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Risk assessment in child protection
Risk assessment in child protection
Rhys Price-Robertson and Leah Bromfield
The purpose of this Resource Sheet is to outline the different approaches used to assess whether children are at risk of maltreatment, as well as to explore some of the issues and criticisms surrounding the use of standardised risk assessment instruments in child protection.
Consensus-based and actuarial risk assessment instruments
In recent years, child protection practice, both in Australia and internationally, has seen a marked shift from largely unstructured clinical decision-making to the widespread use of standardised risk assessment instruments. This shift has been accompanied by considerable debate as to the most effective methods of assessing risk; debate that has at times been so intense that some have dubbed it the "risk assessment wars" (White & Walsh, 2006). Disagreement has often centred on the relative advantages or disadvantages of using either consensus-based risk assessment tools (i.e., those that were developed from the child maltreatment literature and/or the opinions of expert practitioners) or actuarial risk assessment tools (i.e., those that were developed by statistically identifying the factors associated with maltreatment). (See Table 1 below for a more detailed description of these instruments. See Case Studies 1 and 2 for detailed examples of specific consensus-based and actuarial assessment instruments.)
How are items derived?
How are decisions reached?
Actuarial assessment tools
|Items are derived empirically, using statistical analysis to identify and weigh the factors that predict child maltreatment.
|Practitioners score each item (e.g., "Do either of the parents have a history of incarceration" N=0, Y=1). The scores of individual items are added, and families are assigned to a risk category according to the their overall score. Some tools grant practitioners a degree of latitude to override an assessment rating (e.g., in the Structured Decision Making tool practitioners can increase the risk category by one level).
|Consensus-based assessment tools
|Items are derived from the child maltreatment literature and/or the opinions of expert practitioners. These tools attempt to bridge the gap between unstructured clinical and actuarial decision-making.
|Consensus based tools utilise one of two decision-making strategies:
Source: Austin et al. (2005); Robinson & Moloney (2010); White & Walsh (2006).
Strengths and weaknesses of different types of risk assessment instruments
Both actuarial and consensus-based risk assessment instruments have their strengths and weaknesses, which are summarised in Table 2. As this table illustrates, there are few simple answers in the debate between different types of assessment instrument, and it is certainly not clear (as some authors have claimed) that one type is always more effective than the other. Neither approach can guarantee consistently accurate decisions; there will always be a proportion of "false positives" (i.e., screening and finding grounds for an intervention when an intervention is not actually required) and "false negatives" (i.e., investigating and finding no grounds for intervention when an intervention is in fact needed).
Actuarial assessment tools
|Consensus-based assessment tools
Source: Austin et al. (2005); Robinson & Moloney (2010); White & Walsh (2006).
In general, evidence suggests that if the goal of assessment is to identify those children whose situation warrants further investigation, then actuarial assessment tools will likely produce a more accurate prediction than consensus-based tools. This is because actuarial tools are usually developed by statistically modelling the factors that increase the risk of re-referral to child protection services. They enable practitioners to make evidence-based judgements about which children are at the highest risk of re-referral to child protection services (and therefore warrant greater scrutiny), and direct practitioners to prioritise their finite resources on the cases of these children. It is worth noting that the statistical modelling for actuarial tools is not based on whether the child was abused or not, or on child death data. However, it is an assumption of these instruments that those children at greatest risk of re-referral to child protection will be the same population as those at greatest risk from abuse and neglect. In brief, while actuarial tools are good for decisions about how to prioritise finite resources, they are not a case planning tool.
If the goal of assessment is to gain a comprehensive understanding of an individual child or family in order to ascertain their service needs, then a consensus-based tool may be most effective as they tend to be more flexible, incorporate more items, and provide more information (Austin et al., 2005). The outcomes of assessments using consensus-based tools are therefore more readily linked to an intervention plan for working with children and their families to reduce risks.
Assessing risk in a "risk society"
Although the use of assessment tools (both consensus-based and actuarial) has become widespread in the child protection practices of a number of countries, the use of these instruments - and indeed the very notion of structuring child protection systems around the prediction of future risk - has been criticised by a number of authors. These authors have argued that risk assessment, as a practice tool in child protection, has been strongly influenced by some very distinct social trends. According to sociologists (e.g., Beck, 1992; Giddens, 1990), individuals and institutions in modern Western societies are increasingly preoccupied with the future and with the systematic prediction of, and protection from, potential risks. This has become such a marked social trend that these theorists refer to contemporary Western societies as "risk societies".
Within the popular discourses of "risk societies", risk to children is considered to be measurable and manageable. The implication of this is the widespread belief that harm to children can always be effectively predicted and prevented - and that if it is not, then someone is to blame (Gillingham, 2006; Gillingham & Bromfield, 2008). One can see this belief in action when child protection services become the subject of negative media attention for making the "wrong" decision or having the "wrong" procedures in place, particularly in the case of child deaths (Connolly & Doolan, 2007). In response to such attention, the process of assessments, as well as general child protection practices, have become increasingly risk-averse. Some contend that the ready acceptance and application of risk assessment instruments has little to do with protecting children more effectively and much to do with organisations protecting themselves from blame when mistakes are made (Gillingham, 2006; Goddard, Saunders, Stanley, & Tucci, 1999).
Criticisms of standardised risk assessment instruments
A number of authors have made more specific criticisms of structured risk assessment tools (both consensus-based and actuarial), arguing that these tools are deficient in that they:
- are often unable to identify or accommodate the idiosyncratic risk factors of individual cases (Goddard et al., 1999);
- are ill-suited for Indigenous communities and other minority and/or marginalised groups (Maiter, 2009; Strega, 2009);
- undermine the importance of clinical experience and intuition (Goddard et al., 1999);
- neglect social and environmental influences on behaviour and therefore mask social problems and structural inequalities by attributing sole responsibility for problems to parents/caregivers (Strega, 2009);
- neglect any strengths, resources, and competencies that families may possess (Turnell & Edwards, 1999);
- tend to exclude important voices and perspectives from the assessment (e.g., the father or male guardian, siblings and, perhaps most importantly, the victim of abuse themselves) (Goddard et al., 1999);
- focus too much on future harm and not enough on the processes and consequences of cumulative harm (Bromfield, Gillingham, & Higgins, 2007;Goddard et al., 1999); and
- often present the relationship between risk factors and abusive or neglectful behaviours as a causal one, when in fact it is at best one of association or correlation (Strega, 2009).
Additionally, as Lennings (2002) argued, although many experts call for the use of structured risk assessment tools, "decision making in the care and protection area is yet to develop the research base and statistical activity necessary to develop such approaches" (p. 10).
Alternative approaches
There have been attempts to incorporate the insights of the above criticisms into the structure of risk assessment programs. For example, Turnell and Edwards' (1999) "Signs of Safety" approach to assessment in child protection evaluates not only risk factors, but also family competencies, strengths, and resources. According to Turnell and Edwards (1999), focusing solely on risk factors is "rather like mapping only the darkest valleys and gloomiest hollows of a particular territory" (p. 49), and therefore their approach attempts to "consider danger and safety simultaneously and to achieve a balanced, comprehensive assessment" (p. 100). Additionally, practitioners using the Signs of Safety assessment framework seek to identify and understand the values, beliefs, and meanings held by all members of the family with which they are working, as well as to determine the willingness and capacity of the family to carry out any suggested plans. In recent years the Signs of Safety approach has enjoyed considerable attention and influence both in Australia and internationally. Unfortunately, however, the approach has not been subject to evaluation.
Other authors have emphasised the need for child protection practice to become more culturally sensitive (e.g., Connolly, Crichton-Hill, & Ward, 2006; Maiter, 2009; Strega, 2009). It was noted earlier (see Table 2) that unless actuarial instruments are developed using a sample of a particular minority cultural group (e.g., Indigenous Australians), it is unlikely that the risk factors of these instruments will be entirely appropriate for that minority group. However, some authors add that even many consensus-based instruments incorporate theoretical models of child development and family functioning that have been developed in white, middle-class contexts, and therefore may implicitly marginalise the perspectives and practices of different cultures (e.g., Connolly et al., 2006; Strega, 2009). Strega (2009) proposed that child protection practitioners working with individuals from diverse cultural backgrounds must constantly reflect upon their own practice, and identify ways in which they may be imposing dominant cultural standards onto minority cultures. In a similar way to the Signs of Safety approach, Strega emphasised that "strengths are as important as problems and challenges, and it is essential to develop a picture of strengths and challenges with clients rather than about them" (p. 154, emphasis added). Strega (2009) also noted that, especially when working with marginalised cultural groups, it is very important that any risk assessment instrument or procedure has scope to account for the wider, structural forces that may be contributing to parental or familial problems. Again, these approaches have not been evaluated.
There is no "magic bullet" when it comes to risk assessment in child protection. The two main types of assessment instrument each have advantages and disadvantages, and may be more or less useful in different contexts or in different stages of the intervention process. Moreover, assessment instruments often need to be augmented by other practices and approaches; for example, when working with diverse cultural groups, explicitly anti-racist and anti-discriminatory procedures, practices, and attitudes may enhance the efficacy of an intervention. White and Walsh (2006) noted that the so-called "risk assessment wars" may be over, and that what has emerged in the literature is the more sophisticated view that there is no one "ultimate tool" that will solve the difficulties of assessment in child protection. Instead, there is an acknowledgment that while some tools may indeed be more effective than others at classifying risk, this does not rule out the need for alternative approaches and for the continued utilisation of clinical judgement and practice knowledge.
Case Study 1: Example of a popular consensus-based assessment instrument
The Strengths and Stressors Tracking Device
The Strength and Stressors Tracking Device (Strengths and Stressors) is a consensus-based assessment instrument that was developed by modifying the North Carolina Family Assessment Scale (NCFAS). According to those who developed Strengths and Stressors, it:
guides new and inexperienced caseworkers to the critical indicators of family well-being, provides the ability to assess a family's strengths as well as their stressors, incorporates an ecological array of conditions and skills into a contextual assessment, and can be completed at multiple points in time, providing a quick assessment of how well a family is increasing its strengths and reducing its stressors. (Berry, Cash, & Mathiesen, 2003).
As the name of the instrument suggests, it is designed to go beyond simply predicting the immediate danger to the child and the likelihood of the child experiencing maltreatment in the future by also assessing family wellbeing and psychosocial development.
Strengths and Stressors has 55 items, which are divided into four domains:
- environment (17 items);
- social support (7 items);
- family/caregiver (14 items); and
- child wellbeing (17 items).
The child protection practitioner assesses whether each item on the form is affecting the family as a strength or as a stressor (the scale ranges from -2 [serious stressor] to +2 [serious strength]).
The explication by Strengths and Stressors of the different strengths and stressors of a family is designed to assist child protection practitioners in project planning and evaluation. Strengths and Stressors does not, however, offer structured advice as to which interventions should be implemented if specific scores on the instrument are obtained.
Evidence of effectiveness
Only one small-scale study has tested the efficacy of Strengths and Stressors. In this study, which was conducted by the team that developed the instrument, Strengths and Stressors demonstrated high internal consistency, was able to distinguish between different forms of child maltreatment, and appeared to accurately detect changes made by families during the assessment period (Berry et al., 2003). However, this study did not adequately assess the validity of the instrument. As such, more research is needed before Strengths and Stressors can be said to have an adequate evidence base.
Case Study 2: Example of a popular actuarial assessment instrument
Structured Decision Making (SDM)
The Structured Decision Making (SDM) model of child protection comprises a series of actuarial tools developed by the Children Research Center in Wisconsin, USA. As there are distinct issues to be addressed at each stage of the child protection process, different tools or scales are necessary for each decision point. Therefore, SDM is based around eight areas of assessment. In illustrating the use of SDM, this summary will concentrate on those SDM tools directly relevant to risk/strength and needs assessment: the SDM Family Risk Evaluation (Version 3.1), the SDM Child Strengths and Needs Assessment (Version 3.1), and the SDM Family Strengths and Needs Assessment (Version 3.0). SDM has been very popular in a number of countries, and has been adopted (in whole or part) in South Australia, Queensland and New South Wales.
The SDM Family Risk Evaluation comprises two subscales:
- a neglect scale (12 items: e.g., "Primary Parent has criminal history as adult or juvenile - Y/N"); and
- an abuse scale (11 items: e.g., "Two or more incidents of domestic violence in the household in the past year - Y/N").
Each item is scored with a 0, 1, 2 or 3 (in the example items above the "No" responses scored a 0 and the "Yes" responses scored a 1, 2, or 3 depending on the severity of the risk factor). Based on the subscale with the highest score, families are classified into a low, moderate, high or very high-risk category. Child protection workers can override the risk classification and increase the risk category by one level.
The SDM Family Strengths and Needs Assessment consists of 12 items (e.g., Alcohol and Drug Use, Mental/Emotional Health, Household Resources and Basic Care). According to the scores of these scales, families are classified into one of four "strengths" categories: exceptional strength, good/adequate functioning, some need, or significant need. This measure also helps to identify specific needs to be included in the family case plan (e.g., a low score on the Household Resources and Basic Care item would indicate that assistance in this area should be included in the case plan).
The SDM Child Strengths and Needs Assessment is very similar in structure to the SDM Family Strengths and Needs Assessment. It consists of 12 items (e.g., Alcohol and Drug Use, Emotional Stability, Behaviour).
Evidence of effectiveness
The SDM Family Risk Evaluation has performed well in tests of predictive validity (i.e., it was shown to be able to quite accurately predict which families should be classified into which risk category). This instrument has also shown moderate levels of inter-rater reliability. No studies were found that looked specifically at the efficacy of the SDM Family Strengths and Needs Assessment or the SDM Child Strengths and Needs Assessment. Finally, compared to demographically matched jurisdictions that used other types of risk assessment instruments, those countries that used SDM instruments had lower substantiation rates, re-referral rates and levels of injuries (For a detailed review of this evidence, see Austin et al., 2005). It is worth noting that almost all of the research into the SDM model and tools has been conducted by the Children's Research Center, the organisation that developed SDM.
- Austin, M., D'andrade, A., Lemon, K., Benton, A., Chow, B., & Reyes, C. (2005) (PDF 263 KB). Risk and safety assessment in child welfare: Instrument comparisons. Berkeley: University of California. Retrieved from <http://www.childwelfare.gov/survey/disclaimerAskme.cfm?target=http://cssr.berkeley.edu/bassc/public/risk_summ.pdf&referrer=http://www.childwelfare.gov/responding/iia/safety_risk/>
- Beck, U. (1992). Risk society: Towards a new modernity. London: Sage.
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- Connolly, M., Crichton-Hill, Y., & Ward, T. (2006). Culture and child protection. Reflexive responses. London: Jessica Kingsley Publishers.
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- Giddens, A. (1990). Consequences of modernity. Cambridge: Polity Press.
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- Lennings, C. (2002). Decision making in care and protection: The expert assessment. Australian e-Journal for the Advancement of Mental Health (AeJAMH), 1(2), 1-13.
- Maiter, S. (2009). Using an anti-racist framework for assessment and intervention in clinical practice with families from diverse ethno-racial backgrounds. Clinical Social Work Journal, 37, 267-276.
- Robinson, E., & Moloney, L. (2010). Family violence: Towards a holistic approach to screening and risk assessment in family support services (AFRC Briefing No. 17). Melbourne: Australian Family Relationships Clearinghouse, Australian Institute of Family Studies.
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"What makes this album and nomination especially meaningful to me is the fact that this record was 100 percent funded by fans and myself," said Keezer, who lives in North Park with his wife, San Diego Symphony associate bassist Susan Wulff, and their son, Cameron, 2.
"The cost to make the album is certainly (equivalent to) a down payment on a house. This is the first album I've done where the record label had the vision to submit it for Grammy consideration. To have this kind of recognition for a project like this reflects what happens when an artist has creative control and the freedom to make an album exactly the way they want."
Recorded in New Jersey and San Diego, "Áurea" teams Keezer with two accomplished musicians from Latin America, Peruvian drummer Hugo Alcázar and Argentine singer Sophia Rei Koutsovitis, the latter of whom Keezer met when he was teaching at a jazz camp in Aspen in 2003.
The album's core trio is augmented by an all-star cast of American jazz artists that includes saxophonists Steve Wilson and Ron Blake. Also featured is Keezer's wife, San Diego guitar ace Peter Sprague (who helped engineer and mix "Áurea" at his Sprague Land studio in Leucadia) and bassist Essiet Okon Essiet.
Keezer and Alcázar first collaborated in 2004 at a jazz festival in the Peruvian capital of Lima. Both were part of a big band assembled to perform the music of acclaimed composer, arranger and pianist Maria Schneider. Her 2004 ArtistShare album, "In the Garden," was the label's first release and the first album ever to win a Grammy that was not sold (at least not at the time) in any record stores, only online.
The Afro-Peruvian music traditions Keezer was exposed to in Lima captivated him, and the idea of combining those traditions with jazz was quickly born. However, for both logistical and financial reasons, it took four years for the eight-song "Áurea" to go from incubation to completion.
"The folkloric music we're dealing with on 'Áurea' is Afro-Peruvian music, which was developed in Peru by descendants of African slaves and kind of has a parallel history to American jazz," he noted.
"I was fascinated with the overall sound, the feeling, the beats. Hugo is one of the pre-eminent percussionists coming out of Lima right now. So, I knew if I was going to attempt to play that music, he'd have to be a part of it."


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With this update, we received our first official written review from the German review site, iPlayApps. Of course we were all excited to see someone talk about our game, and even more so when it was purely positive! Thanks to a friend of Killer Minnow, we have a proper translation to English:
"Rocket Runner has been available from the Indie-developer Killer Minnow in the AppStore since the summer (which in the meantime has given way to a sad Autumn.) Unfortunately, at that time we missed it [Rocket Runner] when we introduced you to 89- cent games optimized for the iPhone and iPod Touch. We stumbled over the game again in the last few days, more or less by accident, and wanted to make up the omission. Rocket Runner is an arcade-style game that is a strongly reminiscent mix between platformer and Space-Shooter. In a total of 22 levels, divided between three worlds, together with a small alien named Jarma, you must save his planet from a horde of aliens. In order to do that, you must fly in the manner of Space-Shooter through the air and run in the manner of a Jump'n'Run game over various platforms. If you want to change your movement, it is easily done by swiping up or down respectively if you want to walk or fly. Thanks to auto-fire you don't need to worry about shooting. You only need to aim at the enemy by tilting the device. On the platforms, like in the air, will you find as many power-ups (or pieces of them) as you care for and activating them from the display can, for example, send rockets to a single target or a destruction bomb to annihilate all enemies at once. For that you, naturally, must accumulate coins that allows you to buy upgrades for your weapons. (Although there are a couple of volunteer IAP offers.) Altogether we found Rocket Runner to be a fun Arcade pastime. The mix between two genres is refreshing, the steering works after only a short period of getting acquainted. The instructions, while unfortunately available only in an English tutorial, are impeccable. For only 89cents in our opinion is absolutely worthwhile."
A big thanks to folks over at iPlayApps. As we look forward to more reviews, we are working on future updates. Coding for a joystick as an alternative control mechanic is almost done, and expect to see some comic book content soon, as well as even more material in updates beyond the next.
As always, we are excited with Rocket Runner's progress, and look forward to the future!


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Thanks to law enforcement, Tacoma prosecutors for professional work in handling Chayson Colley murder
Dear Editor;
The Colley family is relieved to have come to this day of sentencing as quickly as possible of Jake Musga for the murder of Chayson Colley. We would like to thank the Pierce County judicial system, especially the judge and the prosecutor's office. The staff of the prosecutor's office have been very helpful and supportive. The Tacoma Police Department detectives who investigated this case were very professional, compassionate, and persistent. We thank them all from the bottom of our hearts for their work.
We have not had the opportunity to thank the first responders, fire department, and hospital staff who fought for Chayson's life in his final hours. I have read the reports and accounts and I know these people gave everything they had to give in those hours. God bless you and thank you. It is a comfort to know that Chayson was in your caring hands at the end of his life.
We would like to thank our family, our many friends, our church, and even complete strangers who have rallied to our side during this devastating loss. We cannot imagine having to go through this without you.
We thank God for seeing us through this trying time. We would not have made it through without His grace, peace, and goodness. Chayson was and is a beautiful boy and a beautiful spirit. Our hearts are broken. We miss him every minute of every day. There are no words that can adequately convey our thoughts and emotions.
We ask that we be allowed to grieve and heal in peace.
Cathy Colley


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June 3, 2013
Shawna Fermin will represent Washington State' track and field program at the 2013 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track & Field Championships June 5-8 at Hayward Field in Eugene, Ore...Fermin, a senior from Victorville, Calif., is one of 12 women that advanced from the West Regional meet 400m dash and will be among the 24 running in the semifinals sections Wed., June 5 at 5 p.m. PT...top eight advance to the final, Fri., June 7 at 5:55 p.m...live results will be at www.flashresults.com...webcasting can be accessed at http://pac-12.com/live/goducks.aspx?DB_OEM_ID=500...coverage on ESPNU.
Shawna Fermin (senior, Victorville, Calif.) - Women's 400m Dash
→PR 52.66 - 2012 runner-up at Pac-12 Champs (2nd-best time in WSU records) →Scratched from 400m final at 2013 Pac-12 Championships (muscle tightness) →200m time of 23.92 is tied for 9th on WSU all-time list →Anchored 4x100m relay - time of 45.02 is fourth-best in WSU all-time records →NCAA West Prelims 400m finishes: 17th (2010); 34th (2011); 8th (2012); 8th (2013) →2012 NCAA Championships 400m dash finish 18th (PR 52.66) →2012 finished fourth in 400m (53.39) at Trinidad and Tobago NAAA Sagicor General/N.G.C. 2012 Senior/Open Champs →Sixth in 400m (54.45) at 2012 North American, Central American and Caribbean (NACAC) U-23 Track & Field Champs 2010 Trinidad & Tobago's junior team at the IAAF World Junior Champs →Plans to race in Trinidad to qualify for 2013 World Championships
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DAILY NEWS: Newmarket Gets "Lilja," Weekend Box Office, NYFF Avant Garde Films and Stephen Glass Bio
by Eugene Hernandez, Matthew Ross and Wendy Mitchell/indieWIRE
>> Newmarket Acquires "Lilja 4-Ever"
(indieWIRE: 09.17.02) -- Further building its slate, Newmarket Films, the
newly launched distribution arm of Newmarket Capital Group, has acquired all
U.S. rights to "Lilja 4-Ever," the new film from Lukas Moodysson
("Together," "Show Me Love"). The deal was made at the 2002 Toronto
International Film Festival.
"'Lilja 4-Ever' is an extremely powerful film that shows Lukas Moodysson to
be a brilliantly versatile storyteller and reaffirms his talent for finding
and working with young actors," said Newmarket president Bob Berney in a
prepared statement.
Written and directed by Moodysson and produced by Lars Jonsson, "Lilja
4-Ever" tells the story of a Russian teenager who is left with an aunt after
her mother moves to America.
Newmarket plans on releasing up to 10 films a year, the first of which will
be Patricia Cardoso's "Real Women Have Curves," which won this year's
Sundance audience award. Prior to joining Newmarket, Berney was responsible
for releasing a number of successful specialty pics, including "Memento," "Y
Tu Mama Tambien" and "My Big Fat Greek Wedding."
The company recently acquired Jonas Akerlund's "Spun," which stars
Jason Schwartzman, Brittany Murphy, John Leguizamo, Mena Suvari, Patrick Fugit, and Mickey Rourke, and it also bought Susanne Bier's drama "Open Hearts," which was shot in accordance with Dogme 95 rules. [Matthew Ross]
>> "One Hour Photo" Tops as It Expands to 1,200 Screens
(indieWIRE: 09.17.02) -- Fox Searchlight's "One Hour Photo" is on the verge
of $15 million. It earned $8 million on more than 1,200 screens this
weekend, for a new average of $6,606 and a new total of $14.5 million so
far. "The Good Girl" earned $1.2 million on 669 screens for an average of
$1,879, and a new total of $11.6 million.
Focus Features' "Possession" earned $773,532 on 619 screens for an average
of $1,249 and a new cume of $9 million. The company's release of "The Kid
Stays in the Picture" earned $52,515 for a average of $1,641 and a new total
of $1.3 million.
Manhattan Pictures continued its release of Jean Luc Godard's "In Praise
of Love." The film earned $30,450 on 8 screens reporting for an average
of $3,806 per screen. It has a cumulative gross to date of $90,309. The
company's releae of "Enigma" earned $38,381 on 22 screens for an average
of $1,745 per screen and a total of $4.2 million.
Over at Magic Lamp Releasing, "Amy's Orgasm" earned $23,239 on 8 screens for $2,905 per screen average and a new total $119,664. "Sex & Lucia"
(distributed by Palm Pictures through Magic Lamp Releasing) earned $63,061
on 30 screens, with an average of $2,102 and a new cume of nearly $1.2
"My Big Fat Greek Wedding" was again at the number two slot for the weekend.
It earned more than $10.7 million on 1,764 screens for an average of $6,040
and it has a total of $110 million so far. [Eugene Hernandez]
>> NYFF's Avant-Garde Line-Up To Feature 8 Programs
(indieWIRE: 09.16.02) -- The Film Society of Lincoln Center has the line-up
for 40th New York Film Festival's sixth installment of its
"Views from the Avant-Garde" program. Curators Gavin Smith and Marc McElhatten selected more than 40 eight experimental works, divided into
eight programs, for this year's "Views." In addition to several programs
devoted to new works from various artists, there will also be programs by
Heinz Emigholz, Pat O'Neil, Ken Jacobs, Michelle Smith, and Ernie Gehr. "Views" will run at the Walter Reade Theatre October 12 and 13, with the festival.
In other Lincoln Center news, the film society announced that its ongoing
Golden Silents series will host two silent French films accompanied my music
on October 16 and 17. "Seraphin ou les jambes nues" and "Paris qui dort"
will screen, with new scores by Antonio Coppola, performed by the nine-piece
ensemble Octuor de France. [Wendy Mitchell]
[For details on either program, please visit:
>> Hayden Christensen Stars As Stephen Glass In Biopic
(indieWIRE: 09.17.02) -- "Star Wars" star Hayden Christensen is taking on a
bit more down-to-earth role: as tainted journalist Stephen Glass in the
biopic "Shattered Glass." Production on the film has started in Montreal,
and shooting will continue this month. Billy Ray is making his directorial
debut with this film using his screenplay based on a 1998 article by H.G.
Bissinger in Vanity Fair. The Lions Gate production is slated for worldwide theatrical distribution in 2003.
Glass was the staff writer for The New Republic and freelance writer for
Rolling Stone, Harper's, and George who was busted for fabricating parts of his stories. "This is a cautionary tale -- a story about the difference
between being a good reporter and being a hot one," said writer-director Ray
in a prepared statement.
Supporting cast members include Peter Sarsgaard and Hank Azaria as New
Republic editors, Chloe Sevigny as Glass' co-worker, and Steve Zahn and
Rosario Dawson as Forbes reporters who discover Glass' secrets. Christensen has taken on troubled characters in the past -- before his "Star Wars" fame, Christensen received Screen Actors Guild and Golden Globe award nominations for his role as a drug-addicted teen in "Life as a House."
Tom Cruise and Paula Wagner of Cruise/Wagner, and Lions Gate executives Michael Paseornek, Marc Butan, and Tom Ortenberg are executive producing, with Craig Baumgarten, Adam Merims, Gaye Hirsch, and Tove Christensen producing. [Wendy Mitchell]


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Arcade Fire – Sprawl II (Mountains Beyond Mountains)
"Sprawl II (Mountains Beyond Mountains)" by Arcade Fire. There are actually two versions of this video directed by Vincent Morisset. If you've got a webcam and a fast internet connection the interactive version of this video is spectacular. You can see it, here. Watch the regular version below!
- http://eosphor.us
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CONNECTING THE DOTS ON CLINTON's SERVER GATE
EVERYONE's IRRESPONSIBLE LIGHTNESS
Somewhere in Transylvania – small town haunted by an apparition
What a wonderful
person my grandmother was! In no way could age hamper her beauty. It seemed
untouchable. It would not alter under any circumstances. Not even when she was
angry. My parents were young and lively and they would dance for the whole
night spending the New Years' Eve in the mountains with noisy grown ups. There
was no place for me amongst them. So there I was, by the fire, listening to my
grandmother's stories together with my two other cousins. My grumpy grandfather
pretended not to notice us, but I always felt that he loved us with all his
heart. I never knew, at that time, why he would give us such strange and
inquisitive looks. Now I know that he saw his past childhood and lost youth in
us. More...
Each time I pass the supermarket isle in the soup section, I glance at the tiny Campbell soup cans, and I see with the eyes of my mind the iconic Andy Warhol art, followed by flashes of TV images with wholesome, handsome and healthy American families around the kitchen table. I've always wanted to buy a can of tomato Campbell soup out of curiosity, but somehow I always said to myself, some other day. Being raised by a European mother who always cooked soup from scratch, I always recoiled a little at the idea of canned soup. Until today...And all hell broke loose. (More...)
PEN American Center's New Trustees and Officers
The other day I was
watching an old boxing match on TV, when I noticed how thin athletes were only
a couple of generations ago -- compared to how buffed they are now. It's not
only the steroids, and not only the athletes, a large part of America is bigger
or obese, carrying around the extra weight of the food industry's corporate
profits. And while the media cries wolf, the health care industry cries wolf,
and some politicians cry wolf, my questions is who is protecting all of us,
consumers from all the added sugar that the food industry is injecting in most
of the foods on sale today?
Read the moving story of a man who goes through hell because he defended his father's scholarly work using parody. The author, a Ph.D. in Comparative Literature from Harvard, was arrested in March, 2009, and prosecuted the following year for allegedly criminal conduct in connection with his anonymous campaign of blogs and emails concerning the Dead Sea Scrolls controversy. After seven delays requested by prosecutors, the trial verdict is still awaiting appellate review on First Amendment grounds. If Raphael Golb's conviction and sentence are upheld, he will be spending six months at Rikers Island. For documentation concerning his appeal, see: http://raphaelgolbtrial.wordpress.com/.
Things went
smoothly at the court. The judge — Carol Berkman, who had presided over the trial
at the prosecutor's request — pronounced the sentence. "Your criminal intent,"
she explained, "brought your parody over the line… Accordingly, there needs to
be a clear message as to the consequences of continuing in such behavior." When
it was over, I was immediately handcuffed and taken into a little cage behind
the door. There they removed the cuffs, searched my bag and shoes, then let me
put the shoes back on. Read more...
Whitney Biennial 2012: An American Embarrassment
One of the top advantages in living in a place like New York is tremendous, easy access to great art and wonderful artists, like German born Uli, which comes embedded with one the top disadvantages: the insane level of competition -- due precisely to this huge amount of talent-- that doesn't make it easy for newcomers to stand out.
Case in point: The other day I was strolling down Madison Avenue, when I happened to enter Ten43Gallery which was buzzing with people. As soon as I saw the first large two color prints hung on the white walls by the entrance -- a heart stopping portrait of Boy George dressed as a Red Devil, and a lyrical composition of Daniel Radcliffe with a white horse --I knew, instinctively, that a major artist was exhibiting there, and probably was there. Great art, as opposed to mediocre art, is not only a delight to look at, but also haunting and unforgettable.
Uli Weber, a striking tall man with curly hair spiked with
gray, was sitting on the bench giving an interview to a blond young lady from
Vogue magazine, while a cast of New York smartly dressed 'real characters'
were sipping champagne, admiring his stunning portraits of Daniel Radcliffe
(for the opening of Equus in London), Boy George (for the cover of his
biography), Samantha Morten, Bruce Willis, Hugh Grant, Denis Van Outen, Kate
Moss, Kylie Minogue and others. Ivan Shaw, the director of photography for Vogue,
and a long-time admirer of Uli Weber, c0-hosted the event with Laurie
Sanderson the director of Ten43 Gallery.
MC: You were born in
Germany, studied in Italy, live in London and often come to New York. Do you
consider yourself at once a good German and a great British artist?
Oh definitely more
European with lots and lots of London in my blood. And of course my second
calling is Italy, a place I live for good parts of the year and I do work there
very regularly. However I do like the idea of Berlin...Read more
off the movie's lead roles are awfully cast. In Stieg Larsson's book and in the Swedish
film, Mikael Blumkist and Lisbeth Salander are like Yin and Yang, except that the man is the Yin and the girl is the Yang. Daniel Craig, the newest James Bond, is a strong Yang, coming with
exactly the opposite image of the character he's supposed to play. Too tough, too 'action hero who makes the
girls swoon' type, too comfortable with danger, like Ebert greatly put it. Fincher could have had Craig try a composition role -- make him gain a few pounds, grow
longer hair, look more physically weak, more affectionate and emotionally
vulnerable; in short give him an anti-James Bond demeanor, and the warmth and normalcy that Lisbeth, The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo,
lacks. But this would have been too much like the Swedish version directed by Niels Arden Oplev, and Fincher ditched the idea. As for Rooney
Mara, she has all the tattoos, black leather outfits and nose piercing in the
right places, but she lacks the fascination and bitch power of Naomi Rapace. She comes across as shy, not shut down, with moments of madness, the washed out eyebrows seem to wash out also her personality, and she warms up too quickly to Daniel Craig, who seems more indifferent than intrigued. That is because the screenwriter wants them to meet only at the middle of the film so there's less time to develop a nuanced rapport. Her entire story line is less developed besides the hacking part, relegated to playing
distant second fiddle to Daniel Craig.
Secondly, the movie is too grimly lit. And we all know Fincher is a genius when it comes to movie lighting, so it is obviously done on purpose. In this film he tries to resolve his incapacity to
convey mood and depth of emotion by directing the actors (or by having the best screenplay), with lighting solutions. Much of the film is drowned in either cold, grey light, or in sloppy, new dogma kind of 'non light', making many scenes rather tiring to watch, and too blatant attempts at manipulating mood.
Thirdly, and finally, for the sake of Hollywood style fast pacing,
David Fincher kills the delivery of the most suspenseful scenes which are rushed,
chopped, intercut, undeveloped, and, in comparison with the Swedish original, too busy and less engrossing.
am certain that David Fincher's movie will do great at the box office because it has
all the ingredients to draw people in.
But in my view this movie is a sign that it is time for Fincher to try
to shed some artistic skin and renew himself as a director; or maybe just ask his Hollywood producers to give him more freedom, and stop breathing big budget action flick formulas down his neck.
Alexandra Ares is a journalist and the award winning author of My Life on Craigslist , Dream Junkies , and The Other Girl . She has a Ph.D. in performing arts.
THE Wall Street Protest AND THE BELATED, MEEK American Spring
However, it was interesting to notice
that everyone, from passers-by to the
numerous police forces, smiled at them, with this facial expression that seem
to say: Thank you for doing what we don't
have the courage to do. We admire you for this and wish you the best of luck.
We don't do what you do only because we feel helpless, we don't think it
will make any difference and because we are a bit lazy to interrupt our lives and unsettle our comfort. Yet we all agree with you: This country's
problem is not Big Government, but Small Minded Congress, we all live under the
velvet dictatorship of a Congress (latest approval rates hovering between 10- 14%) that stopped representing
the interest of the majority of people long ago; and we are all either desperately or numbingly incapable of doing anything about it.
I returned home thinking how
I don't care about changing the world anymore. All because it seems so darn
difficult. And how I thank all these people for doing what they do and enduring what they endure while sleeping night after night on the asphalt foregoing basic hygiene. Many years ago I was out in the streets of Bucharest rioting against the communist dictatorship. Have I gotten too old and jaded about fighting for social justice? And for even believing in it? Perhaps the next Congress and the next US Presidents should all be under the age of 35,
not above it, an age where people are still foolish and daring enough to stir
the status quo and do great things.
T oday New York
City commemorates 10 years since the tragedy of 9/11. Ten years since the U.S. economy started to go down in the dumps, and roughly 10 years since the White House and the Congress started the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, which killed more people than the terrorists, and
inflicted massive economic damage and debt upon all of us.
Since I am by no
means a war specialist, I turned to the greatest warrior-philosopher of all times, Sun Tzu , who,
two thousand years ago in China, compiled THE ART OF WAR , still regarded as the bible of military and conflict strategy. So I conducted an imaginary interview with Master Sun and the generals who subsequently commented on the Art of War, to see what they think about our decade long war in Afghanistan.
MC: Master Sun what do you think about USA's decade long war in Afghanistan?
MASTER SUN (544-496 B.C.): I have heard of
military operations that were clumsy but swift, but I never seen one that was
skilful and lasted a long time. It is never beneficial to a nation to have a
military operation continue for a long time.
MC: Why?
MASTER SUN : When
you do battle, even if you are winning, if you continue for a long time it will
dull your forces and blunt your edge.
General JIA LIN (618-906) : Allow me to chip in. Even if you prevail others in battle, if you go on too long there will
be no profit... If you dull your forces and blunt your edge, sustaining
casualties and battle fatigue, then you will be exhausted.
General ZHANG YU (960-1278) : When you are spending a great deal of money on a military operation, if
the army is in the field for too long, your budget will not be enough to cover
the expense.
MC: No kidding! You guys are very wise. So what do you think our government should do?
General LIU QUAN : A large
scale operation involves enormous expense, which not only breaks you down in
the field, but also exhausts you at home. Therefore a wise government does not
keep its army in the field for long.
MC: Do you have anything to add Master Sun?
MASTER SUN: When a country is impoverished by military
operations, it is because of transporting supplies a distant place. Transport
supplies a distant place and the populace will be impoverished.
MC: Would you please comment further on this Generals?
General CAO CAO (155-200 C.E.) : Only transportations of provisions itself
consumes twenty times the amount transported.
MASTER SUN : And those who are near the army sell as high
prices. Because of high prices, the wealth of the common people is exhausted.
General JIA LIN: Wherever the troops gather, the prices of
goods all soar. Since people are greedy for exceptional profits.
MASTER SUN: So when power and resources are exhausted, then
the homeland is drained. The common
people are deprived of seventy percent of their budget, while the governments
expenses for equipment amount to sixty percent of the budget.
MC: This is all very interesting generals, but we are running out of timespan. In conclusion?
General WANG XI (early eleventh century): Therefore long military campaigns are a
plague to the nations.
MASTER SUN : To overcome others armies without fighting is the
best of skills.
I got off the plane and immediately felt dizzy because of the multitude of people; seemingly millions of hurrying people who knew exactly where they were going. I... well, I searched through the crowds for something or someone to help me get out of that place . ...Read All
I t began one morning. He had woken up very early. He was sipping his coffee. A book, still closed, lay beside him. A strange and powerful feeling he had not experienced before took possession of him. It seemed that an imperious, confused, but dictatorial voice was barking orders in brain. Open the book and read! He began to perspire. His head began to ache, and a shiver went down his spine, all the way to his slippers. He felt as if he was being pushed by something he couldn't identify. Read! He could neither understand, nor oppose whatever was happening to him. He took the book, opened it, and tried to read. But, far from fading away, the anxiety amplified. Words became garbled and began to eat each other. A sort of anxiety was clutching at his soul like a claw. His fingers were shaking, holding the book. The text became an amorphous mass of letters. He closed the book and stared at the wall in front of him. He was feeling alone and endangered, powerless and vulnerable. ... Read All
Days go past and days come still
All is old and all is new,
What is well and what is ill,
You imagine and construe;
Do not hope and do not fear,
Waves that leap like waves must fall;
Should they praise or should they jeer,
Look but coldly on it all . ... Read All
I was very, very excited and happy to become a US citizen years ago. I was under the impression that once a citizen my voice was going to matter...Read All
I was very, very excited and happy to become a US citizen years ago. I was under the impression that once a citizen my voice was going to matter...Read All
Most men over a certain age are like peaceful COWS, many are like scared RABBITS, a few are like unlikely PEACOCKS and only one-in-a-million are still pure breed MUSTANGS…Read All
by ALEXANDRA ARES
Don't WAIT
for anyone to
ANOINT you...
Pulitzer finalist playwright, controversial young adult novelist, high-energy musician, screenwriter and filmmaker speaks to Manhattan Chronicles...Read All
ESSAY by CARMEN FIRAN
FLESH of WORDS
When I came to America I felt like Columbus. I was conquered and I was conquering...
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GLIMPSE by ANDREI CODRESCU
CULINARY Successes
in AMERICA
What's wrong with cookbooks: the recipees. No matter how perfect they are or how much asidousness goes into them they will never be anything except a small part of the culture they come from...Read All
MESSAGE in a BOTTLE
The dress was gorgeous and absolutely how she'd imagined it to be: absolutely flawless ... Read All
BOOK EXCERPT by VASILE ERNU
I left the country in 1990. To paraphrase Vladimir Mayakovsky, I could say: read this and envy – I too was once a citizen of the Soviet Union ... Read All
POETRY by DINU GRIGORESCU
In the circus of words
Open non stop---
Of beasts ---
The music is suave
The bald,
(from Milano)
A surreal atmosphere
Of a ball,
A carnival,
Sensational! ...Read All
MANHATTAN CHRONICLES ARCHIVE (Selections):
COVER STORY IS AMERICA BETTER OFF PROMISCUOUS? WHAT CRAIGSLIST TELLS US ABOUT SEX AND AMERICA (Ares)
OPINION THE DEAD SEA SCROLL SCANDAL, YOU CAN PUT ME IN JAIL BUT YOU CAN'T SHUT ME UP (Galb)
FICTION FLESH OF WORDS (Firan)
POETRY: MIHAI EMINESCU- A European Romantic
EDITORIAL DESPERATELY RUNNING IN THE WRONG DIRECTION (Ares)
ESSAY: THE NEED FOR CATASTROPHE (Firan)
GLIMPSE: CULINARY SUCCESSES IN AMERICA (Codrescu)
EDITORIAL AN ARGUMENT FOR TOUCH-TONE GOVERNANCE (Ares)
INTERVIEW ADAM RAPP: DON'T WAIT FOR ANYONE TO ANOINT YOU (Ares)
SATIRE: MEN OF A CERTAIN AGE (Ares)
ESSAY: FLESH OF WORDS (Firan)
GLIMPSE: FIVE-MINUTE EGGS (Codrescu)
STORY: MESSAGE IN A BOTTLE (Albu)
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Would you spend $99 to explore your DNA
It was an intriguing offer at an affordable price: For $99, I could explore my DNA and learn the story of my ancestry.
"A little bit of spit is all it takes to start your journey," said the advertisement by 23andMe, a private company based in Mountain View that's pushing the public to think about how their genes might affect their health.
The price the company charges for taking a narrow look at a person's DNA had fallen from $299 to $99, making it lower than my cable bill. And I was deeply curious: Two years ago, I suffered a heart attack that was likely influenced by my genetic makeup. I wanted to know if I have genes that can hurt me in other ways. At 57, I've begun to think about such things.
Professional curiosity also was at work. As a science reporter, I've watched personal genetic data go from something seen mostly by researchers to something anyone can get online. It's happened in less than a decade, fueled by astonishing declines in the cost of analyzing DNA. Companies like 23andMe market the information directly to consumers, in an exchange that I didn't understand well.
I understand it now, and it was easy to catch up.
All I had to do was drool into the small plastic container provided by 23andMe, a leader in personal genomics. My results were available online eight weeks later, sending my stress level soaring. I was about to read my relative risk of everything from colon cancer to Alzheimer's disease. The company warns you that test results can be disturbing, but that didn't fully register with me until the data arrived.
I hesitated, then logged in to my online account. Frustration and disappointment followed.
What I got for my $99 was a reminder of the current limits of science, especially genomics. The sort of DNA analysis done by 23andMe is based on a tiny fraction of the 3 billion letters, or base pairs, in a person's genome. The company looks for genes that have been linked with certain health conditions. But in most cases, the links aren't clear, direct or well understood. It's also possible that some links are irrelevant or wrong. And 23andMe leaves it up to customers — most of whom don't understand genetics — to make sense of it all.
Would you want to know if you have genes associated with Alzheimer's disease?
Yes 78% (109)
No 14% (19)
I don't know 8% (11)
139 total votes.
There's an online tutorial and links to the scientific studies that the disease risks are drawn from. The studies are mostly confusing, sometimes contradictory and very hard to read. You can get help from the genetic counseling service that partners with 23andMe, but it will cost you $375 if you don't have qualifying insurance.
The only part of the DNA report that's easy to read is the health overview, which summarizes — and oversimplifies — your relative risk for various diseases. It's a probability scale, not a diagnosis. And it does not extensively include your family medical history, which can be pivotal to understanding your own health.
"People have an inherent need to make sense of it all," said Lisa Madlensky, a genetics counselor and cancer-risk expert at the University of California San Diego. "23andMe does a great job of presenting some of the data. In other ways, it's almost a disservice. The technical specifications are kind of buried. You have to drill down and have a high level of understanding."
I have a good grasp of genetics, but I turned to Madlensky and other experts for help working through the information, which is broad and deep. My personal health summary said I have, to varying degrees, an elevated risk of age-related macular degeneration; atrial fibrillation (irregular heart rhythms); prostate, stomach and colorectal cancer; chronic kidney disease; psoriasis; gallstones; Type 1 diabetes; Crohn's disease; celiac disease; and esophageal squamous cell carcinoma.


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PORTLAND, Ore. - The Washington State Cougars and Mexican Women's National Team played to a 0-0 draw Sunday afternoon at Merlo Field at the Clive Charles Soccer Complex. WSU finished the weekend with a pair of ties after playing host Portland to a 1-1 draw on Saturday. Mexico lost to the Pilots 3-1 on Friday night in front of 3,175 fans.
Mexico had the most opportunities on Sunday, tallying a 22-5 advantage in shots and a 9-2 edge in shots on goal.
WSU keeper Katie Hultin was solid between the pipes with nine saves to preserve the shutout. Sophia Perez Pedroso stopped two shots in net for Mexico.
A majority Mexico-favored crowd of 888 witnessed the event and withstood a downpour of rain midway through the second half before flooding the field to attain autographs from the national team.
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Morehead City -- West Carteret quarterback Jared Carr has helped the Patriots to a perfect 4-0 record while maintaining a 4.8 grade point average in the classroom.
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MALAGA, Spain, April 5. DURING the final day of competition at the 2009 Spanish Open Championships, Rafael Munoz took down the long course world record in the men's 50 fly.
Munoz clocked a 22.43 in the sprint event to shoot down Roland Schoeman's record of 22.96 set in 2005.
Additionally, Munoz clocked a sterling time of 50.58 in the men's 100 fly to set the European record and come up just short of Ian Crocker's world-record time of 50.40 set at the same meet as Schoeman.
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New reason for boycott of Disney: Its support of Planned Parenthood
WASHINGTON (BP)--A Washington-based pro-life
organization has found another reason to boycott The Disney
Company -- it gives money to Planned Parenthood Federation
of America, the country's leading provider of abortions.
At a Jan. 21 news conference unveiling a new
advertising campaign aimed at informing the public of
Planned Parenthood's agenda, Life Decisions International
announced it had added Disney to its list of boycotted
corporations. LDI released a list of more than 60
corporations on its boycott list for their financial support
of Planned Parenthood.
LDI joins the Southern Baptist Convention and such
organizations as American Family Association, Concerned
Women for America and Focus on the Family that have called
for a boycott of the entertainment giant. While LDI's reason
for boycotting is Disney's support of abortion rights, the
others have cited corporate policies that support
homosexuality and entertainment products that denigrate
Christianity and the family as the bases for their action.
In announcing Disney's addition to LDI's boycott list,
Will Dodson, a Southern Baptist public-policy specialist and
a member of LDI's board of directors, said the SBC called
for the boycott at its 1997 meeting because of mostly
"internal policies ... we believe to be contrary to that
which is best for society."
"Now we see that Disney is not just a company that
ideologically embraces such policies, it also funds those
organizations that would destroy the basic fabric of
society," said Dodson, director of public policy for the
SBC's Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission. "This is one of
the most compelling reasons to date for concerned citizens
to exercise their freedom to choose not to support a
corporation which is increasingly engaged in promoting an
agenda which is contrary to traditional values.
"I challenge all of those who share a belief that life
is a precious gift from God to take their moral stewardship
seriously and refrain from contributing to Disney or any
other corporation whose proceeds contribute to the
degradation of human life."
Disney's latest philanthropic report showed it
contributed to Planned Parenthood but did not reveal how
much, LDI President Douglas Scott said.
More than 150,000 abortions were performed in 1996 in
Planned Parenthood-affiliated clinics in the United States.
PPFA has 142 affiliated chapters and about 900 health-care
clinics, a spokeswoman for the organization said. About 30
percent of its clinics provide abortion services, she said.
LDI combats Planned Parenthood's agenda in Washington
while assisting citizens who challenge the abortion rights
organization in their communities. LDI also keeps track of
corporations that contribute to PPFA, seeking to persuade
them to withhold support and including those who refuse to
do so on its boycott list.
Since Scott began his corporate watchdog project in
1989, 53 companies are known to have ceased their support of
PPFA. Among those whose reversal has been public are AT&T,
Eastman Kodak, Xerox and J.C. Penney, according to LDI
In addition to Disney, other corporations on LDI's
current boycott list are American Express, General Mills,
Hewlett-Packard, Johnson & Johnson, Levi Strauss, Merrill
Lynch, The New York Times, Prudential Insurance and Sony.
Earlier Jan. 21, about 500 people attended a PPFA
breakfast to kick off a day of lobbying on Capitol Hill. The
event was held on the eve of the 25th anniversary of Roe v.
Wade, the Supreme Court's 1973 decision legalizing abortion.
Tipper Gore, wife of Vice President Al Gore, was
scheduled to speak at the PPFA event but canceled because of
illness, the spokeswoman for the organization said.
Secretary of Health and Human Services Donna Shalala and
actress Kathleen Turner, national chairman of PPFA's board
of advocates, spoke, the spokeswoman said.
At its news conference, LDI announced a new advertising
campaign designed to educate Americans on what it called the
"extreme" views of Planned Parenthood, which supports
abortion rights throughout pregnancy. The radio, television
and newspaper ads focus on PPFA's opposition to laws
requiring parental notification for minors seeking
abortions, its taxpayer-funded distribution of free birth
control and its nearly $50 million a year in abortion fees.
LDI will provide the ads for local pro-life groups.
"Planned Parenthood is to the culture of death what
Microsoft is to computer software," LDI board chairman
Michael Schwartz said at the news conference. PPFA "makes
money only when mothers have abortions, not when they have
choices," he said.
The SBC and others have cited the following among their
reasons in calling for a boycott of Disney.
-- extending health benefits to the partners of its
homosexual employees.
-- cooperation with homosexuals holding "Gay Days" at
its theme parks, though the company does not sponsor the
-- distribution through its subsidiaries of
entertainment mocking orthodox Christianity, such as the
movie "Priest" and the ABC-TV show "Nothing Sacred."
-- the "coming out" of the lead character and the
-- publication by subsidiaries of books promoting
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Congrats Jen! Awesome
Congrats and keep those great stories coming too. I always enjoy them, and now you're sure to have plenty of funny/wild adventures with clients as well.
congrats, looking forward to hear how your first year goes. Good for you.
Congratulations! Sounds like it's a dream come true for you and doing exactly what you love.
Holy crap Jen! Congrats!
I don't Break the rules, I Modify them.
That's cool, good job. I'm a little envious. Good luck and congrats on living the dream.
That's so cool, I'm jealous!
TALL, WIDE and HANDSOME
"The will to win, the desire to succeed, the urge to reach your full potential... these are the keys that will unlock the door to personal excellence."
Thanks everyone!!!
Lol and yes, I'm still a girl so the weight is blacked out!!! Hahaha
Great for you Jen, way to go!
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Whenever a former Newberry-winning author releases a new book, librarians sit up and take notice. When that Newberry winner is the author of A Drowned Maiden's Hair (a book both Miss Kiera and Miss Elisabeth love!) we have to talk about it. Laura Amy Schilitz, author of the Newberry-winning Good Masters! Sweet Ladies! has come out with a new book, and librarians around the country are buzzing - Splendors and Glooms is a dark, creepy, fantastical thriller.
Gaspare Grisini is the best puppeteer London has ever seen. With the help of his overworked, underfed orphan assistants, Lizzie and Parsefell, he puts on a daily puppet show in Hyde Park. A rich child named Clara Wintermute begs her father to let the puppeteer perform at her 12th birthday party. Gaspare Grisini leaves with his orphans after the party - and Clara disappears.
As her frantic parents try to locate their missing daughter, Lizzie and Parsefell discover a horrifying secret. Grisini is a wizard, an evil one, and there's a new puppet in his theater that will send Lizzie and Parsefell out of London and into a trap set by Grisini's oldest rival, a witch bent on terrifying revenge.


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Hi all..So after years of riding a full suspension Mongoose that I purchased in 1996 (yeah I know..thats terrible) I am ready to make an upgrade (which won't be all that hard to do).
I mostly ride single track in the mountains of western NC. I am looking at buying a hardtail in either 27.5 or 29er. Was wondering what y'all think might be better for me out of these three:
1) Bikes direct: Save up to 60% off new Mountain Bikes - MTB - Gravity 29Point3 29er Mountain Bikes
I have done some research and understand the downfalls to buying online.
2) Airborne Gaurdian 2.0: Airborne Bicycles. Guardian 2.0
3) Scott Aspect 740 from a local shop: SCOTT Aspect 740 Bike - SCOTT Sports
Also, the SCOTT is a 27.5..would this be a better fit for someone my size (5'5")?
The Scott from my lbs would cost a few hundred $ more, and have some cheaper components?, however the lbs does offer lifetime tune-ups (which I'm sure will more than make up for the difference in cost after a few years). I have not had much experience working on bikes, but being handy will surely be learning too (and looking forward to being able to do my own tune-ups). However, going from a bike that is 17 yrs old to a bike with disk brakes, and all the fancy new components, I figure I'll let the lbs do the initial set-up even if I go with an online bike.
What are your opinions on these bikes as far as best bang for the buck?
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STARKVILLE – Mississippi State freshman Ally McDonald was named women's SEC Golfer of the Week on Wednesday.
McDonald, a native of Fulton, is the first Lady Bulldog in school history to win the award.
"God continues to bless me, and I can't give Him enough credit," McDonald said. "It is such an honor to recognized for my performance on the course. We are steadily getting better, and I'm so thankful to be a part of the program we are building here at Mississippi State."
The award comes a day after McDonald placed second at the John Kirk/Panther Intercollegiate with a 3-under 141.
McDonald currently owns the fourth-best scoring average among SEC freshmen, and is on pace to break MSU's alltime scoring average record for a single season.


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I have yet to exceed more than 125 miles in a day but I think I'm going to give this one a shot-
I have yet to exceed more than 125 miles in a day but I think I'm going to give this one a shot-
Hey thanks for the heads up. This looks just what I am look for to test out my '73 Paramount. I am new to Florida as well
Go for it. My longest ride of the season was 120 and I finished Ride Across Indiana (160mi) last year in good spirits.
dang...this ride is usually in the fall...May 2nd is 2 weeks before MS150 which I'm commited to,although this would be a great ride...
"No one else can be yourself..."
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I was considering trying it myself, but I'm in the Air Force Reserve and the ride is on my drill weekend...Ride time and cutoffs
Due to safety concerns and our finish location being in a public park all riders must complete the ride before sunset. Which on May 2nd, 2010 in Weeki Wachee Gardens will be at 8:05PM. This gives riders 13.5 hours to complete the Cross Florida Ride. Our SAG vehicles will be enforcing the following cutoff points and times.
- 100 miles (Rockridge Rd & US-98) - 1:30pm (7 hours @ 14.3mph avg.)
- 140 miles (SAG 4 location) - 5:00pm (10.5 hours @ 13.3mph avg.)
- 163 miles (SR-50 & US-19) - 7:30pm (13 hours @ 12.5mph avg.)
If you don't make these cutoffs you will be SAGed to the finish line in one of our SAG vehicles.
1980 Schwinn Super Le Tour
At any point along the ride you can easily see if you are keeping the minimum pace required to meet each cutoff, as well as SAG stops, the cutoff points, and convenience stores.
If anyone needs a ride over from the Spring Hill area, (or anywhere else on the way in between there and CoCoa Beach) let me know. I'm leaving Sat around noon and have one extra seat in my pickup.
So how did you do?
Did the course actually take you on I75 as the map shows? Looked like an odd place to hop on the interstate considering the less trafficked roads available.
91' Bridgestone RB-T
"You want it to be one way...but it's the other way" Marlo
The course itself was so-so. Had some rough stretches, and sections with high traffic along the way but probably the best route they could come up with for between the start/finish points. We even had a couple of "ParisRoubaix" cobblestone sections along the way.
Overall, I really had a great time and was impressed with the support that the Suncoast Freewheelers supplied. I'll be there again next year for sure.
http://www.mapmyride.com/ride/united...27267138298850 looks to be the correct route.
[QUOTE=fetad;10758681]So how did you do?
I also was happy to complete the ride. I was worried that I would not make the cut-off times. I did much better than I expected. I finished in 10:02 with 9:21 on the bike. Even though seasoned BF'ers will laugh, the Florida Mountains were incredibly hard for me. Sarasota, where I live, is completely flat. It was incredibly hot, my bike was reading up to 105 degrees on the road for much of the ride. The course was really well marked. I can't wait to do it next year! Thanks to the Spacecoast Freewheelers, they did a great job with the event.
Congrats to the finishers! Great job on a very hot FL day and plenty of cross winds for your ride.
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NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Louisiana health officials are reporting the state's second West Nile Virus death of 2014.
The state doesn't give details on the identity of the victim. Friday's news release says only that the victim was more than 75 years old.
The health department says 29 cases of the mosquito-borne virus have been reported in the state this year, including 14 new cases reported this week. Seven of the new cases involve serious "neuroinvasive" infections: three in Caddo Parish, two in East Baton Rouge, and one each in Ascension and Livingston parishes.
There were five new cases of the less serious West Nile fever: three in Caddo and one each in Bossier and Tangipahoa. Two people were infected but showed no symptoms. Such cases are usually discovered through medical tests.


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GOSHEN — Margie C. "Marge" Mitchell, 92, of Goshen, died at 7:20 a.m. Monday, Oct. 28, 2013, at IU Health Goshen Hospital.
She was born July 1, 1921, in Valparaiso to Charles H. and Florence (Gustafson) Gilliland.
She married Harold L. Mitchell on Nov. 8, 1941. He died Aug. 23, 2008.
Surviving are a daughter, Margene Goldsberry of Rancho Santa Margarita, Calif.; son Stephen (Peggy) Mitchell of Stonington, Conn.; sister Jeannine Claypool of Kouts; three grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren.
Margie was a graduate of Valparaiso High School and retired from Johnson Controls Inc. as a secretary in accounts payable. She was a member of Plymouth United Church of Christ, Goshen, and a charter member of MapleCrest Country Club for years.
Visitation will be for one hour prior to the 1:30 p.m. service Thursday, Oct. 31, 2013, at Rieth-Rohrer-Ehret Funeral Home, 311 S. Main St., Goshen. The Rev. Linda Sue Hewitt will officiate. Burial will be in Violett Cemetery.
Memorials may be directed to Plymouth United Church of Christ. Online condolences may be sent at www.rrefh.com.