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As discussed in previous chapters, efficient use of the workforce will require more delegation of job duties in the coming years. This delegation has a cascading effect, with specific tasks being handed off to people in various professions and occupations, depending on the situation, which allows each worker to be used at his or her highest level of skill. The combination of the need to delegate additional duties and the desire of some direct-care workers to assume more responsibilities creates opportunities to restructure workforce assignments in ways that are potentially more satisfying for direct-care workers.
In some new models, direct-care worker roles may become much broader. For example, the Green House model described in Chapter 3 gives a more expansive role to direct-care workers. Under that model, frontline caregivers take responsibility for a broader range of tasks that include personal care, cooking, housekeeping, and making sure that residents spend time according to their preferences.
In other cases, direct-care workers take on specific tasks that require a higher level of skill than is usually expected of them. One example of this is the delegation of medication administration duties from RNs, as discussed in Chapter 4. Although there have been some concerns raised regarding patient safety, some RNs who have assessed the delegation of these responsibilities to CNAs have argued that CNAs may be able to deliver medications with greater accuracy because they face fewer distractions than RNs (Reinhard et al., 2003). If so, giving this responsibility to CNAs has the potential to increase efficiency, benefit patients, and facilitate the recruitment and retention of direct-care workers. Similarly, having home health aides assume responsibility for medication administration from RNs could help decrease the need for RN visits to homes.
If direct-care workers are to assume these increased responsibilities, they may in turn need to delegate certain of their own tasks. One example of this is the use of feeding assistants in the long-term care setting. Nurse aide training includes instruction in how to assist older adults with eating and hydration, and this is one of the primary responsibilities of CNAs. In 2003, however, CMS issued regulations allowing states to permit long-term care facilities participating in Medicare or Medicaid to use paid feeding assistants to supplement CNA services under certain conditions. Requirements for feeding assistants include the successful completion of a minimum of 8 hours of training in a state-approved course. The use of the feeding assistant has been controversial, but a preliminary analysis found that the quality of feeding done by feeding assistants was comparable to the quality of feeding by CNAs and, furthermore, that facilities did not decrease CNA hours in response (Kasprak, 2007; Simmons et al., 2007).


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Buying Guide to Down (and Down Alternative) ComfortersGo Back To Guides
Fluffy, cozy down comforters are a luxurious, all-natural bedding option that's beloved for keeping sleepers comfortable year-round. Most are made of what some people call "nature's best insulator," down (the super-soft, quill-free, insulation from under a goose's feathers). This guide can help you find the right one for your optimal snuggling.
These plush covers are more expensive than many other options, but they are a good value over time: A quality down comforter can last for years if properly maintained, and it's easy to update (with a new duvet cover) when you want to transform it to create new look for your bedroom.
Here's what you need to know to find the right down comforter for you.
What temperature do you like to sleep in?
The comforter you choose should be constructed so that it provides you with optimal insulation (this can mean keeping you comfy in the summer as well as the winter). Are you typically cold or warm when you sleep? A down comforter comes in a range of weights that define how warm the comforter will be. If you're planning to keep the comforter on the bed all year, you'll want a light- or mid-weight comforter that can be used year-round; if you will only use it during the winter, you may opt for a heavier weight comforter for maximum warmth. (Please note: Weight is not the same as fill, see the Details section for a fuller explanation.)
Do you have allergies?
Few people are actually allergic to down. Most likely, you are allergic to the dust, dirt and other allergens in the down. Look for allergy-free down comforters that are cleaned with a process that eliminates the impurities from the down and your worries, making them hypoallergenic.
What is a down alternative comforter?
This is a comforter filled with synthetic or natural filling materials that are almost as warming as down. If you are allergy-prone, alternative down, made from hypoallergenic materials is suited for you. Down alternative comforters are constructed similarly to down comforters, except the filling fibers are different. The type of insulation can range from synthetic microfibers to natural fibers such as cotton, wool or silk. Most down alternate comforter are machine washable and can be dried in a dryer.
Do you prefer quality?
It's important to note that quality will be reflected in the material and construction of the comforter, so it's a good idea to get the best quality you can. Look at down quality, thread counts in the cover fabric (better fabrics will protect the down inside and prevent down from escaping and wear better over time), and practical construction (e.g. baffle box to make sure the down won't pool anywhere in the cover).
There are a few key areas of difference between down comforters. All center on one of three things—the down filling, the fabric of the cover, or the construction of the comforter itself.
Features to Look For
The Down:
- Fill Power:
- This is the measure used on comforters to indicate the down's insulating power and quality. Down is measured in ounces and fill power measures how many cubic inches are filled with an ounce of down. For example, a comforter with 500 fill power occupies 500 cubic inches of space. Fill power numbers range from about 400 to over 700, and the higher the fill power of your comforter, the better its insulating ability and loft (another word for the fluffiness/airiness factor). Fluffier down will create a better layer of insulating air around you that will make you more comfortable, whether the weather is warm or cool.
- Fill Weight:
- Not to be confused with fill power, fill weight is how many ounces of down are actually in the comforter. This may sound like fill power, but it is used to explain the comforter's heaviness, not its warmth. Comforters can have a high fill weight and a low fill power, which may be an ideal combination for people in warmer climates. A high fill weight makes the comforter heavy, but a low fill power prevents it from being uncomfortably warm. Light warmth comforters are often a better fit for people who have milder winters or are typically warm when they sleep, while an extra-warmth construction can help those who face frigid winter nights. In the middle are the all-weather weights, which are ideal for people who want to use their comforters year-round or are typically cold when they sleep.
- Allergy-Free Status:
- There are very few people who are actually allergic to down itself, so to make down comforters a sneeze-free option for people with allergies, some manufacturers have developed special methods of cleaning the down to remove all dust, pollen, and other impurities from the raw material. If a down comforter is labeled allergy-free, it's been sanitized to remove common allergens. This is also sometimes called X-treme Clean Technology.
The Fabric:
- Thread Count:
- Usually ranging from about 100 to 600 or more, this number represents the number of threads per square inch of fabric. All other things being equal, higher thread count means better quality, because more threads provide softness and durability, as well as luster and superior resistance to shrinking. Higher thread counts also mean the fabric is less permeable—so the down stays in, and dust and impurities stay out. (Losing down from a comforter is sometimes also called fill leakage.)
There's one exception to the thread-count measurement, however: batiste. Batiste is a European fabric weave designed to provide all the softness, luster, and durability of higher thread-count fabrics, without sacrificing the lightness of the fabric by adding additional threads.
- Barrier Weave:
- A barrier weave is a special fabric that is tightly woven to be up to two to three times more leak-proof than other fabrics—and it muffles the sound of down settling when you move as well. It's also designed to be more durable, so that comforters last longer. Baffle Box Construction: Baffling is the term for a constructing of the comforter with little cloth walls inside, keeping down in specific areas in the comforter. This prevents the down from shifting and causing cold spots. Adding more stitches to a comforter's construction is a time-consuming process, so it may be a more expensive option, but it makes for a cozier comforter.
- Weight:
- Not to be confused with fill, a comforter's weight describes the amount of warmth the comforter is designed to provide: Light warmth comforters are often a better fit for people who have milder winters or are typically warm when they sleep, while an extra-warmth construction can help those who face frigid winter nights. In the middle are the all-weather weights, which are ideal for people who want to use their comforters year-round or are typically cold when they sleep.
- Finally: Warranty: When it comes to down comforters, warranties matter. They can range from a year to a lifetime, so the length of the warranty tells you a lot about the quality of the comforter itself.
Your New Down Comforter:
First up: Whatever comforter you've selected, it's critical to protect it with a duvet cover, which will protect it from day-to-day dirt, spills, and sweat. This is especially important because down comforters should be laundered once a year.
You may notice that your comforter doesn't seem as fluffy as the models in the store when you first bring it home. That's because the comforter was compressed in transport—and it's not permanent. Just shake out the comforter and put in on your bed. In about 72 hours, it will perk up to its full fluffiness.
Maintaining Your Down Comforter
Fluff your comforter daily. A few times a year, air it outside (on non-humid days): Just drape it over a clothesline (horizontally rather than vertically) for a few hours. You can also throw it into a dryer on low heat along with a couple of tennis balls to fluff it up nicely.
Washing Your Down Comforter:
A comforter should be cleaned once every two to three years and should be washed in a large-capacity machine at a Laundromat or professionally laundered.
If you opt to DIY, some key tips to keep in mind:
- Go to a Laundromat and choose a front-loading washing machine without an agitator in the middle. Agitators are rough on the comforter's fabric and put unnecessary strain on the seams.
- Avoid harsh detergents and excessive heat (not bad advice for any comforter), as they will cause the down to become dry and brittle, and put a tennis ball in the dryer to help keep your comforter fluffy.
- Make sure you completely dry the comforter. It may take several hours—double-check to make sure there are no wet spots or clumps before you are finished—because if it's even a little damp it can become moldy.
What's the best way to store it?
Use a breathable bag to help prevent mildew and avoid plastic ones that trap moisture and do not offer any breathability for the comforter
Duvet covers can be used to cover any blanket or comforter, but they are essential for a down comforter. It's like a big pillowcase to protect and decorate your comforter. Our duvet cover buyer's guide has more information.

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A report from the state\'s Child Advocate details the gun deaths and gun injuries suffered by children over the last dozen years.
Jamey Bell of the state's Office of the Child Advocate wants to make sure that those involved in the debate on guns are aware of all children in Connecticut who have died or been injured by guns.
"Everybody knows about the horrible tragedy in Newtown last month," Bell said Monday.. But do they know that 94 Connecticut children — including the Newtown 20 – were killed by guns in the past dozen years?
The reports states that most of the children killed — 60 – were between the ages of 15 and 17. Seventy-two were boys and 22 were girls. Almost half of the children died in one of three cities: Hartford, New Haven or Bridgeport.
Forty-three of t hose children were white; 40 were black, 10 were Hispanic and one was Asian. Almost 80 percent of the deaths were homicides while 17 percent were suicides and two cases were accidental.
During the same time period, 924 children under the age of 18 had gun-related injuries. Almost 90 percent of those injured were boys; 94 percent of the children were between the ages of 12 and 17; and 63 percent of the gun-related injuries occurred in the same three cities.
The report says the 20 young children who died in the mass shooting in Newtown lost their lives "due to an individual having access to highly lethal guns. The circumstances of the other 74 child deaths and the vast majority of injuries from guns in this state are very different – single incidents rather than a mass casualty, and with roots in factors underlying community violence that are not well understood."
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Hands on: Nintendo 3DS XL is Bigger and Better
Nintendo is famous for upgrading its game consoles to a better model. The Nintendo DSi handheld was soon followed by the 3D-capable 3DS. Now it's back with another redesign, the 3DS XL, which is a huge step up from the handheld it first released on the market last year. Though it comes at a slightly higher price than that system (about a $30 difference), it's definitely worth it.
The first thing you'll notice about the new system is the huge screens, which Nintendo states are 90 percent bigger. Games like "Mario Kart 7" and "Super Mario 3D Land" are much easier on the eyes, and the 3D effects are more astounding. Furthermore, camera and video services are greatly improved, especially the Netflix streaming service, which really takes advantage or the expanded screen.
Nintendo also made the system more comfortable to grip. Where the original 3DS had slightly sharp edges that made it a pain to hold over time, the 3DS XL comes with a rounded clamshell build. The analog nub and other controls are easy to access, and the system closes up with ease.
Other improvements include a better place for the touch-screen stylus (easily accessible through a side slot, rather than from the top back portion of the original system), actual buttons on the bottom row (in place of the small touch squares) and a slightly improved battery life, adding an additional one to two hours, depending on what you're playing.
[SEE ALSO: Next-Gen Macs a Big Step for Games]
That's not to say everything is perfect. While some of the newer 3DS games, like the recently released "New Super Mario Bros. 2," look dazzling on the 3D display, older titles available through the eShop appear pixilated. For instance, Game Boy games look ridiculously fuzzy when blown up to cover the whole screen.
[SEE ALSO: The Most Influential Video Games of the Last 50 Years]
One other note: If you have an older 3DS system, you can easily move over most of your data using a wireless transfer option. There's even a cute little movie that plays, showing multi-colored Pikmin characters carrying your stuff from one place to the next.
As we mentioned before, cost could be an issue if you're tight on money, especially if you bought a previous 3DS system for $170. But if you have the funds, Nintendo's tech-charged handheld is certainly worth it.


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1764 West State Street has a Walk Score of 11 out of 100. This location is a Car-Dependent neighborhood so almost all errands require a car.
This location is in Sycamore.
Nearby schools include Sycamore High School, West Elementary School and Cornerstone Christian Academy.
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Nearby coffee shops include Sycamore Cafe and Hidden Grounds Coffee & More. Nearby restaurants include SUBWAY® Restaurants, Ski's All American Pub and State Street Pizzeria.
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The discovery of the 34-year-old McMillian's body near a Mississippi River levee Wednesday stunned residents of Clarksdale, a Blues mecca in the flatlands of the Mississippi Delta.
Authorities were investigating the death as a homicide, and said a person of interest was in custody, but released few other details. Campaign spokesman Jarod Keith says McMillian's campaign was noteworthy because he may have been the first openly gay man to be a viable candidate for public office in the state.
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Unable to reach a deal with DirecTV, Pac-12 Networks has issued an open letter to fans recommending they switch to another television provider.
Pac-12 Networks will televise 15 nonconference games and 20 Pac-12 football games this season.
"If you're one of the fans who won't be satisfied without Pac-12 football, or our more than 135 men's basketball games and hundreds of other live events, we recommend finding Pac-12 Networks with another television provider," the letter says.
But before you go dropping DirecTV and call Comcast, Talking Points thought we should issue our own open letter fans.
"Dear fans of the Huskies and Cougars in Clark County, if you're one of the fans who won't be satified with the fact that Comcast in Clark County will provide with the Pac-12 Oregon network, instead of the Pac-12 Washington network, we recommend you move north.
"And we aren't just talking about Kelso/Longview. They're getting Pac-12 Oregon, too .. because apparently Kelso/Longview is a suburb of Rainier, Ore. We understand Olympia is lovely."
For the record, Saturday's Washington-San Diego State game at 7:30 p.m. will be carried by all Pac-12 Networks, so you'll be able to watch that game in Clark County.
But next Saturday's game between Washington State and Eastern Washington will be carried by Pac-12 Washington only, according to the Pac-12 website.
Did you notice that the NASCAR Camping World Trucks event this week in Hampton, Ga., is called the Jeff Foxworthy's Grit Chip 250.
That, of course, leads Talking Points to remark (in our best Foxworthy twang) ..
"If you ever find yourself sitting in the grandstand in Hampton Ga., at the Jeff Foxworthy's Grit Chip 250 NASCAR trucks race, you might be ...."
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As in everything in the world "all that glitters isn't gold". If you are a novas or an auction veteran there is always something to learn and if you don't learn you will get burned.
Auction companies provide a service, both to the buyer and the seller. Providing a venue for Estate Attorneys, Trust Departments, Estate Executors, Heirs, The General Public and Dealers to dispose of personal and real property. In doing this they create a venue for you and me to buy items we collect or need.
Buying and selling at auction is a two way street.A little knowledge can sometimes be very dangerous for consumers and dealers alike.
Since the beginning of the antique collecting craze people have been trying to scrape a living or earn a little extra money from it. Knowledge is worth a lot of money if used properly and feeling you have the ability to know more than the next guy or gal can make you a lot of money or cost you dearly when buying or selling.
Fakes and copies are sold on a daily bases in auctions across the world. The ability to reproduce antiques is no new thing; some reproductions from a hundred years ago are being sold as two hundred years old or older because the same method was used to make them.
One thing we forget is just because technology has moved forward doesn't mean we can't step back and use methods that are two hundred years old. New technology gives us the ability to age and distress metal, wood and most other materials.
Learn as much as you can but never be afraid to say "I don't know" or ask someone that does know, a person who is an expert in their field.
I have attached photographs of an example of what you don't know can hurt you or make you a lot of money.
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Do You Mind The Gap?
Even Lauren Hutton, a beauty icon, has had moments of insecurity about her appearance, namely her signature gap teeth. A profile on the legend in this month's Harper's Bazaar reveals that as a young model, the bombshell tried to cover up her gap using morticians' wax (yuck!) and would cut a line in the middle of it. She also experimented using a cap and told the magazine that she'd often swallow it, laugh it out, or misplace it. "Revlon wanted me to use it all the time," she admits.
I happen to love her signature toothy look and am such a fan of this au natural statement. In fact, two of my favorite rising stars, actress Anna Paquin and model Lara Stone, both rock space-laden smiles. "It's becoming quite fashionable now, isn't it? Forty-five years later," jokes Hutton.
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Wheat and gluten just can't get a break. First there was the best-selling book Wheat Belly which blamed wheat for the American epidemic of obesity.
Soon an equally controversial and hard-hitting new book will be on the shelves — one that deals specifically with the effects of too many carbs, wheat, and gluten on the brain.
Grain Brain: The Surprising Truth about Wheat, Carbs, and Sugar–Your Brain's Silent Killers is due to be released next month. But judging by the number of pre-orders, it almost certainly will also become a best seller. Publishers Weekly lists it as one of the "Top 10″ most anticipated lifestyle books of the fall.
The author of Grain Brain, Dr. David Perlmutter, is uniquely qualified to speak about the effects of food on the brain. He is a neurologist and Fellow of the American College of Nutrition. He has an active practice at the Perlmutter Health Center in Naples, Florida where he uses a variety of complementary nutrition techniques to treat neurological problems including dementia, stroke, and Alzheimer's.
Dr. Perlmutter is actively promoting his new book online. I recently listened to a one-hour teleseminar he did in conjunction with Advanced Brain Technologies. What follows are some of the highlights of that interview.
Looking at a Better Way
Dr. Perlmutter started looking at the role diet plays in brain health after he got tired of treating his patients' symptoms with drugs, which at the time was the only tool in his arsenal. He describes it like trying to get rid of smoke while leaving the fire burning.
In the past decade he learned that the brain is exquisitely sensitive to the food we eat and that our diet plays a pivotal role in our brain health.
Too Many Carbs, Too Little Fat
As we've moved towards a low-fat diet high in grains, the kind recommended in the USDA food pyramid below, we've traded in eating fat for eating more carbs.
We have never been exposed to this level of carbohydrate consumption before in human history and this experiment is not going very well.
High blood sugar levels correlate directly with brain shrinkage of the hippocampus, the seat of memory and the first target of Alzheimer's. Perlmutter states quite emphatically that there is no treatment whatsoever for Alzheimer's and that drugs flat-out don't help.
If you begin to mentally lose it in your 60's and 70's, it becomes very hard to reverse the trend, so it is much wiser to take steps to prevent mental decline sooner than later. We agree!
Excess carbs create inflammation and free radicals, two major causes of brain aging.
Perlmutter found in his practice that nothing is worse for your brain than a low-fat diet. It contains too many carbohydrates and too little brain-healthy fat. He promotes the same healthy fats we do — olive oil, coconut oil, butter, grass-fed meat, wild salmon, and eggs.
In his practice he puts patients on a diet that is 50-60% good fats. The brain is 70% fat by dry weight and he finds this much fat is ideal.
Glucose is considered the main fuel for the brain, but our brains are quite happy to burn fat which he refers to as a "super fuel" for the brain.
One of the biggest ongoing debates in nutrition is what are the best ratios of fat, carbs, and protein.
Perlmutter cites a JAMA study that followed two groups for 12 months. One group was on the diet popularized by Dr. Atkins — a low carb/high fat/high protein diet. The second group followed Dr. Ornish's low fat/low protein/high carbohydrate diet. (This diet is identical to the ultra-low fat diet being promoted in the book Power Foods for the Brain.)
For those of us who have been brainwashed into believing that low-fat is good, it may come as a shock that the people who followed the Atkins diet did better on all health markers including triglycerides, good cholesterol, and blood sugar levels.
Perlmutter reminds us to think of cholesterol as our brain's friend. Low cholesterol levels increases the risk of suicide, depression, and dementia. The risk of dementia is reduced by 70% in those with high cholesterol. You read that right — high cholesterol reduces risk of dementia.
The Problem With Gluten
Perlmutter appreciates that the book Wheat Belly made the public aware of the profound modification of wheat itself.
In the past 50 years, wheat has been changed to contain up to 50 times more gluten than it did when our ancestors baked the first loaf of bread.
We are biologically unprepared to handle this big a change in such a short period of time.
Remember that humans have been around for 2.6 million years yet started eating wheat and gluten in any form only 10,000 years ago. That is a mere blip in our entire existence! Or .004% to be more precise.
Gluten is most commonly associated with wheat but can also be found in other grains like rye, oats, and barley, prepared foods of all kinds, and even medications.
It's been known for decades that gluten can cause a long list of neurological problems including dementia, headaches, seizures, tremors, depression, memory loss, and epilepsy in those who are gluten-sensitive.
But what hasn't been realized until recently is how ubiquitous gluten sensitivity is. If eating gluten tears up your gut, you know you have a problem. But it turns out that most people have no obvious digestive upset from gluten, so this not a reliable indicator of gluten sensitivity.
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The Colorado Rockies (25-20) got a much-needed series win over the San Diego Padres Sunday afternoon as Justin Morneau smoked a walk-off home run to center, giving the Rockies a 8-6 win at Coors Field.
Former Rockie Seth Smith would continue to beat up on his former team as the lefty hit a solo home run in the first off of Juan Nicasio to put the Padres ahead 1-0 early on. Colorado would strike back as Charlie Blackmon would collect a two RBI single to center in the bottom half of the third to plate Wilin Rosario and DJ LeMahieu — Colorado takes the 2-1 lead.
Right after Blackmon's two RBI single, Corey Dickerson followed up with a two-run opposite field home run to push Colorado's lead to three. In the top half of the fourth inning, San Diego took advantage of Juan Nicasio as Rene Rivera doubled to deep left scoring Cameron Maybin to cut the lead to two. Later on in the inning, Will Venable would plate Rivera on a single to center as San Diego found themselves down by one.
How good has Troy Tulowitzki been this season? The All-Star shortstop would club a solo home run to right field in the bottom half of the fifth to push Colorado's lead to two. Jumping ahead to the top half of the sixth, San Diego got that run right back as Rene Rivera would hit a solo shot of his own to left to cut the deficit to one.
Rockies left fielder Carlos Gonzalez looks to be getting back into the swing of things as he connected with an RBI single in the bottom half of the seventh to score Tulowitzki, giving Colorado a 6-4 lead heading into the ninth. LaTroy Hawkins would look to close the game out but would suffer his first blown save of the 2014 season. After giving up a lead-off double to Will Venable, Everth Cabrera would club a two-run shot to right-center, tying the game up at eight all.
We jump ahead to the bottom half of the 10th inning as Dale Thayer came on to reliever Joaquin Benoit. Carlos Gonzalez would collect a one-out single to right to get things going in the 10th. After a Nolan Arenado fly-out to right, Justin Morneau came up as Colorado's last hope and he came through. The former MVP would crush a two-run home run to center as Colorado came away with the walk-off win, 8-6.
Notable Rockies Hitters:
- Charlie Blackmon: 2-for-3, 2 RBI, 2 BB.
- Corey Dickerson: 1-for-2, HR, 2 RBI.
- Troy Tulowitzki: 1-for-5, HR, 2 R.
- Carlos Gonzalez: 2-for-4, RBI.
- Justin Morneau: 2-for-5, HR, 2 RBI.
- DJ LeMahieu: 3-for-4, R.
Rockies Pitching:
- Juan Nicasio: 6.0 IP, 9 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 1 BB, 2 SO. 99 pitches, 60 strikes.
- Rex Brothers: 1.0 IP, 2 BB, 1 SO.
- Adam Ottavino: 1.0 IP, 0 H.
- LaTroy Hawkins (BS, 1): 1.0 IP, 2 H, 2 R, 2 ER,
- Nick Masset (W, 1-0): 1.0 IP, 0 H.
The Colorado Rockies (25-20) defeat the San Diego Padres, 8-6. Colorado earns the series victory over the Padres as they have Monday off. They are back at it Tuesday night against the San Francisco Giants as they send Franklin Morales (3-3, 5.40 ERA) to the hill. Giants will counter with ace Madison Bumgarner (5-3, 3.25 ERA). First-pitch will be scheduled for 8:40 PM ET, 6:40 PM MT.
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Recently I heard a wonderful program on National Public Radio about Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel. I was struck by one of his quotes: 'Some are guilty, but all are responsible.'
I pray for the victims and families in Newtown and Aurora and Virginia Tech and Red Lake and Columbine and Minneapolis and Norway and Webster and all the other lesser known atrocities — and for my country.
I'm waiting for the story that transcends the flat ethnicity paradigm and gets the deeper and more persistent question of religion and moral bearings:
How does the most religiously devout candidate in recent memory reconcile a life of religious commitment with a values-neutral approach to work, livelihood, and the marketplace?
Why does religion play an outsized role in the politics of gay marriage and contraception but apparently has no say when it comes to big-ticket items like national spending and economic policy?
That profound disconnect certainly did not originate with Romney, but it may in fact be the key to understanding how he would lead and govern.
by W. Paul Reeve, guest contributor
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormonism) has consistently found itself on the wrong side of white. In a recent New York Times article, "Black Mormons and the Politics of Identity," an embedded video begins with a Times reporter commenting "it may come as a surprise to people that there are black Mormons in America." It is a telling statement that captures the nexus of the LDS Church's racial past and its efforts to realize a more diverse racial future.
Although few in number, blacks have been a part of the LDS movement from its founding to the present. The first documented African American to join the LDS Church was a former slave known only in the historical record as "Black Pete." He became a member at Kirtland, Ohio, in 1830, the year of the Church's founding. More significantly, at least two black men, Elijah Abel and Q. Walker Lewis, were ordained to the Mormon priesthood in the Church's early years. Abel participated in Mormon temple rituals at Kirtland and was baptized as proxy for a deceased friend and two relatives at Nauvoo, Illinois.
In this regard, it is most accurate to speak of integrated priesthood and temples in Mormonism's early years, a progressive stance in a charged national racial context. At the same time that the nation moved toward legal segregation in the wake of Reconstruction's demise, the open space for full black participation in Mormonism gave way in fits and starts. By the first decade of the twentieth century race-based priesthood and temple bans were firmly in place.
It is impossible to understand that trajectory without first understanding the ways in which white Mormons themselves were racialized. The prevailing American fear of interracial mixing played a significant role in that process, especially as outsiders projected their own alarm over race mixing onto Mormons. At Kirtland, outsiders suggested that Black Pete received revelations to marry white women. In Missouri settlers argued that Mormons were inviting free black converts to that state, not only to incite a slave rebellion but to steal white women.
After the Mormons openly announced the practice of polygamy in 1852, the charge of interracial mixing took on a life of its own. One Army doctor filed a report with the United States Senate in which he claimed polygamy was giving rise to a degenerate "race." Political cartoons depicted interracial polygamous families, sometimes with black, Asian, and Native American wives mixed in among the white. In a variety of ways outsiders constructed Mormons as racially suspect, facilitators of interracial mixing and therefore of racial contamination. As one news account put it, "the days of the white race are numbered in this country." At the crux of this fearful deterioration was the "American of the future," "a black Mormon."
Against such a charged national racial backdrop, Mormons responded with an effort to claim whiteness for themselves. In 1852, Brigham Young drew upon the curses of Cain, Ham, and Canaan, derived from long standing Judeo-Christian Biblical exegeses, to bar black men from the priesthood. Leaders later expanded the policy to include temple worship for black men and women, except for proxy baptisms for their deceased ancestors. In 1908, leaders cemented those policies in place when historical forgetfulness trumped verifiable evidence to misremember that the bans had always been there, divine mandates that only God could rescind.
With that reconstructed memory as the new guiding principle, it took Spencer W. Kimball, the faith's mild and unassuming prophet, to overturn the ban. In 1978, Kimball announced a revelation which returned Mormonism to its universalistic roots and reintegrated its priesthood and temples.
Since that time, Mormon growth in Africa has been rapid, while the pace among blacks at home has been much slower. The bans and the doctrines that supported them sometimes plague missionary efforts among blacks and make it difficult to retain converts once they join. LDS leaders have yet to repudiate past teachings which shored up the bans, a lingering problem that makes it possible for various iterations of those teachings to live on in the hearts and minds of some members.
In the meantime, black Mormons, like their coreligionists of all stripes, must decide how they will vote in this historic election year. It is a contest that is poised to pit the nation's first president of African ancestry against the first Mormon of any color to capture a major party nomination. Mitt Romney's ascendency to the top of the GOP ticket might signal to some Mormons that their historically pariah faith has finally arrived. In that regard, Romney may very well mark Mormonism's full racial passage to whiteness. It is an awkwardly-timed if not tepid acceptance that coincides with Mormon attempts to claim a more diverse racial identity for themselves — witness the "I Am a Mormon" national media campaign featuring a heterogeneous group of Latter-day Saints as the faces of modern Mormonism.
Unlike his Mormon ancestors, no one today questions Mitt Romney's whiteness. One culture critic went so far as to call him "the whitest white man to run for president in recent memory." It is a designation that Mormons craved a century ago, but one that comes as a liability today. The historical arc of Mormonism's racial dance is richly ironic. In the nineteenth century they were denigrated as not white enough, by the twenty-first century, as too white.
W. Paul Reeve is Associate Professor of History at the University of Utah. He is writing a book, Religion of a Different Color: Race and the Mormon Struggle for Whiteness, under contract at Oxford University Press.
This essay is reprinted with permission of Sightings from the Martin Marty Center at the University of Chicago Divinity School.
But there is a different story in the DNA of Oklahoma politics. It's a truly forgotten story in the relatively brief history of this state that people fled the past to create. When the former Indian Territory became Oklahoma in 1907, it had one of the most progressive constitutions in the union, influenced largely by a farmer-labor coalition. Yet small farmers and laborers—75 percent of the population of around two million by 1920—grew less secure and more economically burdened in the early years of statehood, while "New White elites" (bankers, lawyers, merchants and landlords) flourished. These increasingly downtrodden voters gave Socialist presidential candidate Eugene Debs 16 percent of the Oklahoma vote in 1912, compared with 6 percent nationally. And for a tumultuous moment a decade later, a semi-Socialist grassroots Oklahoma movement elected a governor. …
There are echoes of those farmers and laborers in today's tea partiers and Wall Street occupiers, but also in Democrats and Republicans who long to recover their faith in politics. A faith in politics, and a determination to make politics work anew for common people, finds impassioned and often eloquent expression in the forgotten pages of the Reconstructionist. Its voices, and its lessons, deserve remembering.
by Barbara Zollner, guest contributor
A composite photograph of Egyptian Salafist presidential candidate Hazem Abu-Ismail (left), Khayrat al-Shater (center), and former Egyptian intelligence chief Omar Suleiman. Egypt's election commission said on April 14, 2012 that the three men were among ten candidates barred from running for president. (Photo by Khaled Desouki/AFP/Getty Images)
The battle over Egypt's democratic future is at a significant crossroads. But while the fight for succession to Mubarak's throne is fully under way, the rules of the competition seem to be constantly changing.
Only two weeks ago, the Muslim Brotherhood (MB) and its Freedom and Justice Party (FJP) announced their decision to field a candidate for the May presidential elections. They nominated businessman and multi-millionaire Khayrat al-Shater. Fostering deep-seated fears about Islamist regimes, the Washington Post expressed concern that, should Shater win the elections, Islamic law would be enforced.


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During their meeting last week, the members of the Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly postponed an ordinance to repeal the term limits that are in place for members of the local legislative body.
This ordinance was sponsored by Assembly member Hal Smalley of Kenai…
Asm. Smalley(Kenai): "The process that this ordinance is speaking to, is the Kenai Peninsula Borough Code 22.30.030 which our body made modifications to from the initiative that passed, so the language that's in code is what this body did. So it is about process, that's why I think it belongs to this body. Let's see, comments like, they'll only support actions that get them elected, we'll I'll tell you, this particular action and the one preceding this [Anadromous streams vote] are necessarily big election getters. I'm not concerned about that, If I were to run again, and I haven't made that decision, I don't care about getting elected or not, if people want to support me they will, if they don't they won't. Que sera, you know, get on with life."
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City administrators obtained certain auditor's office emails directly from the city's computer personnel, without consulting Staschiak. That prompted the auditor, an elected official, to call for a public records policy review.
Obtaining information that way "scared the hell out of me," Staschiak told an informal "ad hoc" meeting of council members that he requested last week. Staschiak said some auditor's office records contain information that by law must be kept confidential, such as health care specifics and Social Security numbers.
The administration recently collected certain emails from Staschiak's and Deputy Auditor Ginger Sampson's accounts.
Law Director Don Rasmussen asked Mayor Lydia Mihalik to enlist the Computer Services Department's help in obtaining copies of emails between Staschiak, Sampson, and Paul Rutter of Columbus-based Bricker and Eckler, a law firm that serves as the city's bond counsel.
Mihalik and Rasmussen said the action was administrative, and was done because city auditors have been gathering information on various bond-related matters from a different Bricker and Eckler lawyer than the attorney Rasmussen communicates with.
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1983 56 (ft.) Maple Leaf 56 Center Cockpit
Inactive - This listing is not for sale at this time
General Information
Listing# 125033
- Price
- $90,000.00
- Location
- Brooklyn, NY, United States
- Manufacturer
- Maple Leaf
- Boat Type
- Sailboat
- Model Year
- 1983
- Category
- Center Cockpit
- Designer
- Huntingford
- Model
- 56 Center Cockpit
- Status
- Used
- Length
- 56 (ft.)
- Bridge Clearance
- 65
- Beam
- 14.75
- 56.33
- Hull Material
- Fiberglass
- Fuel Type
- Diesel
- Engine Model
- 6-354
- Number of Engines
- 1
- Engine Type
- Inboard
General Details
Priced for a Quick Sale!!!
Splendor is a true blue water cruising vessel. Her shoal draft, roller furl main, staysail and genoa with electric winches makes sailing easy for the short handed crew. Her variable pitch Max Prop and the huge 15 HP bow thruster make motoring and docking a breeze.
The interior offers 3 three staterooms with sleeping berths for six without encumbering the salon living spaces of the boat. This boat needs considerable work to bring her to offshore standards. Therefore the price is greatly reduced in an effort to find a buyer. She offers a great design and strong bones.
Bow Thruster, Generator, Three Zones of Ducted Air Conditioning, Hydronic Hot Water Heat Throughout, Great Electronics, Hood In-Mast Roller Furling, Electric Winches
- Accommodations/Overview
- This vessel offers 3 staterooms, two heads and a very large salon. Staring from forward: Crew stateroom with single berth to starboard, lower berth has been converted to storage; just aft to starboard is a second stateroom with bunk berths, across to port is a head with shower. The salon offers a bright airy living space with large windows. A J-shaped settee is to starboard, a free standing table with additional chairs makes the dining area. To port is a large settee. At the base of the companionway to starboard is a large navigation station. To port is the L-shaped galley. The pass through to the aft cabin is to port. Engine room access is inboard and a counter with large holding plate refrigeration in outboard. The aft cabin has a large double berth to starboard and a single berth to port. Forward and to starboard is the master head with separate shower stall. Interior finishes are varnished light oak. Sole is parquet teak. Head liners are vinyl.
- Main Salon
- Large L-shaped settee to starboard. Free standing table with (2) chairs. Leather platform rocking chair. Settee to starboard. Book shelves outboard of settees. Wine glass and decoration shelves outboard of starboard settee. Opening Bowmar hatch with screen. (9) Fixed windows with blinds. (3) Overhead fluorescent lights. (4) Reading lights. Teak and holly sole. Bose surround sound speakers. (3) Storage lockers. Air conditioning. Hydronic heat.
- Navigation Station
- Forward facing navigation center is located to starboard aft of the settee. Large lift top chart table with storage inside. Northstar 6000i Plotter. SEA222 SSB radio. Astron antenna tuner. Yeasu 757 HAM radio. Bose stereo with subwoofer and speakers. Alarm system. Heart Link 2000. Statpower 800 watt inverter. Ferris solar panel controller. HRO Water maker control panel. (2) 120vac outlets. (1) 12vdc outlet. Westerbeke generator panel. 12VDC Electrical panel with 20 branch breakers. 120VAC Electrical panel with 10 branch breakers and main breakers. Remote 12VDC panel with 9 breakers. Volt and amp meters for both AC and DC sources. Overhead lighting. Chart light.
- Galley
- L-shaped galley is located aft and to port in the salon area. Norcold dual voltage refrigerator. Laminate counters with double stainless steel sinks. Single lever euro style spigot. 3 Burner gimbaled propane stove with oven. (6) Drawers. (6) Lockers. Sharp Microwave oven. Opening port light. Overhead fluorescent light. 120VAC outlet. Propane control. Separate Sea Frost top opening freezer and refrigerator in pass through.
- Master Stateroom
- Double berth to starboard. Single berth to port. (2) Overhead fluorescent lights. (2) Reading lights. (1) 12VDC Fan. (1) Overhead opening Bowmar hatch with screen. (2) fixed windows. (3) Opening port lights. (2) Large Hanging lockers. (6) Drawers. Lots of book shelves. A/C controls. Storage under berths. RAM Microphone for ships VHF radio.
- Master Head
- Vacu Flush marine toilet with holding tank. Separate shower stall with hand shower and seat. Laminate counter top with cast sink with Euro style faucet. (5) Storge cabinets. (1) Mirror. (1) Overhead fluorescent light. (1) Counter light. (1) Opening port light.
- Forward Crew Quarters
- Access door to anchor locker. Upper Bunk berth, (lower berth has been converted to storage). Opening Bowmar overhead hatch with screen. (3) Opening port lights. (1) Overhead fluorescent light. (2) Reading lights. (1) Sconce light. Hydronic heat control. A/C controls. (1) 120VAC outlet. Large hanging locker.
- Forward Guest Cabin
- Upper and lower bunk berths. Opening Bowmar overhead hatch with screens. (2) Opening port lights. Hanging locker. Mirror. (1) Overhead fluorescent light. (3) Reading light. Hydronic heater control. A/C controls. Fishing rod storage racks. Ram microphone for ships VHF.
- Guest Head
- Raritan electric marine toilet with holding tank. Laminate counter top with cast sink. Single lever spigot with hand shower. Mirrored locker door. Under cabinet storage. (2) Large storage lockers. (1) 120VAC outlet with GFCI. (1) Opening port light. Teak grate sole. (2) Lights over mirror. (1) Overhear light.
- Electronics and Navigational Equipment
- Garmin 5212 (in overhead box). Garmin digital RADAR. Garmin depth module. Simrad Autopilot with wireless remote. Simran wind machine. Simrad depth finder. Icom 602 VHF Radio with remote microphones at navigation station, master and guest cabins. Tank monitors. SEA222 SSB radio. Yeasu 757 HAM radio. Northstar Plotter. Bose DVD/CD playback system with surround sound speakers. 21" Flat screen TV. Sat phone system. Glomax TV antenna.
- Electrical
- Westerbeke 15 KW diesel generator (414 Hours). (4) 8D House batteries. (2) 4D Batteries for bow thruster (24VDC). Charles 80 Amp 12VDC battery charger. ProMariner 24 VDC charger for thruster batteries. 24 VDC Alternator. (2) 12VDC High output alternators. (4) 80 Watt solar panels with Ferris controller. Link 2000 battery monitor. (2) 30Amp 120VAC inlet. (2) 30 Amp power cords.
- Deck Equipment and Features
- Custom arch with dinghy davits. Seat cushions for all cockpit seats. Split stern rail with gates leading to stern platform. Stainless steel bow rail. Double stainless steel life lines with gates port and starboard. Edson hydraulic steering. Stainless steel steering wheel. Outboard engine bracket. Custom hard top with custom hard enclosure. Custom cockpit table. Deep storage lockers port cockpit seating. Double anchor roller. Electric anchor windlass. Split anchor locker. (8) Deck cleats. (2) Deck vents. Full rub rail. Stainless steel swim ladder.
- Sails and Rigging
- Electric Hood Stow Mast. Hood boom. Selden rigid boom vang. Traveler mounted on aft cabin top. Antal outhaul winch. Wichard centerboard winch. Lewmar 30 ST main sheet winch. Lewmar 66 Electric 2 sp self tailing winch (on port only). Lewmar 55 2sp CST Primary winch to starboard. (2) Lewmar 42 CST 2sp staysail sheelt winches. Lewmar 2spCST 30 halyard winches. Navteck stainless steel rod rigging. Split backstay with starboard side insulated as antenna. Spinnaker pole with chocks. New main sail, jib and staysail. Double spreader rig. All lines led to cockpit through sheet stoppers.
- Mechanical Equipment and Engine Details
- Single Perkins 6-354 diesel engine with fresh water cooling (hours unknown). Borg Warner Marine gear. Stainless steel propeller shaft. 4 Blade bronze Max Prop variable pitch propeller. Additional Deck and Mechanical Gear Electric 24VDC 15 HP bow thruster. 16 Gallon water heater (120VAC & engine). Tank level monitor for all tanks. Electric and manual bilge pumps. High bilge water alarm. Electric shower sump pumps. Macerator pumps on both holding tanks. Emergency tiller. Dinghy cradle on foredeck. Nilsson 3000 anchor windlass. 300 Feet of 3/8 galvanized anchor chain. CQR 65 anchor. Barnacle anchor with rode. Bendix compact washer and dryer (in pass through). Hurricane Hydronic heating system with hot water heat to all cabins. (3) CruiseAir air conditioning systems.
- Exclusions
- Personal Items.
- Disclaimer
- The Company offers the details of this vessel in good faith but cannot guarantee or warrant the accuracy of this information nor warrant the condition of the vessel. A buyer should instruct his agents, or his surveyors, to investigate such details as the buyer desires validated. This vessel is offered subject to prior sale, price change, or withdrawal without notice.
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Lake Level 489.60(full pool 490.00)
Water Temps Range from 84-89 degrees
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