented time. We're adapting to uncertain conditions, and everyone is doing their very best to meet extraordinary demands in a rapidly changing environment. I just want to remind members that although our office is closed to the public, our UPSE LRO's are in the office Monday to Friday 8:30-4:30 and are available by phone or email. I have asked them to provide weekend coverage as well, as we move through this challenging time. Please don't hesitate to contact your Union if you have any concerns.
Thank You again and Stay safe everyone!
Karen Jackson, President of UPSE
Message #2 to Members
March 20, 2020
Dear Members,
First and foremost, I would like to thank all our essential employees who are delivering the valuable services that Islanders need, and for keeping Islanders safe, during this evolving crisis. I know many of you have been working tirelessly over the past few days to ensure that Islanders continue to receive the much needed services they are accustomed to, as well as putting into place new initiatives that the Government has announced to help ease the economic burden to Islanders. As members, you provide important services to Islanders, and those who protect the safety and health of Islanders and ensure the delivery of government programs, are of the utmost importance during this time of crisis.
I understand the level of anxiety that many of you must be feeling but be assured that your Union is here to address any concerns that may arise during this COVID-19 crisis. We n and will get through this crisis and your union will be advoting on your behalf every step of the way to ensure the safety of our members. Our grievances have all been put in abeyance, with the employer, until we get through this crisis, to allow our resources to focus on the most pressing developing issues. The situation remains fluid and the safety of our membership is of our utmost concern. Our Labour Relations Officers are here to help you if you have any questions, concerns or issues that arise in your worksites. This includes weekends for now. Please ll UPSE at 902-892-5335 or toll free at 1-800-897-8773.
Thank you all once again for your dedition and patience. We are asking questions on your behalf and sometimes the answers are not as timely as we would like, but everyone, the employer included, is in uncharted waters with this crisis and we are all learning as we go. UPSE is also working collaboratively with PEINU, CUPE and IUOE to lobby for safe working conditions on behalf of all our members and are in constant contact as issues that affect our members arise. We will also continue to try and keep our social media updated as much as we n for our members, but my most important message to everyone is to heed the advise of the Chief Health Officer, who is doing a wonderful job to keep us all informed of what is happening here on PEI.
Karen Jackson, UPSE President
Joint Statement: Unions ll for Adequate Protections for Workers
March 20, 2020
The PEI Union of Public Sector Employees, the PEI Nurses Union, the nadian Union of Public Employees and the International Union of Operating Engineers are lling on the Government of Prince Edward Island to uphold the preutionary principle when it comes to providing personal protective equipment (PPE) for health workers and all members who may be at risk (see full release).
Latest Update from Chief Health Officer, Heather Morrison
March 18, 2020
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In light of this announcement, the UPSE Office is now closed until further notice.
Our Labour Relations Officers, Essential Employees, are available via phone and email and will be responding as normal to any issues or questions from our membership.
Please contact us at 902-892-5335 or peiupse@
We want to thank our Members for your patience as we navigate through this difficult time.
Message to Members
March 17, 2020
Dear Members,
Many of us are feeling anxious considering what has been evolving over the past week with COVID-19. UPSE has been in constant contact with Health PEI, the Public Service Commission and our other employers to ensure that the safety of our members and all Islanders is first and foremost. Cooperation is key to being able to effectively manage the spread of the virus, so we must all do our part.
We urge our members to follow the directions given by Government and the Chief Health Officer, to help ensure the safety of your loved ones and our most vulnerable community members.
I know many of you have important questions regarding the issues as they evolve in your worksites. Everyday is different as new issues are identified, but be assured, we are talking to the employers to stay on top of new information that emerges daily. Although our office is closed to the public, our staff are here, still available by phone and email, so please, do not hesitate to contact us.
We are working with other Unions collaboratively to ensure the best practices, protocols, procedures and communition plans are implemented, keeping our members safe and at reduced risk. This is an evolving situation and we want to hear of any concerns that arise in your workplace relating to COVID-19. Please don't hesitate to contact Your Union!
I would like to Thank each and ever one of you for your dedition and commitment to delivering critil public services to Islanders during this difficult time.
Karen Jackson
UPSE President
Latest Update from Chief Health Officer, Heather Morrison
March 17, 2020
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Click here for latest update video from Dr. Morrison
March 17, 2020
Please be advised that due to the declared Public Health Emergency on Prince Edward Island, our office will be closed to the public effective immediately.
Our staff are still here to service our members via phone and email. Please contact the office at 902-892-5335 or email peiupse@
UPSE ncels All Upcoming Edutionals in Response to COVID-19
March 13, 2020
As of today, and in relation to the announcement made by PEI's Chief Public Health Office (see announcement), UPSE is ncelling its upcoming edutionals to minimize the risk associated with COVID-19. UPSE will keep any names already put forward for the courses on a list and will contact members as rescheduling new dates occurs. Until then, UPSE must remain proactive and ensure the health and safety of the membership is top priority.
Karen Jackson,
UPSE President
March 13, 2020
The Chief Public Health Office is providing regular updates regarding the COVID-19 virus and to ensure you are well-informed, please find all available information on the following resource page: www.princeedwardisland.ca/coronavirus
The PEI Public Service Commission sent the following information to Civil Service employees via email to address concerns regarding COVID-19 (see info).
Social Work Month
March 11, 2020
UPSE recognizes the important contribution Social Workers make in PEI every day. Social Workers provide support, healing, and advocy to individuals, families and communities. They also manage risk and uncertainty working in community based settings as they help people improve the quality of their lives and achieve their goals. UPSE thanks you for your dedited service.
Karen Jackson,
President, UPSE
The Accent
March 10, 2020
Check out the latest edition of The Accent. Register for UPSE's upcoming edution sessions and save the date for the Steps for Life walk on May 2, 2020 (The Accent).
UPSE President Asks Province About Their Plan to Protect Members in se of a COVID-19 Outbreak
March 9, 2020
PEI UPSE President, Karen Jackson, has asked the province to provide the union with information concerning the processes and policies that are in place for our members to ensure they will be protected from (and able to treat) those people with COVID-19 should the virus arrive in PEI. Jackson said "there are many aspects of this that will affect our members if an outbreak does occur, and there needs to be good communition so that everyone is on the same page."
See more info: Advisory - Coronavirus Infection
Introducing a new Discount
March 9, 2020
PEI UPSE is part of the Atlantic nada Health re Coalition, which means UPSE members now have access to The Cooperators Group Auto and Home Insurance. Details are listed on our discount page or you may click here for more information.
International Women's Day Event!
March 6, 2020
On Sunday, March 8, 2020 the PEI Advisory Council on the Status of Women hosts their annual International Women's Day event from 3:00pm - 5:00 pm at the Trinity United Church Hall in Charlottetown.
For more info: https://bit.ly/2IsFogB
March 8 is International Women's Day!
March 6, 2020
March 8 is International Women's Day! PEI UPSE supports equality and believes that women and girls should have equal access to opportunity whether that applies to edution, training, reer opportunities or pay levels.
On March 8 and throughout the year let's do our part to promote equality for women and girls.
UPSE Board Retreat!
February 28, 2020
Setting the direction for UPSE! A huge thankyou to Paula Matheson who recently retired and was an outstanding activist for many years, serving Lol 2 as Director and Steward and Chairperson for the UPSE Edution Committee. Thank you for your dedition to UPSE Paula - you will be missed.
Thanks to all the Board Members for a great meeting!
Karen Jackson, UPSE President
UPSE Closing at 3:30 (Feb. 27, 2020)
February 27, 2020
UPSE is closing as of 3:30 pm today (Feb. 27, 2020) due to poor weather.
Pink Shirt Day!
February 26, 2020
Today is Pink Shirt Day! By wearing pink UPSE sends a strong message of support to victims of bullying so that they know they are not alone, and that bullying will not be tolerated anywhere.
(Back L-R): Mark Barrett (Communitions), Melissa Bruce (Resource and Organizing), Mary MacLean (Edution and Meetings), Karen Jackson (President), Jackie Mcughey (Accounting and Technology), and Troy Warren (Labour Relations).
(Front L-R): Andrew Jack (Labour Relations), Blair Weeks (Research, Edution and Policy) and Andrew Nielsen (Lawyer, Pink Larkin).
The Accent
February 25, 2020
Check out the latest edition of The Accent. See UPSE on social media; acceptable computer use policy at work; and save the date for Family Fun Day. For more information see (The Accent).
Save the Date: UPSE Family Fun Day (July 19, 2020)
February 24, 2020
The Union of Public Sector Employees is pleased to announce that Family Fun Day will take place on Sunday, July 19, 2020 at Shining Waters Family Fun Park. Save the date and UPSE will release an Accent with all the registration details in June.
Job Opportunities
February 24, 2020
Job Opportunity at PEI Union of Public Sector Employees Office - Click here for link
Job Opportunity at PEI Federation of Labour Office - Click here for link
Chief Stewards Meeting!
February 19, 2020
Karen Jackson, UPSE President, joined the Chief Stewards for a meeting in Charlottetown today. UPSE Stewards play an important role by helping members deal with difficult situations at work. They make sure members are protected by their collective agreements and they provide a bridge between management and employees.
UPSE Has A Heart!
February 14, 2020
UPSE proudly donated $11,500 to non-profit community organizations across PEI through the UPSE Has a Heart mpaign on Valentine's Day. Karen Jackson, UPSE President, says "the mpaign is about supporting non-profit organizations that make a difference in the lives of Islanders. We at UPSE believe that unions have a role to play in helping to strengthen our communities by supporting these wonderful organizations that provide valuable community support across the Island."
L-R Karen Jackson (UPSE President), Chris MacPherson (PEI Special Olympics) and Chrissy Murphy (Chair, UPSE Rec Committee)
Wear Purple Day!
February 12, 2020
UPSE President, Karen Jackson, and staff are wearing purple today to remember victims of violence and their families; and to show that violence in any relationship is not acceptable.
Pic (back L-R) Mark Barrett, Norma Jarvis, Jackie Mcughey, Mary MacLean, Hans Connor, Troy Warren and Karen Jackson.
(front L-R) Blair Weeks, Andrew Jack, and Melissa Bruce
Wednesday, February 12 is Wear Purple Day!
February 11, 2020
Wednesday, February 12 is Wear Purple Day in Prince Edward Island. Islanders are encouraged to wear purple:
• to raise awareness of Family Violence Prevention Week;
• to remember victims of violence and their families; and
• to show that violence in any relationship is not acceptable.
National Union's Scholarship Program: 2020
February 10, 2020
Each year, the 390,000 member National Union of Public and General Employees (NUPGE) offers scholarships of $2,500 each that reflect its pursuit of equal opportunity for workers. Entrants must be the children/grandchildren or foster children/grandchildren of members or retirees of the National Union's Component unions or its affiliates and who are planning to enter the 1st year of a nadian public post-secondary edutional institution on a full-time basis in 2020.
All scholarships awarded will be based on the best 750–1,000 word essay. Essays will be marked on the basis of content and style. The deadline for applitions and essays is July 6, 2020 and the 8 scholarships may have additional requirements (see topics and more information here).
UPSE Closed Due to Weather Conditions
February 7, 2020
PEI UPSE is now closed (1:40 p.m.) due to worsening weather conditions. The office will open on Monday, February 10 at 8:00 a.m.
Job Opportunity at PEI UPSE Office - Senior Staffing Officer
February 6, 2020
Please see attached link to the job opportunity for Senior Staffing Officer for the PEI UPSE Office.
The Accent
February 6, 2020
Check out the latest edition of The Accent. Family Violence Prevention Week is February 9-15, 2020. Join the Walk in Silence at a lotion near you to raise awareness and show support for family violence survivors. Also, please wear purple on Wednesday, February 12 to show that violence in any relationship is not acceptable. For more information see (The Accent).
Edution Sessions for the New Workplace Harassment Regulations
February 2, 2020
Effective July 1, 2020 Prince Edward Island employers must comply with new Workplace Harassment Regulations. The OHS Act and Workplace Harassment Regulations require that every employer establish a policy on Workplace Harassment as well as a procedure to investigate any complaints.
The Workers Compensation Board of PEI offers a number of edutional sessions to support healthy and safe workplaces across PEI. Workshops are provided free of charge. The session on Workplace Harassment will introduce participants to the new Regulations and will outline the employer and worker responsibilities in establishing a harassment free workplace.
Contact the Occupational Health and Safety division (WCB) to register for a public workshop or schedule one at your workplace. Phone: 902-368-5697, Toll free: 1-800-237-5049 or
email: email@example.com.
Pharmare: Add Your Voice!
January 30, 2020
nada's unions are proud that we've won health insurance coverage for many of our members. But we believe anyone with a health rd should have coverage for the medicines they need. That's why we're working to win a universal prescription drug plan that covers everyone in nada, regardless of their income, age or where they work or live. Add your voice (here)!
Today is Bell Let's Talk Day!
January 29, 2020
Bell will donate more towards mental health initiatives in nada by contributing 5¢ for every applible text, ll, tweet and retweet, social media video view and use of Bell's Facebook frame or Snapchat filter. Let's work together to create positive change. See more info (here).
The Accent
January 28, 2020
Check out the latest edition of The Accent. Winter Family Fun Day will take place on February 16, 2020. Register for events in Summerside or Charlottetown (see Accent).
Report rd on Child and Family Poverty in PEI
January 22, 2020
Please see the sixth Annual Prince Edward Island Child Poverty Report rd (click here). This year, after 18 months of the nada Child Benefit (CCB), it is clear that the CCB helped somewhat to ease poverty, although its resources are far from sufficient. The PEI Child Poverty Report rd is prepared by the MacKillop Centre for Social Justice, a non-profit research/edution and action centre, and the PEI Coalition for a Poverty Eradition Strategy which is composed of over 20 Island groups.
Activity Professionals Week: January 19-25, 2020.
January 20, 2020
Activity Professionals Week is January 19-25, 2020. Activity staff are vital to the health and well being of residents in Long Term re facilities on PEI.
UPSE congratulates and recognizes the importance of activity professionals for their contribution each and every day!
UPSE Members with Health PEI
January 20, 2020
The UPSE Health Development and Training fund is available to PEI UPSE members who are employed with Health PEI and are covered under the Health PEI Collective Agreement. The fund provides employees with monies to improve required skills to better perform current job responsibilities as well as future job opportunities. You will find the applition and guidelines on the PEI UPSE Website. Click here: https://bit.ly/37d887R
Please ensure you are using the current applition form found on our website for all of your development & training requests. Contact Melissa Bruce at mbruce@ or (902) 892-5335 for questions & inquires about the fund.
The Accent
January 15, 2020
Check out the latest edition of The Accent. UPSE has put out a ll for members to form a Young Workers Committee; is seeking proposals for the UPSE Has a Heart mpaign; and is looking to organize new members (see Accent).
Former UPSE Board Member (Lynn Parker) Passes
January 15, 2020
We are saddened to hear of the passing of member and former Board of Director member, Lynn Parker. Lynn was a strong Union advote for her members who served many roles on various committees over the years, and was a longtime Board member. UPSE would like to send our sincere condolences to her family at this sad time.
Funeral details n be found here (details).
Are you a Non-Profit or Charitable Organization?
January 7, 2020
Are you a non-profit or charitable organization seeking financial support? The "UPSE Has a Heart" team is looking for a proposal/presentation from your organization. If interested, please ll the UPSE office (902-892-5335) or email (peiupse@) by Friday, February 7, 2020. Your presentation should be no longer than 5 minutes long. Presentations will be made on February 10 and 11 (storm dates Feb 11 and 12).
Please note that administrative funding will not be considered.
UPSE Supports Morell and Area Early Learning Centre!
January 6, 2020
UPSE President, Karen Jackson, was happy to present a $500 Cheque to the Morell and Area Early Learning Centre on behalf of UPSE!
Our members provide valuable services for families and their children in communities across the province!


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Original rock and roll lives on KRVS. While searching for records to play on "Big Band Swings", I've also picked up some interesting 1950s tunes---and just as BBS has become BBS and other things, Old Gold starts out as a big mix of musical genres, with an emphasis on rock, roll, rhythm, and my favorite, novelty!
Old Gold: February 13, 2020
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This is the second part of a series exploring the 2016 presidential candidates' positions, records and statements about Career Technical Education (CTE). This post examines the Democratic ticket. A previous post covering the Republican ticket is accessible here.
An Advocate for Children and Families, Clinton Sees Opportunity in Free College
With decades in the public eye, Democratic Nominee Hillary Clinton has had ample opportunity to define and hone her position on education, which she says "should be the great door-opener.†Her campaign aims to knock down barriers to the middle class through apprenticeships, career technical education (CTE) and debt-free college.
Clinton's work in public education dates back to 1983 when, in her role as First Lady of Arkansas, she led an initiative to develop more rigorous standards for public schools in the state. Years later, as New York's junior Senator, she went on to serve on the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee. There, she worked on two foundational pieces of education legislation: the No Child Left Behind Act and the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act (Perkins).
Clinton's education policy platform for the 2016 election aims to expand access to the middle class by removing barriers to higher education. She has proposed a plan to make community colleges free and to cover the cost of tuition at in-state four-year public colleges and universities for families making less than $125,000. These proposals are loosely based on similar efforts in Tennessee and other states that have seen increased enrollment and higher retention rates at community and technical colleges.
As crucial as college is, Clinton asserted in her Democratic National Convention speech in July that, "a four-year degree should not be the only path to a good job.†She went on to say "we're going to help more people learn a skill or practice a trade and make a good living doing it.†To do this, her campaign has proposed a tax credit of up to $1,500 for businesses hosting apprentices and is considering "options to incentivize CTE programs and help provide grants to train workers for the 21st century economy.â€
Tim Kaine's Support for CTE Dates Back to His Work as a Teacher in Honduras
Perhaps the the lengthiest CTE résumé this cycle goes to Democratic Vice Presidential Candidate Tim Kaine. His education record — which includes broad initiatives as Virginia Governor and tireless support for CTE in the Senate — dates all the way back to his childhood.
The son of a welder, Kaine briefly helped manage a technical school in Honduras before returning to complete his law degree at Harvard University. Kaine's interest in CTE followed him to the Virginia Governor's mansion where, in 2008, he announced an initiative to create six Career and Technical Academies across the state. The initiative, which was launched with a grant from the National Governor's Association, aimed to align K-12 instruction in STEM fields with workforce and postsecondary expectations, while equipping more students with marketable skills that lead to high-demand, high-wage careers.
In Virginia, Kaine also launched the Governor's CTE Exemplary Standards Awards Program, which recognizes CTE programs that align with industry standards, effectively engage local partners, provide relevant and integrated academic and technical instruction, and more.
In the Senate, Kaine co-founded the bipartisan CTE Caucus along with Senator Rob Portman (R-OH) in 2014, stating that "career and technical programs … can strengthen the links between the classroom and the workplace, helping students acquire the education and skills that will help them find employment and enjoy productive, successful lives after graduation.†His work with this caucus has led to the introduction of a number of CTE-related legislation, including the Educating Tomorrow's Workforce Act, which would establish a formal definition for CTE programs of study within the Perkins Act.
His persistent advocacy for high-quality CTE in the Senate led to a number of legislative victories, most recently in the Every Student Succeeds Act of 2015 (ESSA). With Kaine's support, ESSA now includes provisions to fund career counseling programs, help teachers integrate academic and technical instruction, add CTE to the definition of a "well-rounded education,†encourage states to use career readiness indicators in their accountability systems, and fund professional development for CTE teachers.
CTE has long benefited from bipartisan support, and the 2016 election is no exception. With mere months until the election, we look forward to the candidates continuing to elevate high-quality CTE as an effective educational strategy in their platforms, in their speeches and in the debates later this fall.
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Syria lashes out at Egypt decision to sever ties
DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Syria said Sunday that Egypt's decision to cut diplomatic ties with his country is "irresponsible," accusing its president of fueling sectarian conflict in Syria and serving a U.S.-Israeli conspiracy to divide the Middle East.
The government statement quoted in state media comes a day after President Mohammed Morsi told supporters at a Cairo rally that his country is severing ties with Damascus and closing its embassy in the Syrian capital.
Morsi, an Islamist who hails from Egypt's powerful Muslim Brotherhood, made the decision as calls proliferate from hardline Sunni clerics in Egypt and the region to launch a "holy war" against the regime of Syrian President Bashar Assad.
In his Saturday night speech, Morsi also called for a U.N. endorsed no-fly zone over Syria.
The strongly-worded Syrian statement said on Sunday said Morsi is supporting an idea that would violate its sovereignty, and is "serving the goals of Israel and the United States" in the region.
"Mohammed Morsi joins a choir of conspiracy and incitement led by the United States and Israel against Syria," the statement said.
It also accused Morsi of endorsing calls by hardline clerics calling for fighting in Syria against Assad's regime "to shed Syrian blood instead of directing the compass toward liberating occupied Palestinian lands." The statement added that Morsi doesn't reflect the views of Egyptians, who have longstanding ties with the Syrian people and who have fought alongside them against Israel in wars of the past.
The statement taunted Morsi, whose Brotherhood group is known for its enmity to Israel, for cutting ties with Syria but maintaining them with Israel despite its treatment of the Palestinians and recent airstrikes inside Syria. That policy "exposes the real identity of Morsi and his group," it said.
Since taking office, Morsi has attempted to reconcile his group's traditionally anti-Israel and anti-US positions with the requirements of his role as the leader of Egypt — the first Arab country to sign a peace deal with Israel in 1979.
Morsi, who took office in June last year, tried to make Syria the focus of his foreign policy project, launching a regional peace initiative that includes rivals Saudi Arabia, a Sunni Muslim country, and Shiite Iran. But the complexity of the Syrian conflict, with now both the United States and Russia supporting different sides of an already gruesome war, has drowned the initiative.
Morsi's decision Saturday comes as the conflict is increasing taking sectarian overtones. The fighting pits Assad's regime — dominated by a Shiite offshoot and supported by Shiite Iran and Lebanon's Shiite Hezbollah guerrillas — against mostly Sunni rebel fighters backed by Sunni Gulf regimes. Hardline Sunni clerics have called on able-bodied young men to join Syrian rebels in their fight against Assad's regime, and blasted Hezbollah for taking part in the fighting.
Morsi called on Hezbollah to get out of Syria, a view previously expressed by Gulf countries.
In Egypt, Morsi faces a fresh round of street protests later this month by opposition parties who are urging him to step down. His opponents accuse the Islamist leader of monopolizing power and failing to address the country's myriad of social and economic problems.
The Syrian statement seized on Morsi' domestic woes.
"Syria condemns this irresponsible position that reflects an attempt by Morsi to implement the agenda of the Muslim Brotherhood," the official said. "Syria is confident that the brotherly Egyptian people will bring down these (Morsi) policies and ... their grave consequences on the region."


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Is there any scriptural basis, literal or reasonably deducible, for the position that people who die in infancy (or pre-birth) are all elect?
As you may be aware, your question raises an issue that has been a concern for many down through the history of the church. It is a particularly practical issue and for Christian parents burdened by the death of a pre-born/infant, can be an urgent question.
I offer the following points for your consideration:
1) Chapter 1, section 6 of the Westminster Confession of Faith states, "The whole counsel of God concerning all things necessary for his own glory, man's salvation, faith and life, is either expressly set down in Scripture, or by good and necessary consequence may be deduced from Scripture: ...." This is a sound principle for understanding and interpreting the Bible as the written word of God, of which God himself is the ultimate author (WCF chapter 1, section 4). To restate the principle, the Bible's teaching is not only its explicit statements but also what follows from those explicit statements "by good and necessary consequence." The latter (the consequences deduced) are just as much God's word as the former (the explicit statements). With that noted, however, the need is to be sure that the consequence drawn is valid, that is, truly "good and necessary."
2) I make the preceding general point in light of the way you have posed your question. On that question, Scripture does not answer your question by explicit statement, nor does it do so by strictly "good and necessary consequence." In the case of infants of believing parents, however, as I will presently point out, it does answer your question by a "good" consequence, an answer by consequence that there is no good, biblical reason to doubt.
3) The Bible requires that we divide your question into two and distinguish between dying infants of believers and those of unbelievers. In the case of the latter, we ought to remain silent because the Bible is silent; we have no good reason biblically to conclude that dying infants of unbelievers are elect, nor do we have sufficient biblical grounds to say they are not elect.
4) In the case of dying infants of believers the situation is decidedly different. We have every good reason to believe these little ones are elect. The reason is found in the Bible's teaching, pervasive throughout, on God's covenant of grace. Not only believers but also their children by birth are included in that covenant (I make no effort here to argue/show that is the teaching of Scripture). I do not believe that we can make a head for head equation between those in the covenant of grace and the elect (that is, not every member of the covenant community is elect). Still, the proper and primary purpose of the covenant is that it is God's arrangement for saving sinners, i.e., gathering his elect. And in that light, as it has been put, "Godly parents derive from it the consolation that they need not doubt the election and salvation of their children whom God takes from this life in their infancy."
The Reformed confession, the Canons of Dort, Chapter 1, Article 17 ("The Salvation of the Infants of Believers"), affirms:
Since we must make judgments about God's will from his Word, which testifies that the children of believers are holy, not by nature but by virtue of the gracious covenant in which they together with their parents are included, godly parents ought not to doubt the election and salvation of their children whom God calls out of this life in infancy.
Rather than amplify this point further here myself, I will do that instead with the following pertinent excerpts from the Reformed theologian, Herman Bavinck. I do hope they and my own comments will be of some help to you.
Herman Bavinck, Reformed Dogmatics, Volume 4: Holy Spirit, Church, and New Creation (Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Academic, 2008). (bolding added)
pp. 123-124:
The objection raised against this view [that from the moment of conception the Holy Spirit can, from that moment on and continually, be active in a human being with his sanctifying presence] always comes down to the fact that in this way the freedom and independence of a person is abandoned and a decision is made concerning people's salvation entirely apart from them. But, in the first place, this objection applies in the same degree with respect to the regeneration that occurs at a later age. For, unless one wants to take the Pelagian route and make regeneration dependent on a person's free religious choice, regeneration in this case precedes faith and takes place in a person without input from that person. Second, it is an undeniable fact that all children have been conceived and born in sin and are therefore subject to all manner of misery, even to condemnation itself. Against this background, it is a most comforting thought that as children they are similarly received without their knowledge unto grace in Christ. And, third, this confession finds support in the manner in which God, in creation and providence, goes to work in the distribution of his gifts. No one can say to him: What are You doing? For no one makes us different but God. What have we that we did not receive? And if we received it, why do we boast as if it were not a gift? (cf. 1 Cor. 4:7).
The doctrine of regeneration in a restrictive sense, therefore, is a precious part of our Reformed confession. Godly parents derive from it the consolation that they need not doubt the election and salvation of their children whom God takes from this life in their infancy, even though in their case the spiritual life could not yet manifest itself in acts of faith and repentance. Here, too, lies the possibility for us to hold on to the continuity of the spiritual life from its very earliest beginnings to its highest point of development and perfection. For regeneration in the restricted sense, according to our Reformed ancestors, does not merely consist in the gift of the power to believe, in the restoration of free will in a baptismal regeneration that differs from regeneration as a renewal of life and is dependent for its permanence on subsequent acts of personal assent and acceptance. On the contrary, it is immediately a regeneration in the full sense of the word, encompassing in principle the whole person, initially renewing all of one's capacities and powers, and later manifesting and confirming itself in all directions, in faith and repentance, in sanctification and good works. It is one and the same life that is infused in regeneration, is continually strengthened in the process of growing up, and will be completed in the eternal blessed life of the hereafter.
p. 531
… but almost half of the population dies before they have reached the years of discretion. For all these children there is in Scripture, to the extent that they are included in the covenant of grace, a promise from the Lord that they cannot consciously and voluntarily reject. If they die before the time they are able to do so, "godly parents ought not to doubt the election and salvation of their children." Canons of Dort, 1.17
THE WIDENESS OF GOD'S MERCY (pp 724-726)
Among those who adhere to the confession that no one comes to the Father except by Christ, and that only one name has been given under heaven for salvation (John 14:6; Acts 4:12), there have always been a few people who believed in the possibility of salvation in this life aside from the preaching of the gospel. They taught this view with respect to children of the covenant, to all children who die in infancy within or outside the bounds of Christianity, to the developmentally or emotionally handicapped, and to the hearing-and-speech-impaired who are practically shut off from the preaching of the gospel….
In their confessions the churches made no pronouncements on this issue, and most theologians opposed the idea. Somewhat more favorable were their views on the salvation of children who died in infancy. Catholics teach that all children of Christian parents who died, having been baptized through express intention or in reality, were saved, and that all other children who died young suffered a penalty of damnation but not of sensation in the limbo of children. With respect to children of Christian parents, Lutherans hold the same view as Catholics and leave the others to the judgment of God. The Reformed were inclined to believe that all children who were born in the covenant of grace and died before reaching the age of discretion attained to blessedness in heaven, though in this connection as well many of them made a distinction between elect and reprobate children and did not dare to attribute salvation with certainty to each of these children individually. As for children outside the covenant who died in infancy, the judgment of some was quite magnanimous. [They] would rather surmise out of love that they were saved than that they were lost. [It was said]: As to whether they are lost or some among them are elect and were regenerated before they died, "I would not wish to deny, nor am I able to affirm."
In light of Scripture, both with regard to the salvation … of children who die in infancy, we cannot get beyond abstaining from a firm judgment, in either a positive or a negative sense. Deserving of note, however, is that in the face of these serious questions Reformed theology is in a much more favorable position than any other. For in this connection, all other churches can entertain a more temperate judgment only if they reconsider their doctrine of the absolute necessity of the means of grace or infringe upon that of the accursedness of sin. But the Reformed refused to establish the measure of grace needed for a human being still to be united with God, though subject to many errors and sins, or to determine the extent of the knowledge indispensably necessary to salvation. Furthermore, they maintained that the means of grace are not absolutely necessary for salvation and that also apart from the Word and sacraments God can regenerate persons for eternal life.
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This is the class that will hone your skills as an amazing vegetable gardener. It is designed to take beginners to a new level and remind intermediate gardeners of the success strategies that always work when we go off course and forget the science of what got us to success in the first place. We will cover the science of vegetable gardening, do some myth busting, and provide you with some clear cut strategies to get the biggest harvest from the space you have.
The classes are 2 ½ hours each and are designed so that you can take the entire series or drop in for a refresher on the single class or classes that you want to brush up on. We will use a combination of hands-on, lecture and demonstration to keep you engaged.
You can sign up for each individual session, or sign up for all four classes in the series at a discount by signing up for "Amazing Vegetables A to Z Full Series".
Please note: We will not cover gardening in containers in depth in this class. If that is your interest, please see Crops in Pots.
Price: $120, $110 members
Instructor: Patti O'Neal
Session 1: The Garden Build
March 31, 2020- 6 p.m.
Planning the best location, choosing in-ground or raised beds and the advantages and disadvantages of each. We will look at re-purposing materials to create raised beds. We will cover soil building and choosing amendments. We will build around what has not worked for you in the past and set you on a course for improvement for your 2020 vegetable garden. Every season is a Do-Over!
Session 2: Planting
April 7, 2020- 6 p.m.
Planting is the focus of this session. How to decide what to plant, the seasons of the vegetable garden and getting the biggest bang for your gardening buck. We will cover cool season and warm season plants and the ones that grow best here in Colorado. Then take a look at seed starting and see a demonstration of starting seeds inside and direct sowing outside as well as transplanting. Then we will cover spacing strategies designed to give you the biggest harvest for the space you have available.
Session 3: Extended Gardening
April 14, 2020- 6 p.m.
Keeping the Garden going for three seasons and beyond is the theme of this session. We will cover the importance of crop rotation and how to do it. We will learn different ways to succession plant and how it can maximize the harvest. We will address season extension strategies to protect your crops. We will also cover the concept of companion planting and what is true and what is not.
Session 4: Pests, Problems & Harvesting
April 21, 2020- 6 p.m.
The most common pests and diseases of the vegetable garden will be addressed, how to spot problems before they get away from you and good cultural practices to avoid problems, organics, watering, fertilizing and insect and disease controls. We will also discuss how to know when your veggies are ready for harvest.


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Obama's UN General Assembly speech condemns extremism
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US President Barack Obama has urged global leaders to rally against extremism in an address to the UN General Assembly in New York.
Mr Obama said it was the obligation of all leaders to speak out forcefully against violence and extremism, as he framed his speech with references to the US ambassador murdered in Libya.
Unrest across the Middle East is set to dominate discussion at the summit.
Mr Obama also again stressed the US would not allow Iran nuclear weapons.
He said the US would "do what we must" to stop Tehran acquiring nuclear arms. Six weeks before the US election, the president said a nuclear-armed Iran was "not a challenge that can be contained".
'Marginalise hatred'
Iran's nuclear programme and the 18-month conflict in Syria have featured strongly in Tuesday's speeches at the Assembly, as have the recent protests across the Muslim world in response to a US-made video mocking the Prophet Muhammad.
The US president condemned the violence that erupted over the "disgusting" anti-Islam video as "an attack on UN ideals".
Referring to the US envoy who was killed in Benghazi on 11 September during protests sparked by the video, Mr Obama challenged the UN to affirm that "our future will be determined by people like Christopher Stevens, and not by his killers".
"It is time to marginalise those who - even when not resorting to violence - use hatred of America, or the West, or Israel as a central principle of politics," said Mr Obama.
"That brand of politics only makes it harder to achieve what we must do together: educating our children and creating the opportunities they deserve; protecting human rights and extending democracy's promise."
'Regional calamity'
While not formally on the General Assembly's agenda, Syria has been a focal point of debate.
Qatari Emir Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani said the UN Security Council's failure to end the conflict meant it would be better for Arab countries to "interfere" in Syria.
French President Francois Hollande said the current Syrian leadership had no future, pledged to recognise a new provisional government as soon as it was formed and called on the UN to protect liberated areas of the country.
Opening the meeting earlier on Tuesday, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon described the fighting in Syria as "a regional calamity with global ramifications".
He called for action from the divided UN Security Council and said "the international community should not look the other way as violence spirals out of control".
The US president was blunter in his assessment, saying Bashar Assad's regime must end.
On Monday UN envoy Lakhdar Brahimi warned on his return from a visit to Damascus and Syrian refugee camps in neighbouring Jordan and Turkey that the situation was "extremely bad and getting worse".
Diplomats have played down expectations for Mr Brahimi's mission, says the BBC's Barbara Plett in New York, with no sign of fundamental divisions on the Security Council being bridged.
In other developments:
- Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari defended his government's record against extremism, saying no country had suffered more in the fight against terrorism; he said acts that endangered the world by "misusing freedom of expression" should be criminalised
- Afghanistan's leader Hamid Karzai called on the UN to ease sanctions on Taliban leaders in order to help facilitate peace talks
- Mr Hollande called for an international force to be sent to the West African state of Mali to help dislodge Islamist militants who have taken over the country's north
- Mr Ban warned the door for negotiating a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian peace process - "the only sustainable option" - may be closing "for good" due to continued Israeli settlement construction in the Palestinian Territories
- Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono called for an international treaty to "prevent incitement to hostility or violence based on religions or beliefs"
- Argentina's President Cristina Fernandez said Argentina's and Iran's foreign ministers will meet on the fringes of the summit to discuss bomb attacks on Buenos Aires in the 1990s
- Mr Ban hosted a lunch for the more than 120 world leaders, but Mr Obama did not attend, leaving it to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to offer the host country's traditional toast
No red lines
Although the White House said Mr Obama's address was not a campaign speech, it follows critical remarks about his foreign policy from Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney.
His presidential rival condemned Mr Obama's description of the murder of Mr Stevens and three other Americans as "bumps in the road".
He has also castigated him for not taking time out to hold talks on Iran during the summit with Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu.
Mr Obama has rejected the Israeli leader's calls for Washington to set Tehran "red lines".
Instead, he said the United States would "do what we must to prevent Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon" with the backing of "a coalition of countries" holding Tehran accountable.
Tehran says its nuclear programme is for civilian purposes.


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Vespasian was a moon-faced man who rose to become Roman Emperor although not, as far as we know, on account of his moon face. He founded a dynasty known as the Flava-Flavian Emperors that was to last a good couple of decades; quite an achievement for Roman imperial dynasties of the time. Although he is probably best known now for building the Colosseum in Rome he was better known at the time for taxing Roman's wee. Really.
Origins and Rise to Power[edit]
Vespasian had humble origins being the son of a dung-eater in southern Italy. Determined to rise above his meagre station he managed to get seats in the senate for himself and his brother during the reign of Tiberius thanks to the emperor killing most of the people who had been sitting in them. He became an army commander under Caligula at which time he was noted for "being a shameless arse-licker". This sycophancy made him rise through the military ranks, however, and he became part of the imperial court under Nero, once even falling-asleep during one of Nero's plays which is perfectly understandable. It was during Nero's reign that Vespasian and his son Titus were sent to the province of Judea to put-down the Jewish Revolt during which the Temple of Solomon was destroyed; a day remembered to this day with sadness by Jews and a regular celebration by Mel Gibson. During the civil wars of 69AD Vespasian decided to join in the fun by declaring himself Augustus and marching on Rome. Despite expecting to be killed "but having fun with it" during the ensuing melee he instead managed to beat all his opponents and promptly found the senate grovelling before him asking permission to vote him imperial powers. "Now", he said in his first words as emperor "it is time for someone else to lick my arse!" Indeed, the historian Pliny the Vulgar notes "after his first session with the senate the emperor's daisy was shiny and clean but at the expense of many senators whose mouths were filled with a most unsavoury flavour."
"Where's All The Money Gone?!"[edit]
The new emperor had always been a frugal man and he decided to take stock of the empire's cash situation. However, on popping down to the imperial treasury he found that all that remained were a couple of sisterti coins that were a bit bent and the mummified cock of a defeated barbarian king from the days of Julius Caesar. Having rushed off to the senate house in a rage he demanded of the assembled senators (who were busy discussing what indignities to visit on the giant statue of Nero that had been recently pulled down[1]) the fate of Rome's wealth. The senators immediately threw themselves at his feet and apologised, saying that the wicked Nero damn his memory had spent it all on stupid gay plays and that horrible fucking golden house thing. Having managed to retrieve his feet from under the piles of grovelling senators, Vespasian announced new policies to re-stock the treasury. After the senators turned white he told them that, no, he wouldn't be executing them and stealing their money in the traditional way but instead intended to tighten public spending and create new taxes.
The Flavian Taxes[edit]
Vespasian subsequently increased taxes on most goods and services in Rome and invented some new ones in order to fill up the treasury again. The most notorious of these were his tax on arse-size (which made considerable money out of the senators) and his tax on piss. His son, Titus, complained about this latter tax claiming that it was all a bit filthy. Vespasian grabbed a handful of gold coins and thrust them under his son's nose asking "do they have any smell?" Little did he know, though, that one of his freedmen had spent the previous day shoving them up his backside for kicks and so Titus responded in the positive adding "why not a tax on turds whilst you're at it?" This "splendid idea!" subsequently became known as "Titus' jobby tax". There's no real avoiding the fact that these sort of taxes were a bit unpleasant; we wouldn't stand for taxes on our poo these days after all (not even the French). They did work, though, that's the crazy thing. Maybe it's time to telephone Gordon Brown on my secret hotline and suggest a tax on wanking. Or maybe not.
Can He Fix It?[edit]
One of the first orders Vespasian gave to Rome's unemployed layabout builders (who had had nothing to do during the civil wars of 69) was to pull down Nero's golden house; unfortunately the emperor should have thought more about what the house was built from since a few days into the demolition the builders noted that "unsurprisingly, when we pulled a brick away and threw it in the skip it was gone as soon as our backs were turned". One of Vespasian's freedmen pointed out that perhaps the golden house should have been melted down instead of an increase in taxation and was immediately executed before the emperor had a brainwave and declared to the senate that "the remaining parts of the golden house should be melted down and used to increase the city's wealth. Well I know that some have taken some of the gold from the house and this was, of course, my intention and a gift to the people of Rome. Hail me!" The gold from what was left of the golden house meant the treasury was now stuffed to bursting and Titus, ever the know-all, suggested to his father that an elaborate building programme might free-up some treasury space whilst creating a legacy.
Vespasian's Buildings[edit]
The emperor agreed and got out his sketch slab. Whilst the senate admired his plans for "a huge structure over the city that transports paying senators and knights on a rail-bound trolly rolling and coasting them over dips and troughs" and "a splendid and gigantic canvas dome beside the Tiber filled with the wonders of the history of Rome" they feared that no engineers could be found who could implement the first and the second might best be left to a time when the public were more willing to see public money spent on government frivolity[2]. In a huff, Vespasian considered ordering a few executions but calmed down and instead sacrificed a goat to Jupiter. The spilled blood suddenly gave him an idea - why not an arena for games, a really really big one? The shape of the new arena was inspired by Vespasian's fondness for doughnuts, a delicacy he was said to gorge on daily.
So it was that the Flavian Amphitheatre was laid down and work began putting it together. If the emperor had know that, for some reason, we'd all end up calling it the Colosseum then he might not have bothered.
Vespasian died in 79AD in the middle of an extremely violent bout of diarrhea[3]. Unfortunately, he decided in his last words that "an emperor should die on his feet", which frankly just left even more of a mess for his attendants to mop up. Power passed to his son Titus, who had inherited his father's moon-face. His other son Domitian, was a bit bitter about not inheriting power although he didn't have that long to wait.
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So it is a new month. My computer has been with Best Buy's geek squad for nearly two weeks. I'm using Marcie's old laptop which is slow but it works for the most part. There are several things I cannot do with it like farmville or for the most part youtube etc but I have managed to be able to check email and pay bills and such so thats good and I'm very thankful to Marcie for loaning this to me as well as for backing up all the data from mine so it can be restored when I get it back.
My pain level has been extremely high lately. And the depression has gotten worse and the inside people louder. SSI has been reduced so there's another stress when I already couldn't afford things like groceries.
I finally received the registration sticker for my car today. I will have to get it on there tomorrow. I paid the rent and sent out the check for the car loan today.
I have a new tv. It is a 32 inch Sony Bravia from grandma. A brand new, not a hand me down, tv of my very own. She got Kylee one too since Kylee recently moved out of the family home to live with her friend. I currently have half a dozen tvs in my livingroom and at least one in the bedroom. The only one hooked up is the new one. I need to get someone to help me hook up one of the old sorta-working tvs in the bedroom since I pay for direct tv but have no way to use it in the bedroom since there is not a working television in that room.
I took the literacy training program at Monrovia library and started the application process but have yet to hear back. I've been helping on tuesdays with the field trips to the movies and the park for the Peanuts Playhouse. There's usually about a dozen kids ranging in age from 2 to 12 on those trips. We see the dollar kids movie and then walk across the street to the park where the kids eat their packed lunches and play. Dinorah's friend owns the day care. Dinorah usually runs over to wendy's or something and gets us lunch.
I tried to do Camp Nano in July but the computer problems led to that being a failure. I'm attempting again this month. I've gotten about 2k words written today into googledocs. it's slow going and frustrating since the computer is so slow i have to wait for it to catch up to whatever i type and often what i type never actually shows up and i have to back track.
Monday, August 1, 2011
August first, less than a week until the twins are 8
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Publications \ The Maine Organic Farmer & Gardener \ Spring 2009
Farmer-to-Farmer Conference, November 2, 2008
Keynote Speech:
Reclaiming the Soul of Organics
John Ikerd
Local has replaced organic as the most dynamic sector of the retail food market. Sales of local foods grew from $4 billion in 2002 to $5 billion in 2007 and are projected to reach $11 billion by 2011. Organic food sales are still larger, approaching $20 billion, but organic foods sales seem to be slowing while sales of local foods are accelerating.
How Healthy Is Your Soil?
Bianca Moebius-Clune, a graduate student at Cornell University, introduced the Cornell Soil Health Test (CSHT) at the 2008 Farmer-to-Farmer Conference, and Dennis King of King Hill Farm in Penobscot, Maine, told how he evaluates soil health on the diversified farm that he and Jo Barrett own and run.
On-Farm Seed Production
Jim Gerritsen of Wood Prairie Farm in Bridgewater, Maine, and Andrea Berry of Hope Seeds in Glassville, New Brunswick, talked about seed and potato seed tuber production at the 2008 Farmer-to-Farmer Conference in Bar Harbor.
Growing Sweet Potatoes in Northern New England
Sweet potatoes are being grown successfully in northern New England. They're delicious, packed with nutrients, attract attention at farmers' markets, and store up to a year or even longer. At the 2008 Farmer-to-Farmer Conference in Bar Harbor, Becky Grube, UNH Cooperative Extension Vegetable Specialist, Ramona Snell of Snell Family Farm in Buxton, and Mark Guzzi of Peacemeal Farm in Dixmont talked about their experiences with the crop.
Sunflowers Fuel a Maine Dairy Farm
by Polly Shyka
At a conference on grain growing in January 2008, I overheard several dairy farmers talking about "Henry's press." Being curious, I followed up with Henry – Henry Perkins, that is – who lives in Albion. Sure enough, he had purchased an oil press, or "extruder," and was gearing up to grow soybeans and sunflowers in 2008 so that he could press oil from them.
Slow Food's 2008 Terra Madre Engages Next Generation –
Maine is Part of the Scene
by Jo Anne Bander
Artisan cheeses, jarred artichokes, colored salts, smoked meats, chocolates: Artful displays of such foods at 600 stalls in the Turin, Italy, Lingotto Fiere exhibition center for the seventh Slow Food Salone del Gusto could have been viewed and tasted at any Italian-flavored food show that focused as Slow Food does on the products of small, sustainable producers.
Thousand-Year Forest Management Plan for Maine
by Mitch Lansky
A thousand-year forest management plan. Am I joking? After all, the United States is only a little over two centuries old. We live in a world of rapidly changing technologies where, in just a decade or so, people have started using personal computers and cell phones on a wide scale. It is difficult to imagine what life will be like 10 years from now, let alone 100 or 1,000.
Help Survey Organic Content of U.S. Agricultural Soils
A Seed Is Planted
by Phil Norris
I wasn't born into farming. Neither of my parents was from a farming family. But I did have a great uncle, Laurence, who was passionate about growing his own food, and he was instrumental in my being bitten by the farming bug. I don't know where he got it; his father was a professional poet.
Rice in the Northeast: Update
by Linda and Takeshi Akaogi
In the Sept. 2008 issue of The Maine Organic Farmer & Gardener, Cheryl Bruce reported on efforts by Linda and Takeshi Akaogi to grow rice on their small farm in Putney, Vermont. Here, the Akaogis report on their 2008 trials.
Yes, You Can Grow Kiwis in Maine
by Tom Vigue
If you think kiwis are all brown, fuzzy and can be grown only in New Zealand or California, think again. Although Actinidia deliciosa, the kiwi of commerce, is hardy only to 10° F, the more than 50 species within the genus Actinidia include many that are hardy to -30° F and some even to -40°.
Land Trusts and CSAs – Better Together
by Alix Hopkins
The industrial revolution changed the way we use land and grow food – for the worse. Over the past few decades, two movements have been reclaiming land to benefit people and the environment. One, including the land trust movement, is devoted to land conservation. The other, the way we grow and distribute food, includes community supported agriculture (CSA) farms, where nonfarm members buy "shares" to support local family farms and receive fresh, healthful food in return.
Community Suppers with Local, Seasonal, Organic Food
by Cheryl Wixson
Long before I ventured into the catering and restaurant business, I learned to cook for large crowds by volunteering at community meals. The grey-haired ladies who cheerfully organize and prepare our baked bean suppers, chowder fests, spaghetti feeds, chili cook-offs and fundraising dinners have much to teach us.
Sweet Potatoes – Main Course, Salad and Dessert
by Roberta Bailey
When I was just starting to garden in northern Maine, I would stop at a small, local greenhouse to ask the older woman who ran the operation about seedling problems or how to plant something. I no longer remember her name or much of what she looked like, but I vividly recall the lush plants she grew every year on the last 15 feet of bench space.
Help Update the Resource Guide to Organic Insect and Disease Management
by Eric Sideman, Ph.D.
Last year those of us who wrote the Resource Guide to Organic Insect and Disease Management (see http://www.nysaes.cornell.edu/pp/resourceguide/) received a new SARE (Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education) grant to do an updated, second edition.
Livestock Management Tips
by Diane Schivera, M.A.T.
The 2008 Farmer-to-Farmer Conference, sponsored by MOFGA and Maine Cooperative Extension, had lots to offer livestock farmers. The livestock sessions were some of the best attended, and enthusiasm for livestock is high. Here are some highlights from those sessions.
Maine Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) Farms
by Melissa White Pillsbury
MOFGA Organic Marketing Coordinator
Have you looked into buying a share in a Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) farm? Although shares of summer vegetables are the most common, shares including meat, dairy, herbs, flowers and winter storage vegetables are also widely available. The composition of any share is individual to each farm, so talk to the farmers offering shares near you to find out which suits you best.
Wanted – Your Products
If you're a farmer or food producer looking for markets, look no further. The growing demand for local foods is putting a crunch on many markets supplying those foods to consumers, and four of Maine's larger buyers (below) are looking for growers to supply them this year.
Tips & Tidbits
Oilseed Radish as Cover Crop
Mustard Meal Tames Weeds
Transplants You May Have Not Considered
Hops Vs. Clostridium in Chickens
New Hairy Vetch Varieties Flower Earlier
Agroforestry Can Supplement Farm Income
Pecan Growers Can Benefit from Organic Systems
Pennycress Yields Oil and More
USDA to Conduct Nationwide Organic Production Survey
Thinking about Pesticides and the Long View, Russell Libby, MOFGA Executive Director
During the cold days of January and February, on my way home I can see more than 50 miles to the White Mountains, and equally far to the mountains of the north and west. That chance to catch the long view lasts for only a limited time each year. The same seems to be true for our political system.
A Delicious Life, Jean English, Editor, The Maine Organic Farmer & Gardener
Every day I make a little list of "things that made me happy." Looking back, I see that most relate to food!
From Maine to Palestine: A Common Struggle, Molly Little
What struck me most in my first few weeks as a MOFGA farm apprentice two summers ago was how the farmers spoke about their land – as though it were a family member, as in need of them as they were in need of it; necessary, basic, beloved.
Grow a Row
Country of Origin Labeling
Daytripping, Anyone?
If you'd like to host a tour of your farm or garden this summer, we can put you on our "Daytripping" list, to be published in the June-August issue of The MOF&G.
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SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. (MarketWatch) — The American Dream? Now a Global Nightmare? A ticking time bomb, a lethal virus spreading worldwide, could destroy the entire world, backfire, take down America and capitalism? Yes.
But, first, a little history: Five years ago Bill Gates and his Billionaires Club asked that question. But gave up. Here's why.
Gates' billionaires essentially asked: What do you think is the single, biggest ticking time bomb that will eventually take down global economies? The absolutely biggest one with a trigger mechanism that can ignite, set off a nuclear chain reaction that will throw a permanent wrench in global economic growth, ending capitalism, potentially destroying modern civilization as we know it.
Yes, that one. The one that — if not solved soon — renders all efforts to solve all other problems in the world irrelevant, futile and virtually impossible ever to solve. Yes, that one. What is the "big one?" Several alternative predictions have also been reported:
- Global wars? Pentagon warns warfare will define human life by 2020.
- Big Oil? Bill McKibben's "End of Nature" prediction could ignite soon.
- Capitalism? Many progressives see capitalism destroying democracy.
- Inequality? Pope says inequality is the root of all social problems.
- Climate warming? 2,000 UN scientists warn humans are killing Earth.
- Technology? Robert Gordon says we can't stop GDP falling to 1%.
Biggest risk? Guess again: Not warfare ... not the inequality... not energy resource depletion ... not global warming ... not out-of-control capitalists ... yes, all are important, all part of the domino effect, the chain reaction as the global clock winds down to zero.
Yes, five years ago the one-percenters thought they knew. Bill Gates and his Billionaires Club were certain, unanimous. Gates had brought together billionaire philanthropists in a supersecret meeting in Manhattan about the time the market last bottomed. Included: Buffett, Rockefeller, Soros, Bloomberg, Turner, Oprah and others. The London Times Online reported that during the afternoon session each spoke about their favorite charities.
Then, the big question: What was the underlying, core problem driving all their interests? The world's biggest time-bomb?
Overpopulation said the billionaires. Too many people on Planet Earth.
True, the United Nations predicts that by 2050 global population will explode by as much as 40%, from more than 7 billion today to 10 billion. Overcrowding. Demanding. But as Scientific American repeatedly warns in special issues, population is "the most overlooked and essential strategy for achieving long-term balance with the environment." The "third-rail" for politicians, ignored by the world's political leaders.
Three delusions: the American Dream mutates into Global Nightmare
But there's an even bigger problem that will peak and backfire as the American Dream goes viral. For a couple generations, spread by the economics of globalization, the American Dream has been exported, spreading the capitalism virus worldwide, accelerating global GDP growth, infecting every nation and individual with their own mind-set imbedded in the promise of the "perpetual prosperity" inherent in the American Dream.
The effect? Today capitalism, globalization, the new Global Dream, the virus is rapidly spreading, mesmerizing the brains of everyone ... mass-producing new billionaires ... global lists on Forbes, Bloomberg and CNBC report an explosion from 322 billionaires in 2000 to 1,847 in 2014... China now has 358 billionaires ... Africa has 29, adding nine last year ... today, 85 of the world's richest billionaires make more that the 3.5 billion in the bottom half ... Credit Suisse predicts 11 trillionaire families in the world by 2100.
But three self-destructive delusions dominate today's billionaires:
1. Delusion 1: Perpetual economic growth on planet of limited resources
The Super Rich are trapped a classic delusion now ingrained in the collective unconscious of the world. They have ingested a self-destructive gene. They believe the same capitalism ideology that made them superrich will continue indefinitely, that economic growth is perpetual, even on a planet of clearly limited resources. This delusion is rampant in Exxon Mobil and the energy industries as they race ahead with an unsustainable business model that's rapidly depleting nonreplaceable natural resources.
2. Delusion 2: New technologies will replace disappearing resources
The club of billionaires believes technology will overcome the limitations of resources and thus fuel the perpetual economic growth essential to create more and more billionaires, that some of this eternal prosperity will also trickle down to the world's poorest 3.5 billion people. Economist Robert Gordon refutes that assumption in his rhetorical National Business Research Institute piece "Is U.S. Economic Growth Over?" Silicon Valley technology will never overcome all the headwinds reflected by today's raging self-destructive political, economic and religious conflicts.
3. Delusion 3: Mutant Capitalists do not need to share the future
The new billionaires in America and worldwide have forgotten that the same capitalism that fueled the American Dream since 1776, that created the democracy supporting their accumulated billions, was a legacy that, in the past, also meant hope for the masses of Americans and all nations, that everyone, no matter how poor, had equal opportunities.
Unfortunately, as Jack Bogle warns, while spreading the American Dream we're also a spreading a new Mutant Capitalism, a virus infecting superrich billionaires: Further widening the inequality gap, stifling opportunities for most Americans and people worldwide, hoarding the power, wealth and opportunities for those already in the top one percent, already listed among global billionaires.
Billions are in denial of their self-destructive delusions: "One of the disturbing facts of history is that so many civilizations collapse," warns Jared Diamond, an evolutionary biologist, Pulitzer Prize winner and author of "Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed." Many "civilizations share a sharp curve of decline. Indeed, a society's demise may begin only a decade or two after it reaches its peak population, wealth and power."
Harvard financial historian Niall Ferguson, author of "Colossus: The Rise and Fall of the American Empire," was more dramatic, hard-hitting, immediate: The world will be caught by surprise, unprepared. The coming collapse will "accelerate suddenly, like a sports car ... like a thief in the night." Crashing. Shocking us wide awake.
Paradox of Prosperity: the Global Dream will also peak, collapse
Today we're all being misled by these three delusions. As Diamond warns: "There are 'optimists' who argue that the world could support double its human population." But he adds, they "consider only the increase in human numbers and not average increase in per-capita impact. But I have not heard anyone who seriously argues that the world could support 12 times it's current impact." But that's exactly what happens with "all Third World inhabitants adopting First World standards."
Every nation in the world has its own version of the American Dream, the new Global Dream. Everyone wants prosperity, success, opportunity. More is never enough, either individually or nationally. Not just 310 million Americans, but 7.3 billion people worldwide are demanding more, more ... on a finite planet with dwindling natural resources, as economist Michael Klare warns in his book "The Race for What's Left: The Global Scramble for World's Last Resources."
Bottom line: As the world population explodes 40% in the next generation, "what really counts," says Diamond, "is not the number of people alone, but their impact on the environment, the per-capita impact." First World citizens "consume 32 times more resources such as fossil fuels, and put out 32 times more waste, than do the inhabitants of the Third World." \
And it's delusional to think this trend will disappear. It will get worse because billionaires are in massive denial about their delusions ... the self-destructive Global Dream will continue ... until a catastrophic black swan shocks us awake.


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04/06/2013 (09:00PM - 10:00PM) (Saturday) : With guest star Liza Minnelli in tow, Tom (Christian Borle) plans a surprise for Ivy (Megan Hilty) in an attempt to find a balance between their work life and their friendship. Relations between Karen (Katharine McPhee), Jimmy (Jeremy Jordan), and Derek (Jack Davenport) explode just as "Hit List's" rehearsal process nears its close. While Richard (guest star Jamey Sheridan) asks Eileen (Anjelica Huston) to spend less time at work and more time with him, Julia (Debra Messing) finds herself also pulled away from "Bombshell" by an unlikely source. Leslie Odom, Jr., Krysta Rodriguez and Andy Mientus also star. Liza Minnelli, Jamey Sheridan and Jesse L. Martin guest star.


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Charter Turns Internet Dial To 60 Mbps
Looking to grab broadband bragging rights, Charter Communications this week will launch 60-Mbps downstream Internet service in its home market of St. Louis.
The Ultra60 service -- the fastest residential service available from any cable or telecommunications company in the U.S. -- will initially be available to 100,000 homes in western St. Louis County and surrounding areas. The company expects to enter other markets with the service, which will provide upstream speeds of up to 5 Mbps, later in 2009.
The service uses the cable industry's next-generation modem technology, DOCSIS 3.0, to combine multiple channels together to provide higher connection speeds.
"The strategy that we have always followed and implemented is that we want to be the speed leaders in the markets we serve," Charter chief technology officer Marwan Fawaz. "Launching a DOCSIS 3.0 product allows us to not just keep that lead but expand it."
Separately, it looks increasingly likely that Charter is heading for bankruptcy. Having the operator tout itself as the fastest broadband provider in the country could help soften the public-relations blow of announcing a major restructuring.
Ultra60 will cost $129.99 per month bundled with TV or phone and $139.99 per month as a standalone service.
In St. Louis, Ultra60 will blast past the telco competition, AT&T's U-verse Internet DSL, which provides top downstream speeds of 18 Mbps.
By cranking up to 60 Mbps, Charter also will be able to claim -- for the time being -- that it can speed past Verizon Communications' FiOS Internet service. The telco, which competes with Charter in parts of California and Texas, offers 50 Mbps downstream to around 10 million homes.
Also maxing out at 50 Mbps is Comcast, which has been the most aggressive MSO in deploying what it calls "wideband" cable-modem service. The biggest U.S. cable operator is offering 50-Mbps tiers to 10 million premises in markets including Chicago, Philadelphia, Boston, Atlanta and Seattle for $139.95 per month with cable TV service.
Is the 60-Mbps watermark about bragging rights? "That's fair to say," Fawaz replied. "We don't want to necessarily match our competitors -- we want to beat them.... Competitively we think it's the right speed in our markets."
He noted that DOCSIS 3.0 technology allows speeds even greater than that, theoretically providing 160 Mbps downstream via four bonded channels and more than 300 Mbps with eight.
DOCSIS 3.0 will help cable operators defensively in areas where Verizon offers FiOS and let them play offense where DSL is the rival.
"You have to match Verizon step for step," said Patti Reali, an independent cable industry analyst. And while the slumping economy will make a premium-priced service a tough sell, "there will still be a segment of the market that will look for a Cadillac service," she added.
As part of upgrading to DOCSIS 3.0, Charter expects to increase the top speeds of its Max tier from 16 Mbps to 20 Mbps downstream in all its markets.
According to Fawaz, Charter will not impose bandwidth-usage caps on any of its high-speed Internet subscribers. By contrast, Comcast's policies limit users to 250 Gigabytes of data consumption per month.
Charter's marketing for Ultra60 will be locally focused and include ads in billing statement, e-mails, cross-channel spots and radio promotion.
In pitching Ultra60 to customers, Charter will underscore its superiority to DSL -- providing a connection about 40 times as fast -- and its ability to let subscribers perform multiple activities at once (such as downloading music, watching a movie trailer, and surfing the Web all at once).
However, for now, most U.S. consumers are happy with their existing broadband service, according to a recent survey of more than 1,000 consumers by research firm In-Stat. Most people seemed to be just fine with 5 Mbps of actual measured download speed, said Gerry Kaufhold, principal analyst with In-Stat, which like Multichannel News is owned by Reed Business Information.
"It's unlikely that 60 Mbps -- or anything in excess of 10 Mbps -- is going to have much market traction to get people to switch their broadband carrier," he said.
Fawaz acknowledged that not every Charter broadband subscriber will be upgrading to the DOCSIS 3.0-based services. But, he said, "We feel there's a portion of the customer base that will want it. Probably not a huge number, but enough to make it interesting."
Charter is using the DOCSIS 3.0 modular cable modem termination system from Cisco Systems in its headends. The MSO has qualified three cable modems, from Motorola, Cisco and Ambit Microsystems.
In conjunction with the Cisco modular CMTS, Charter will use two universal edge QAM platforms, Harmonic's Narrowcast Services Gateway and Cisco's RF Gateway 10.
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That's when of the reasons I don't decorate much. It's so depressing taking it all down again. Still it must be done...
That's when of the reasons I don't decorate much. It's so depressing taking it all down again. Still it must be done...
So let the raucous sleigh bells jingle,
Hail our dear old friend kris kringle,
Driving his reindeer across the sky.
Don't stand underneath when they fly by.
yeah,hate that too,it so depressing.
When it seems the magic slipped away...
We find it all again on Christmas Day.
*Seeing isn't believing.Believing is seeing.*
Argh! 5th January every year is the day I dread! The house always looks so bare after the decorations are down!
today is when i start taking my decorations down and tomorrow i do the outside...i"m all finished before the 1st january...it"s sooooooooo depressing...........
Not before Jan, 6th. Santa comes on New Year's Day in Greece (St. Vassilios http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basil_of_Caesarea )
And the official Christmas Season lasts till Epiphany Day.
Merry Snowy Christmas
Love & Peace to the World
depressing..... it comes and goes too fast!
My Christmas Blogs:
- My most popular Christmas blog: KrisKringleForSingles dot blogspot dot com
- HolidaySingleGirldot blogspot dot com
- SilverandGoldChristmas dot blogspot dot com
'I will live in the Past, the Present, and the Future!' Scrooge repeated, as he scrambled out of bed. 'The Spirits of all Three shall strive within me. Oh, Jacob Marley! Heaven, and the Christmas Time be praised for this! I say it on my knees, old Jacob, on my knees!' (Charles Dickens A Christmas Carol)
Well, I usually wait till New Year's Day to start, but I started last night.
I took the stuff around the house down 2 days ago ...then the tree on New Years Day.
There is alway's a sense of melancholy every year I take it down but then I think of why Christmas is so special when it returns...because it's not all year long so I try to soak it up when it is here and it is, right up to New Years Day, then I start fresh for what awaits me this next year .
I enjoy a lot of different things all year long and end it with Christmas and New Years.
Until next year!
I'm making the most of the last five days of having my decorations up. In the UK, most people take down their decorations on the night of 5th January. It's supposed to be bad luck to take them down earlier than that. I don't get why Americans take them down so early! Christmas is twelve-day celebration over here and lasts until Epiphany. Over there it just seems to be about one day. :|