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Family forced to send pit bull-mix away
Pit bulls outlawed in Chariton since 1988
A Chariton family is forced to say goodbye to their beloved pet.
Pit bulls have been outlawed in Chariton for years, but the name pit bull applied to more dogs, which was why one family was caught off-guard when their mixed-breed was ordered to leave town.
Zanny is a 10-month-old dog that first joined her family in June.
"When I got her, they told me she was a mixed dog. When she was a puppy, I didn't think much about it. She was really small," said owner Jenny Connery.
As Zanny grew larger, Connery said the dog started to look more and more like a pit bull, which is a big problem in Chariton.
"It's pretty common knowledge, I think within the city, that you can't have one in town," said Chariton police Chief Jeff Johnson.
On Friday, two police officers showed up at Connery's door to tell her Zanny needs to be removed from town.
"They said that they would have her put down," Connery said. "I can't believe a dog should be put down if they have not done anything wrong."
Authorities said the ordinance that outlaws pit bulls has been around since 1988, and even though Zanny is not a purebred pit bull, the law applies to her because she looks like one.
"Anything that has the characteristics of being predominantly of the breed," said Johnson said. "It was mentioned that the dog could be disposed of, but that's a worst-case scenario."
"That would be like saying any mixed dog cannot be in town, because honestly, you don't know what's in their bloodline," Connery said.
The dog owner said she understands why pit bulls have a bad reputation, but she wants other to understand something as well.
"You can either train a dog to be nice and loving and caring, or you can train a dog to be mean or aggressive, and that's any dog. That's not just a pit bull," Connery said.
Zanny is staying in the country with relatives while Connery tries to gather support.
"She'll be out there either until I can move or until I win the battle of trying to get the rules changed up a little bit," Connery said.
Connery's first step to fight the ordinance will be in front of the Chariton City Council. She said she knows a lot of pit bull lovers in the area, so she thinks she stands a good chance at getting the old law at least reviewed and possibly changed.


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Margaret R. McDowell, ChFC, AIF, a syndicated economic columnist, Chartered Financial Consultant and Accredited Investment Fiduciary, is the founder of Arbor Wealth Management, LLC, (850-608-6121~www.arborwealth.net), a �Fee-Only� Registered Investment Advisory Firm located near Sandestin. Arbor Wealth specializes in portfolio management for clients with $250,000 or more of investable assets.
�You�ve got to learn how to fall�
Before you learn to fly.
Mama, mama, it ain�t no lie�
Before you learn to fly�learn how to fall.�
�Learn How To Fall� by Paul Simon
Streams swollen by Tropical Storm Andrea flushed a 20-pound turtle from his aquatic environs and left him edging his way across our office parking lot last week. A kind-hearted business owner toted him the final portion of his journey, relocating him to the adjoining nature preserve. No one wanted to see the turtle attempt to trundle across the heavily-trafficked thoroughfare nearby. Once he was gently placed on the grassy slope that evolves into a state-owned, 8-mile forest, the reptile was on his own.
Like the turtle, we are currently being carried to temporary economic safety by the Fed, which is buying $85 billion of bonds monthly and holding down interest rates. When that economic life support program will cease and what will happen to our economy and to the market when the Fed scales back quantitative easing is a concern for all of us.
Chairman Bernanke has hinted that QE3 may be trimmed in the near future. And each time Bernanke floats that tentative suggestion, markets react negatively. Now it appears that quantitative easing may continue longer than expected due to recent reports of lower than expected inflation numbers.
�Low inflation that �has surprised to the downside� means the Federal Reserve can continue to �pursue its aggressive asset purchase program,� St. Louis Fed President James Bullard said in MarketWatch��Labor market conditions have improved since last summer, suggesting the Committee could slow the pace of purchases, but surprisingly low inflation readings may mean the Committee can maintain its aggressive program over a longer time frame. The Fed is publicly debating whether to start reducing the $85 billion of bond purchases it makes each month.�
Many economic experts expect a market pullback to follow when QE3 is phased out. Equity markets have been fairly strong so far in 2013, and investors will likely be impacted when that happens. Downside protection during such a sell-off will be vital for many.
Of course, downside protection is often important to many retired investors and investors nearing retirement. Portfolios that rely on consumer staples, dividend payers and utilities will likely show less decline. Some items are purchased in good times and bad: diapers, toothpaste, electric power for home air conditioning, food and gas are a few consumer staples that are not considered discretionary items by Americans. Companies that produce and distribute these products often weather market storms better than most. We may cut back on luxury purchases during downturns, but we�ll likely pay our electric bill and keep that a/c humming.

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The Houston Dash took down the Rice University women's soccer team by a score of 4-0 in the team's first match of the 2014 preseason on Wednesday night at Houston Sports Park.
The Dash, taking the field as a team for the first time since their founding in December 2013, set the tone early against the local NCAA Division I side by scoring in just the second minute. Trialist Sara Campbell took the ball down the right flank and into the box and hit a low cross across the face of goal. The ball deflected off a Rice defender at the back post and into the back of the net to open the scoring.
Houston, playing mostly with trialists in the first half, found the net again less than 10 minutes later. Jordan Jackson, a fourth-round pick in the NWSL College Draft, saved a ball on RIce's endline and pulled a pass back to the middle of the box and into the path of midfielder Dominique Richardson. Richardson had little left to do but hit it first-time into the goal.
The duo reversed roles just before the halftime for the third goal. Richardson, who had moved to right back, found space on the wing and floated a cross to the back post. Jackson rose above the Rice defenders and headed it back across goal and inside the opposite post.
The Dash trotted out a new squad for the second half, and it immediately paid dividends. Second overall NWSL College Draft pick Kealia Ohai worked her way past a Rice defender into the left side of the box with some tricky footwork and put a low cross through the area to find Teresa Noyola, who finished off the chance.
The Rice second half goalkeeper, Kara Dugall, recovered from the goal to start the half and made several key saves to keep the scoreline the same. In the 74th minute, forward Stephanie Ochs played a hard cross from the right side that found Tiffany McCarty, who looked to have an open net to shoot on until Dugall recovered from the front post to make a diving save. The Dash continued to control play throughout the second half, but the Rice defense broke up the resulting attacks to stop the scoring.
Houston continues their preseason campaign this Saturday, March 22, at 10 a.m. CT against Texas A&M University at Houston Sports Park. The scrimmage is free and open to the public.
Houston Dash vs. Rice University
March 19, 2014—Houston Sports Park, Houston, TX
NWSL Preseason
Scoring Summary:
Houston: Own Goal 2
Houston: Dominique Richardson 1 (Jordan Jackson 1) 11
Houston: Jordan Jackson 1 (Dominique Richardson 1) 43
Houston: Teresa Noyola 1 (Kealia Ohai 1) 48
Houston Dash:
First half: Megan Kinneman*; Arianna Romero (Diana Redman* 22), Holly Hein*, Emilee O'Neill*, Katie Kelly*; Dominique Richardson*, Ella Masar (Jordan Jackson 40), Jordan Jackson (Tori McCombs* 22); Sara Campbell*, Anisa Guajardo*, Lindsay Elston*
Second half: Bianca Henninger; Nikki Washington (Jordan Jackson 70), Marissa Diggs, Kika Toulouse, Arianna Romero (Tori McCombs* 70); Becky Edwards (Ella Masar 70), Brittany Bock, Teresa Noyola; Stephanie Ochs, Kealia Ohai, Tiffany McCarty
Rice University:
Starters: Amy Czyz; Jenny Fichera, Ashton Geisendorff, Jasmine Isokpunwu, Lauren Busansky; Bella Hernandez, Ruth Seleznick, Quinny Truong, Gabriela Iribarne; Lauren Hughes, Holly Hargreaves
Substitutes: Kara Dugall, Suzie Meling, Caroline Scruggs, Gen Grundy, Danielle Spriggs, Mia Schmolze, Ruth Seleznick
Disciplinary Summary:
RICE: Gen Gundry (caution) 40


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Not Guilty as Charged
An example of a kind of nasty attacks against the Star of David is an article titled "The Six-Pointed Star, The Mark Of The Beast, Part II, History Of The Six-Pointed Star", where the author quotes selectively from "Signs and Symbols of Primordial Man, being an explanation of the Evolution of Religious Doctrines from the Eschatology of the Ancient Egyptians" (1910) By Albert Churchward (1852-1925).
Quote: "Six Triangles...is the Egyptian hieroglyphic for the ...Land of the Spirits." (Churchward, p. 177)
In the original text the Six Triangles do not comprise a Star of David, as you may have assumed by the title of the article – they are illustrated as 3 pairs of hourglasses.
3 pairs of hourglasses
Quote: "Ancient Egyptian Seal of Solomon" (Churchward, p. 188)
The original text is:
"and has by some been named Seal of Solomon (see origin of triangles.
The illustration on the left of this sentence is marked as Figure 85. It shows not a Star of David, or a Seal of Solomon (which is another name for the six pointed star) but a rhomb surrounded by four triangles).
A rhomb surrounded by four triangles
Quote: "This (6-pointed star) was the first sign or hieroglyphic of Amsu" (p. 65)
The words (6-pointed star) are an addition of the author. The original phrase is:
"This, as far as we can trace, was the first sign or hieroglyphic of Amsu"
More than that: on page 314 Churchward wrote that the shape of the first two triangles mentioned above as 3 pairs of hourglasses "is much more ancient than the latter" (marked as Fig. 85)
and we can not find any reason for Brother Gould calling it "Solomon's Seal". Solomon was not born when this was first used as a sacred sign, and as far as our researches go we have not been able to trace any facts or reasons to support the assertion that Solomon ever used it as a seal".
This quote does not appear in the Watch.Pair article mentioned above...


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August 3, 2009 at 7pm to September 15, 2009 at 10pm – Artobes Düsseldorf Germany Galery Artobes Düsseldorf Germany presents : Arandus | Yola Berbesz | Alexander Besel | Frank Hauptvogel Joachim Hiller | Antonius Höckelmann | Siglinde Kallnbach Thomas Klefisch | Tadeuz Koper | We… Organized by Mona Schwenker | Type: paintings
January 8, 2009 at 6pm to January 8, 2010 at 7pm – fine art school of rouen Opening Thursday, December 3 at 17:30 This exhibition is intended to promote the trip to New York for students of 5th year. Press Release: 13 Who are we to challenge paraskevidékatriaphobie? The f… Organized by ecole des beaux arts de Rouen | Type: fundraiser, exhibition
April 13, 2009 to March 30, 2013 – Blurb on line http://www.blurb.com/books/508534 Miniscapes" book launch. Book covers a 15 year period of works portraying over 40 original illustrations approximately 10" x 14". They are essentially mixed media: m… Organized by Susan Shulman | Type: book, launch
July 17, 2009 at 7pm to September 25, 2009 at 7pm – WMC 367 bedford ave "HARD HEARTS" opening reception July 17th, 2009 7-10pm @ The Williamsburg Music Center 367 Bedford Ave Brooklyn Ny 11211 718-384-1654 (see attachement) Live MUSIC BY BOOKER T WILLIAMS, TARA THIERRY,… Organized by gerry eastman | Type: multi-media, art, exhibit/event
July 19, 2009 to November 30, 2009 – New York City - Manhattan - Brooklyn ONGOING CALL : This call has been launched in July 2009. Deadline for registration and submission is SEPTEMBER 6, 2009. September 14, 2009: ANNOUNCEMENT OF WINNERS AND PUBLIC PRIZE WINNER. • Octobe… Organized by gila paris, CI Europe & frank shifreen, CI USA | Type: international, art, call, &, exhibition, usa, première
July 24, 2009 at 7:30pm to September 24, 2011 at 7pm – 272 Clinton Ave. Brooklyn NY, 11205 Contact Gallery House 808/385 0312 or email@example.com FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE PRESS ADVISORY GALLERY HOUSE IS PROUD TO PRESENT STYLE OF NATURE BY JONATHAN LEVY 50% of all proceeds go to Council… Organized by Gallery House | Type: art, exhibition, fundraiser, environment
August 24, 2009 to October 2, 2009 – Backstage studio productions Backstage studio production's at 323 wall st kingston NY 12401 is showing a large body of work by the artist Michael Kulick. Over 40 paintings for sale...on display till October 2nd Organized by Michael kulick | Type: artshow
August 26, 2009 to September 15, 2009 – Z Carniceria Organized by Miguel Anselmo | Type: expo, art
August 26, 2009 at 6pm to September 30, 2009 at 7pm – www.yaniartgalleries.com In the heart of South East Asia - Thailand, Yani Art Galleries promote traditional, modern, and contemporary arts from both emerging talent Thai artists and established Thai artists. We proudly prese… Organized by Yani Art Galleries | Type: opening, day
August 27, 2009 to December 31, 2009 – Yani Art Galleries Yani Art Galleries proudly presents a new graphic art collection from Cholasinth. His art works reflect stories of daily life, which contains memories of both good and bad, happiness and sadness, and… Organized by Yani Art Galleries | Type: new, art, collection
August 27, 2009 to December 31, 2009 – www.yaniartgalleries.com Yani Art Galleries.com proudly presents a new Intaglio Art collection from Samart Suttima. His imagination and inspiration of real-life experience can be displayed fascinatingly through Intaglio work… Organized by Yani Art Galleries | Type: new, art, collection
August 27, 2009 to December 31, 2009 – www.yaniartgalleries.com Yani Art Galleries.com gives you a new Lithography art collection from Naj Phonghanyudh. Her works represent indulgences, materialistic, and fashion conscious harmoniously. Please see more of Naj's w… Organized by Yani Art Galleries | Type: new, art, collection
August 27, 2009 to December 31, 2009 – www.yaniartgalleries.com A new Thai traditional art from Mathasit Addok. His works present stories of Load Buddha with a combine of Thai flora curve design that enlightens the truth of Buddhist belief. Please see more of his… Organized by Yani Art Galleries | Type: new, art, collection
August 28, 2009 at 8pm to September 26, 2009 at 7pm – 717 Prospect Place Super/Prime announces its first exhibition of works by young artists, 717 Prospect Place, opening on Friday 28 August, 2009 at 717 Prospect Place, Brooklyn, NY. Super/Prime is a new effort to locate… Organized by Super/Prime | Type: exhibition
September 1, 2009 to September 30, 2009 – New York City, Frankfurt, and Istanbul The theme of this exhibition is Zeitgeist - 'about time' and the spirit of our 'creative now'. It is an exploration of the marriage of art and technology, creative networks and communication. SIX WIN… Organized by United Creators | Type: international, art, exhibition
September 5, 2009 at 11am to September 30, 2009 at 11pm – Ward-Nasse Gallery Organized by Leda Prado/Luiz Cavalli | Type: exhibition
September 10, 2009 at 6pm to September 22, 2009 at 7pm – EMILY HARVEY FOUNDATION GALLERY, New York I am over the moon to be part of the New York City exhibition entitled: A BOOK ABOUT DEATH : at the EMILY HARVEY FOUNDATION GALLERY: 10 - 22 September 2009.check out the site! Over 500 artists from a… Organized by EMILY HARVEY FOUNDATION GALLERY | Type: new, york, art, exhibition
September 10, 2009 at 6pm to October 31, 2009 at 5pm – Umbrage Gallery We welcome you to the opening of In Their Company: Portraits of American Playwrights, including a reception and book-signing by the author to be held on September 10, 2009. The exhibition will run th… Organized by Umbrage Gallery | Type: opening, exhibition
September 12, 2009 at 11am to September 27, 2009 at 6pm – Governors Island Every Weekend (sat. & sun) September 5th - 27th 11am - 6pm Over 100 independent artists and galleries from around the world together on Governors Island, just 5 minutes from Manhattan. Organized by 4heads collective | Type: fair
September 12, 2009 at 6pm to December 13, 2009 at 7pm – Art Center Silkeborg Bad Artists´ Books collected directly from the international and censored triennial in Vilnius, which for a number of years has been an important centre for this very special artistic expression, where g… Organized by | Type: triennial, art, exhibition
September 13, 2009 at 8pm to September 18, 2009 at 2pm – Gut Hoffnungstal "Pranic Wellbeing" is an intensive course for searching people who want to renew or support the balance of their Prana. This course aims at gaining control over the self healing potential of your bod… Organized by Yoga Vidya | Type: Seminar
September 15, 2009 to October 4, 2009 – Clinton Hill, Brooklyn Kennis Baptiste, Curator September 6, 2009 - October 4, 2009 The 4th Myrtle Windows Gallery installation arrived on September 6th, courtesy of Kennis Baptiste of The Rising Arts Gallery, who curated… Organized by Meredith | Type: exhibition
September 15, 2009 at 6pm to October 1, 2009 at 5pm – Fort Greene and Clinton Hill The RFP for Temporary Public Sculpture seeks existing and/or proposed artworks for temporary installation (up to 11 months) at various outdoor locations along Myrtle Avenue. A full list of sites is b… Organized by Meredith | Type: public, art, -, opportunity, for, artists
September 15, 2009 from 7pm to 9pm – Under Minerva Gallery Every Tuesday evening, beginning September 15 Qigong/Tao Movement - 7pm and Tao Meditation/Inner Alchemy - 8pm If you are stressed out -- by your studio practice or trying to get your work out of the… Organized by Miranda Maher | Type: workshop/class


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It's been a strange couple of months for current TNA Knockouts Champion Gail Kim. Back in August the Canadian-born grappler controversially went against instructions and eliminated herself from the Divas Battle Royal match on the August 1st episode of Monday Night Raw. A few days later Kim announced on Twitter that she had quit WWE, however, she was not permitted to leave.
What followed was a stunning standoff between WWE and their former Women's Champion, which saw her forced to sit out the remainder of her contract. Kim's decision to eliminate herself caused quite a bit of controversy, with some figures in the wrestling world who called her actions unprofessional, although Kim stands by the decision she made.
"I don't regret what I did at all. It was a respect thing," Kim told SLAM! Wrestling, when explaining her decision to eject herself from the Battle Royal. "I was told to get eliminated as soon as possible, so that's what I did. I saw my decision as a case of either continuing to take their lack of respect or doing something about it.
"Nobody knows what I went through in terms of disrespect during my time there, but that move wasn't just about me it was a culmination of all the disrespect I felt that all the other women and the women's division as a whole had received too, I was taking a stand.
"While a lot of fans watching Raw noticed what I did, nobody from WWE noticed, that just shows how much they didn't care. I went up to Johnny [John Laurinaitis] after and spoke about the Battle Royal and his reaction towards the match was, 'Yeah, I heard it was pretty shit.' I was amazed and I then told him how I eliminated myself and he just laughed.
"How can fans take the division seriously if the people working for the company aren't? If it had been one of the men who had eliminated themselves they would have been punished, but because it was the women nobody cared, not even after I had told them."
"WWE are notoriously known for being controlling when it comes to your career, that night of the Battle Royal I went to Johnny and told him I quit, I said I don't want your money; I just want to be free. He told me that it shouldn't be a problem, but of course it was.
"They didn't want me to work elsewhere, at this time I told him, 'What does it matter if I leave or not? You're not using me, it's not like I'm valuable to you just let me go,' but there was no budging."
It was this lack of respect from WWE which Kim found disheartening during her time there, especially considering that while a member of WWE's rivals TNA, Kim was a pioneer in helping to build their growing Knockouts women's division, which has since gained a solid reputation.
After sitting at home for over three months waiting out the remainder of her contract, Kim finally made her long-awaited return to TNA on the October 20th edition of Impact Wrestling, when she created shockwaves by aligning herself with Madison Rayne and Karen Jarrett.
"The decision for me to become a heel I really liked, I felt it was a nice progression to do that again. I love what I'm doing now, I love working with Karen and Madison. They are very talented, I think Karen is on another level in terms of being a heel, with someone that beautiful it's usually very hard for them to get heat but she does it well.
"There are so many more talented girls in the division now, the division is stronger, plus the fact that there are more women here now makes it a lot better."
Kim couldn't wait to start back with TNA and reunite with old friends like Traci Brooks and Christy Hemme, two women which also aided in the growth of the Knockouts division since its inception.
"I'm just so excited to be back in the company, I can't speak for anybody in particular but the feeling I got when I came back was that there were no hard feelings about my previous decision to leave. Being back here feels like time has never passed.
"I think everyone kind of expected me to return. I said in my last interview when I was leaving that I would probably be back, everyone has been real welcoming, it's like being a part of a family here at TNA. It's great to see the growth that this company has made since I've been gone, it's nice to see the direction its going and where they want to be heading.
"There are areas they have improved upon like the fact that they're starting to tour more now which is something they weren't doing as much back when I was here before, they have come on in terms of production and the overall talent here is much better now.
"There's such a great group of women wrestlers now as well, they've all got some character development and all have their own roles within the division, which is good to see.
"I remember when I had my first match back with Tara, I was worried about being rusty, I was worried about my timing but it honestly felt so good to be back in that ring actually wrestling and having a competitive match.
"I'm just so happy to be here and to now be a part of a company once again that actually cares about wrestling."
Darren Wood is a freelance journalist in the United Kingdom, working for various publications including SLAM! Wrestling and The Wrestling Press (www.thewrestlingpress.com).


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Recipient: University of Maryland College Park
Grant: Museum Grants for African American History and Culture
Pictured: David C. Driskell, photo by Greg Staley. Click image to see full-size.
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There may be no higher calling for a community of learners and scholars than to protect and
preserve the legacy of those who have come before us. The recording of our thoughts, cultural
practices and view of our world is essential to the survival and flourishing of those who will follow us.
This belief is at the very core of the Driskell Center mission.
—Prof. Curlee R. Holton, Executive Director
Located at the University of Maryland in College Park, the David C. Driskell Center for the Study of the Visual Arts and Culture of African Americans and the African Diaspora is a lasting tribute to the life and work of Professor David C. Driskell—an artist, university professor emeritus of art, art historian, curator, and collector who has devoted his career to the study and presentation of African American art.
The center honors the legacy of Professor Driskell through the preservation of African American visual art and culture as part of the larger canon of American art. It is the home of a comprehensive art collection of works by African American artists and a significant archive available for studying and viewing by the larger community.
Sharing a One-of-a-Kind Archive of African American Heritage
This collection was originally curated by Professor Driskell himself. Over the course of six decades, Professor Driskell amassed an archive with an estimated 50,000 objects consisting of exhibition catalogs; lectures; graduate students' dissertations; children's art projects about the cultural life of African Americans; magazines; and correspondence with other prominent artists including Romare Bearden, Elizabeth Catlett, Aaron Douglas, Jacob Lawrence, Georgia O'Keefe, James Porter. The center also receives donations of historically significant materials, adding to one of the most unique art collections and archives of African American visual art and culture in the nation.
Staff at the David C. Driskell Center knew that an archive of this significance was rare; it needed to be inventoried and made available online to the public as a preeminent resource in the study of African American—and American—culture and heritage. IMLS awarded a grant to the David C. Driskell Center to catalog the collection and create an online public database.
Preserving Artifacts—and Expertise—for Posterity
The David C. Driskell Center assembled a team of professionals, including an archivist, a consultant, graduate students, and most importantly, Professor Driskell, who provided his vision for assembling and documenting the archive. The team reviewed and assessed the objects in Professor Driskell's archive and created a master inventory of the "Driskell Papers," including records of audio and visual materials, organized in about 5,350 folders. The group identified approximately 3,350 additional donated publications in the archive. And by the project's end the team had identified, re-housed, removed duplicates, and made online database recordings of approximately 45 percent of the collection.
The team pulled together an interesting subseries of the records that Professor Driskell kept on art exhibitions he curated from the early 1970s through the late 1980s,including the groundbreaking 1976 "Two Centuries of Black American Art: 1750-1950" exhibition at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA). The exhibition aimed to educate the American public about the wide range and importance of African American art—a story that had not previously been included in the narrative of American art. In the records is correspondence between Professor Driskell and the staff at LACMA on the purpose and logistics of the exhibition, correspondences with various institutions lending to the exhibition, and the research materials used by Prof. Driskell to curate the exhibition. They capture his passion for the exhibition, attention to detail, and the difficult decisions he had to make in selecting which pieces of art to include.
Honoring a Legacy and Building a Community
The grant provided graduate students with working opportunities for four semesters—a rich learning experience for those interested in entering the archive or African American museum fields, and the opportunity to exchange ideas with the local, arts, and academic communities. One former intern is now an archivist at the Afro American Newspaper Archives and Research Center in Baltimore, Maryland. Another graduate student intern is reference archivist at the National Anthropological Archives at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C.
As a direct result of the center's successful launching of the David C. Driskell Archive Project and its progress made in creating an online collection, the David C. Driskell Center was awarded additional grants: one from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation through the Council on Library and Information Resources and one from the National Endowment for the Arts.
The David C. Driskell Archive Project honors and continues the tremendous work of David C. Driskell in contemporary American art as a scholar, curator, and artist. By making his collection widely accessible and increasing capacity to continue to capture history, the center advances its mission of broadening the field of African Diaspora studies.


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14 May 2011
Kids Clothing Week, Dressy Stuff
For the tiered skirt, I loosely followed the same method as her last skirt. Sis requested something more fancy, so I added a second tier, and set off the layers with coordinating bias trim. The top trim layer was created by 2" wide bias trim, double-folded. The second trim layer is wider, starting at 3" wide. I made the flat front, like Larissa's tutorial. I actually sewed it this time so that all the seams were covered. I wish I could show you, but with the black, it would not photograph well! My poor camera is on it's last leg. It actually started numbering photos back at zero again. Time to save my pennies. I had a yard of the black print I found on sale, the pink was a remnant from last year's sundress, and the other that lovely Savon Bouquet. Sis has a couple t-shirts that are raspberry pink that will match really well. She tried it on after school Friday. Success!
For the sundress, I used the same Popover Sundress pattern from Oliver + S that I did last year. (Free to download HERE.)
I am a bit sad it only goes to a size 8. All of my cute patterns end at size 8. Crap. Earlier this year I found this sunny print on clearance at JoAnns. Originally I thought I'd use it for my Portfolio dress, but this worked so much better. I did use the remnants of the white contrast from my dress for the yoke and ruffle detail on the hem. The bit of color at the top is a ruffle made from the Meadowsweet 2 line.
The ruffle was attached with a French seam, and I added a zigzag detail for fun.
This dress also passed inspection, although I need to shorten the ties a LOT.
The last item I need to complete is Sister's Banded Peasant Blouse. I'm about half way there.
Here's to a happy weekend for all of us! We've had gorgeous weather the last few days.
14 happy thoughts:
- Impera Magna said...
Love both the skirt and the sundress.... and the model is fantastic!
It's easy to size up children's clothes, especially simple patterns such as these.... mostly involves adding a bit to the width and a lot more to the length b/c kids shoot up more than spread out at this age.
- 14 May, 2011 06:08
- KJ@letsgoflyakite said...
You have been so busy! The garments turned out beautiful and your model appears to love her new outfits. The yellow fabric is so happy and I really like the special touches.
- 14 May, 2011 06:18
- Melissa said...
I really love the color of the sun dress and your daughter seems thrilled too...
I've noticed that about the really cute patterns too...
I've been looking for patterns that are plain and not trendy that I can amp up on my own for C.
- 14 May, 2011 07:38
- Hannah said...
Love, love...the jumpers little ruffle is especially cute...like the others, I love that yellow fabric!
- 14 May, 2011 12:05
- Unknown said...
how you get all this stuff done is amazing to me, wow! she really loves the little sun dress doesn't she. always nice to get the thumbs up, eh? lovely work, Chris!
- 14 May, 2011 12:10
- Jess@craftiness is not optional said...
so cute! love the yellow dress!
- 14 May, 2011 16:25
- Kristin said...
I love that yellow sundress...really cute!
- 14 May, 2011 19:22
- Tasha said...
Love them both! She looks so happy modeling them too :)
- 14 May, 2011 21:31
- Gwen @ Gwenny Penny said...
Cute, cute, cute! I especially love the sundress, and she looks like she does, too.
P.S. I've got my David Walker fabric :)
- 16 May, 2011 07:33
- Sarah @ Modern Country Style said...
The skirt is gorgeous.....but the sundress is my absolute favourite! It's beautiful!! You are such a clever clogs, Chris. If you weren't so lovely, I'd be considerably more jealous of your never-ending sewing skills!
- 16 May, 2011 14:20
- Lindy said...
Very cute skirt. I enjoyed looking at the kids stuff -- I have grands I sew for...Lindy
- 16 May, 2011 20:55
- Naturally Carol said...
Skirts with elastic waists are great for sprouting girls..you can always attach another strip to the hemline if she has an upward growth spurt mid season!
- 17 May, 2011 01:27
- Tiffany said...
I have always been afraid of this pattern. Hmmm. Your ruffle addition makes the whole dress pop. I'm glad it passed inspection:) I just bought ballpoint needles to make some dresses/skirts for my daughter. She prefers jersey. I need to spend sometime getting to know this jersey...soon real soon.
- 22 May, 2011 21:14
- Heidi Wilcox said...
Such a lucky girl. I love both the sundress and the skirt! You have such a eye for fabrics;)
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#34 Valerie Bronson
|Clarksville,Tenn. (Clarksville HS)
2009-2010 (Junior): Played in all 30 games, starting 13 … Second on the team in scoring 212 points, (7.1 ppg) … Second on the team in rebounds with 110, (3.7 rpg) … Scored in double figures nine times … Fourth on the team in minutes played, (19.0/g) … Scored in double figures in four straight games to start the season … Scored 13 points and grabbed four rebounds in season opener vs. Lehigh (11/13) … Posted 12 points, 6 rebounds and 3 steals in win over Central Arkansas (11/15) … Recorded 11 points, 7 rebounds and 2 steals vs. Austin Peay (11/17) … Set season highs in points (19), rebounds (9), assists (4) and field goals made (7) vs. Winston-Salem State at the Morehead St. Classic (11/20) … Scored in double figures in four straight Atlantic Sun Conference games from (Jan. 23 - Feb.1) … Tallied 15 points, 6 rebounds and 4 assists vs. Campbell (Jan. 23) … Chipped in 10 points and 3 rebounds before fouling out in 19 minutes at Belmont (Jan. 27) … Scored 10 points in 19 minutes off the bench in loss at ETSU (Jan. 30) … Posted 13-point, seven rebound effort in 22 minutes at Campbell (Feb. 1) … Averaged 5.7 points and 2.7 rebounds per game in 20 conference games … Started in four conference games.
2008-2009 (Sophomore): Played in all 30 games, all in a reserve role. …Scored in double figures two times with 13 points at Austin Peay (11/15) to open the season and 12 points at Jacksonville (12/6). …The 13 points at Austin Peay led the team. …Five field goals made at Austin Peay (11/15) and 10 field goal attempts at North Florida (12/4) were both season highs. …Played a season-high 19 minutes at Campbell (2/5). …Grabbed a season-high five rebounds at ETSU (1/17). …Hit a season-high two 3-pointers at Jacksonville (12/6).
2007-2008 (Freshman): Scored career-high 20 points against Fisk (11/13/07), only one of two players to score 20 or more points for the Lady Bisons. …Scored career-high 15 rebounds against Fisk (11/13/07), also the team individual game high for the season. …Finished with a double-double against Fisk with 20 points and 15 rebounds (11/13/07). …Played in 28 games, all as a reserve. …Scored in double figures in four games, including 13 in A-Sun Tournament quarterfinals game with Belmont (3/6/08). …Led team in scoring once against Fisk (11/13/07). …Led team in rebounding once against Fisk (11/13/07) and tied for the lead once at Kansas State (11/30/07).
High School: Earned All-District and All-Area honors for three seasons. ....Averaged 15.1 points, 4.7 rebounds and 3.4 steals per game as a senior.
Personal: Parents are Charlean and Gregory Bronson. ...One brother, Gregory, Jr.


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CEOs from ARM, Broadcom, DoCoMo, Google, HTC, Motorola, NVIDIA, Palm, QUALCOMM, and RIM talk about how they're bringing Flash Platform technologies to their devices and platforms as part of the Open Screen Project and why they think it's important to have Flash on their devices and platforms.
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Flash Player 10.1 – Hardware Acceleration Ahoy!
Some key announcements around our work with Qualcomm and NVIDIA with Flash Player 10.1, the version number for our new desktop and mobile runtime. Some would argue (and I'm sure some did) that if .1 means only incremental changes then we should have called it Flash 11! The work that has gone into this runtime, we have doubled the number of supported platforms including Symbian, Android, Palm, Windows Mobile, Linux, Windows and Mac OS.
It's a huge investment made possible by the incredible talent that is Adobe's Flash Engineering team. Let's see the Silverlight team rock something like that out!
One of the biggest challenges has been performance for constrained devices. GPU acceleration and optimizations by ARM, Intel and our OEM partners have enabled us to create a better player, one that uses less RAM, less battery and renders faster on constrained devices.
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August 14th; on this day in 1945, the comedian, actor and writer Steve Martin, who would rise to fame as a "wild and crazy" comedian during the 1970s, is born in Waco, Texas.
Martin grew up in California and in his teens worked at Disneyland, where he entertained crowds with magic tricks and banjo music. After attending UCLA, he broke into show business as a comedy writer. In 1969, Martin won an Emmy for his writing on the hit TV comedy program The Smothers Brothers. He later wrote and appeared on other comedy-variety shows, including The Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour.
Meanwhile, Martin began performing his own comedy at nightclubs and by the mid-1970s was appearing often on The Tonight Show and Saturday Night Live, notably in the role of the "wild and crazy guy," a wannabe playboy from Czechoslovakia. By the late 1970s, Martin was famous for his best-selling comedy records and shows, which included the hit song "King Tut" and the catchphrase "Excuuuuse me."
Martin's first starring role in a feature film came in the 1979 box-office hit The Jerk, which he co-wrote. He reteamed with his Jerk director, Carl Reiner, for three more zany comedies: Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid (1982), The Man with Two Brains (1983) and All of Me (1984), co-starring Lily Tomlin. Throughout the rest of the 1980s, Martin showcased his comedic talents in a string of hits, including Three Amigos (1986), Little Shop of Horrors (1986), Roxanne (1987), a modern adaptation of Cyrano de Bergerac, for which he won the Writer's Guild Award for Best Adapted Screenplay; and Planes, Trains & Automobiles (1987).
The prematurely grey-haired Martin went from wild and crazy to parental (with equal success) in such films as Parenthood (1989), Father of the Bride (1991) and Cheaper by the Dozen (2003). He also went a more serious route, appearing in David Mamet's enigmatic suspense film The Spanish Prisoner (1997).
In 2005, Martin co-starred in Shopgirl, based on a novella of the same name that he penned. In that film, he played a wealthy businessman who romances a far younger woman, played by Claire Danes. Returning to broad comedy in 2006, Martin played the bumbling Inspector Clouseau in The Pink Panther. Over the years, he has continued to appear periodically on Saturday Night Live and remains one of the show's most frequent hosts.
In 2007, Martin published a memoir, Born Standing Up, which critics praised for its humor and candor. He had previously opened up to interviewers about his personal life, including his marriage to the actress Victoria Tennant, his co-star in All of Me (they married in 1986 and divorced in 1994) and his subsequent breakup with the actress Anne Heche. Martin married Anne Stringfield, a writer for The New Yorker magazine, which Martin has contributed to, in July 2007.


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Colleen Mauro & "Spiritual Telepathy;" Greg Mello, Nuclear Proliferation and Militarization & Los Alamos Study Group; Rosie's Rumination & Be a Warrior of Love, Life and Death; The Best of 2016 TRM Music Retrospective (Show #1718)Jan 29th, 2017 Posted in Ecology & The Environment, Health & Wellness Alternatives, Interview Gems, Leading Edge Perspectives on Science, New Psychology & Spirituality, Politics & Government, Relationships & Family, TRM Shows, UFOs, ETs, & Other Mystical Phenomena | Comments Off on Colleen Mauro & "Spiritual Telepathy;" Greg Mello, Nuclear Proliferation and Militarization & Los Alamos Study Group; Rosie's Rumination & Be a Warrior of Love, Life and Death; The Best of 2016 TRM Music Retrospective (Show #1718)
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B'nai B'rith Urges: Remember 1942 Wannsee Conference as Means to Counter Holocaust Deniers
B'nai B'rith International has issued the following statement:
The Wannsee Conference, where the Nazis originated and planned the Final Solution, took place 70 years ago on Jan. 20.
With the passage of so much time, we must continue to work to ensure the nefarious plotting at that gathering—which ended in the murder of 6 million Jews—must never be forgotten.
The well-documented 1942 conference provides important evidence to repudiate today's Holocaust deniers. The well-preserved documents from the conference are clear and undeniable blueprints for exterminating the Jews of Europe.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, in a 2009 address at the United Nations, used copies of the minutes of the meetings to note that Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's Holocaust denying should not be tolerated, pointing to the uncontested evidence the Nazis themselves proudly left behind.
On Jan. 27, International Holocaust Remembrance Day, B'nai B'rith is hosting a program titled Zachor: Holocaust Memory Across Generations, An Inter-Generational Dialogue on the Shoah and its Legacy. Ambassador Busso von Alvensleben, consul general of Germany and Allan J. Jacobs, B'nai B'rith International president, will lead an informative discussion about the role of the children and grandchildren of survivors in teaching future generations about the Shoah.
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Can the church get in step with stepfamilies?
Bette Hausman and Don Storck are in love and want to spend the rest of their lives together. If only it were as easy as scheduling the priest and ordering the cake for the Happily Ever After to begin. Storck prefers to complete his conversion to Catholicism first. The Pennsylvania couple must also wait for Storck's annulment to finalize. While they care for spiritual matters, Hausman's children make room for Storck inside their home. As for scheduling the sacred event, it must occur when Storck's daughter does not have any sports planned and Hausman's children are not visiting her first husband.
Say hello to what is fast becoming a typical American and Catholic family. While exact numbers are unknown, about half of all marriages in the United States represent a remarriage for at least one adult, according to Kay Pasley, professor of human development and family studies at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro and chair of the Stepfamilies Association of America's research committee.
At least 30 percent of all U.S. children under 18 are connected to a stepfamily, Pasley says. About 21 percent of them live with a parent and stepparent; the remaining children live with a single parent and his or her partner. Most experts predict the 2000 census will show a significant increase in stepfamilies, possibly to the point where stepfamilies outnumber traditional families.
Catholics make up a huge portion of those stepfamilies. According to a recently published report by Michael Hout, sociology professor at the University of California, Berkeley, 9 percent of today's 51 million US Catholics have divorced and remarried. Another 16 percent are divorced or separated. Similar to people of other faiths, at least half of all divorced Catholics will eventually remarry.
Like all loving couples, Hausman, 47, and Storck, 46, hope life together will work out beautifully. It may, although they have already experienced some of the challenges families face when blending together. There are the everyday logistics such as deciding who should live where, juggling children between custodial and non-custodial parents, and making a transition from single parents to a married couple with children.
These are minor compared with more serious issues. Certainly a couple may feel their love will conquer all, but it may not win the hearts of children who feel an allegiance to a parent elsewhere. When children reject a parent's new love, it often leads to resentment, hurt feelings, and alienation.
The tendency of some couples to escape reality may also prove detrimental to a blended family's success. A couple may want so much for the marriage to succeed that they pretend heartbreaks prior to their own union never happened. They want to believe that, as long as they love each other, life can be perfect.
The common denominator of blended families is that they are born out of loss. A tragic incident-death or divorce-took place prior to this family's creation. Newfound love does not instantly heal those wounds. Dreams of being a traditional, nuclear family are unrealistic.
The Catholic Church's official policy on remarriage often adds to the many challenges facing blended families. Despite common misperceptions, the church does not excommunicate divorced parishioners, but it does prohibit second marriages without an annulment. The church also forbids remarried Catholics without annulments from receiving Communion.
Secrets to success the second time around
Creating a happy blended union is possible, however. In many cases, family life will be more stable, communicative, and loving the second time around. Like all marriages, however, it takes work, commitment, and a willingness to accept people where they are emotionally.
Eager to start fresh, couples often do not fully consider that blending families means combining households, traditions, discipline methods, and spending habits. Deciding where to live, who lives with whom, and visitation schedules is only the beginning. Before this second marriage, these adults raised their children in their own way. Children in blended families can be thrown into an environment with rules and habits totally alien to them. A family accustomed to shopping at discount stores and forbidding television on school nights, for instance, may find it difficult to mesh with a family that only purchases name brands and does homework on the drive to school.
When Rainbows (see "Step up to the plate" below) founder and president Suzy Yehl Marta married for the second time, her husband Martin's three adolescent children came to live with them. As much as the couple tried to do what was right for the children-respecting their feelings, including them in wedding vows, and not referring to anyone as a "step"-they faced difficulties. Yehl Marta, who had raised her own now-adult children, had definite ideas about raising children. Overnight Martin's children had to deal with chores and a stringent new stepmother who followed through on discipline matters.
Yehl Marta, on the other hand, had to contend with the children's allegiance to their mother, who remained a strong presence in their lives. Yehl Marta may have moved into the family home, but the children's mother still had a key and came in and out as she pleased. Purchasing a new family home did not help. The children immediately gave their mother a new key.
"I told him, 'I married your children. I married your parents. I didn't know I married your ex.' But I did," Yehl Marta says.
Remarried with children
Couples who approach this new love like first love often fail to understand that the union involves others this time.
"There isn't a lot of preparation or information on serial marriages in our culture," says Gary Laumann, a University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign researcher who has worked with separated and divorced families for the past 25 years. His study on how children cope with loss can be found at http://www.rainbows.org/.
"One of the biggest problems with blended families is it's a different kind of animal, and the couple treats it like people in love with no other commitments," Laumann says. "There is a lifelong attachment to the first spouse, even if you don't want to admit it."
Children from first marriages take devotion to their biological parents seriously. They may worry that accepting a new spouse could be interpreted as a betrayal. Even when the biological parent is not around, either because of death or personal decision, children feel strongly attached.
"It's like a train going on a set of tracks with someone in a parachute trying to land on the train in motion while others jump back and forth from that train to another," explains Bill Urbine, family life and marriage administrator for the Diocese of Allentown, Pennsylvania.
June Doncsecz says it took years to feel accepted by her husband's children and extended family. She was in her 20s, Protestant, and divorced with a young son when she met Michael, the oldest in a large Irish Catholic family. He was separated from his first wife and had three young children.
Doncsecz converted to Catholicism before remarrying, making her first Confession the night before her wedding and her first Communion on her wedding day. However, this was seven years after living with Michael. Doncsecz, now 47, says she regrets the prior living arrangement, realizing it did little to help her new family accept her.
Doncsecz also struggled for years to forgive herself for mothering Michael's children-who wanted little to do with her-while ignoring her own young son. Fed up, her own son ran away to live with his dad, who had remarried a woman with children.
A few years ago, Doncsecz herself separated from Michael after a nervous breakdown. Franciscan sisters ministered to her and helped her appreciate how precious her marriage and Catholic faith were to her life. She returned to Michael and now, 20 years after first flirting in a nightclub, they are still in love and leading a mission near their home in Danielsville, Pennsylvania.
"It had all the ingredients for a romance novel, but there were chapters filled with tragedy and pain," she says. "We have been so blessed that we've come so far."
Reality check
A second chance at love may sound like a plot from a paperback book. In reality, even the most loving couples cannot forever sugarcoat what is real-that each family has its own history and memories. Couples who refuse to acknowledge that deny their children's feelings, and possibly their own, and likely decrease their chances for survival.
When Elsie Radtke married again last summer, she and her new husband, John, thought the fact that their children were older would simplify matters. After all, the children only came to their Chicago suburban home for meals now and again and for summer visits away from college.
As assistant director for family ministries and coordinator of the Hurting and Healing Ministries for the Archdiocese of Chicago, Radtke understood the challenges of blending families. The honeymooners, however, in their 50s, preferred to be swept away in love. They did not expect their children to reject them as a couple, so their children's reaction to their marriage caused resentment and hurt feelings.
"This man and his children had a whole life before, and we come to them with all our shared experiences. You aren't starting from the ground up," Radtke says.
Remarried couples with children must understand that the first family does and always will exist. To create a healthy blended family, adults must reconcile with their loss and face the fact that this second family only exists because of a tragic loss.
For Catholics, remarrying after divorce can also mean losing a beloved church and parish family. According to Hout's research, 17 to 20 percent of divorced Catholics leave the Catholic Church because of a second marriage.
For children, the loss may evolve from one painful life change to another. Initially the child loses a traditional family life, either through divorce or death. The child is just adjusting to living with a single parent, then that parent starts dating. This time the child loses undivided time and attention. If the parent marries again, the child loses his small family unit, sometimes has to share her family home with step-siblings, or loses his neighborhood and friends if a move is involved.
Annul and void
Adults, fortunately, can move on. They must first have time to grieve, get support, and rebuild their life as single people.
For divorced Catholics, this often means an annulment. This process demands that adults take a long look at themselves, life decisions, family of origin, and how all of it may have contributed to a divorce. Ultimately, an annulment is not meant to punish but to help one heal and move in a positive direction.
Many remarried couples praise the annulment process, saying it helps heal the pain of loss and shows ways to become better partners the second time. Desiree and Tom Marciani, both 56, say they had no intention of enduring such painful introspection.
"I thought if I ever got married again, I'd get married in another church," says Desiree, who lives in Bolingbrook, Illinois. "As I got older I realized how beautiful and cleansing reconciliation was to me."
Some Catholics, however, experience annulment differently, as a painful "penance" for the unforgivable sin-divorce.
The University of California report shows many whole families lost to the Catholic Church forever upon remarriage. When a church rejects a couple, it risks losing the entire family.
A self-proclaimed devout Catholic, Mary Ellen Matheson of Chicago says she tried to annul her first marriage to an abusive alcoholic but gave up because the process was so painful. At age 45, Matheson opted to marry her second husband, George, then 66, who served on the church council with her. Concerned some parishioners might frown upon the remarriage outside the church, the couple approached the pastor about resigning as council members.
They expected the pastor to insist they stay put. Instead, he referred to their marriage as a sticky scandal and asked them to refrain from taking Communion at his church.
"Remarriage outside the church seems to be the only unforgivable sin. You can do a lot of bad things and be forgiven but not remarry... Why do we build that wall for people who remarry outside the church? It seems so unfair," Matheson says.
Her husband left the church; her children resented the pastor and still question Catholic Church teachings. Matheson continues to play the organ at weekly Mass, runs a church-sponsored support group for stepfamilies, and takes Communion when the pastor is not around.
"I didn't walk out. I felt I was doing what God wanted me to do. I was just Irish enough to stay," Matheson says.
Many Catholics who remarry outside the church still attend Mass and raise their children Catholic. Fearing they will be ostracized, they tend to keep a low profile. While most pastors would welcome these families, some people have had their fears validated through negative experiences.
Matheson mentions a boy, for instance, who asked a school nun for more graduation tickets so his stepmother could attend the ceremony. The nun said she refused to have the father parade his second wife around on such a special occasion. The boy spoke to a priest who gave him the extra tickets and reprimanded the nun for being so callous.
These are the families the Catholic Church must attempt to reach.
That is not to say the Catholic Church has sat back and done nothing. Pastors have tried a variety of programs to help remarried Catholics including support groups, second marriage preparation classes, and the Rainbows program for children. Still, far too many blended families, perhaps millions of Catholics, have not been reached.
"It's going to take a concerted campaign by the church if they want to address it," Laumann says. "The challenge is how can the church invite people in these marriages if their official position is that the marriage is wrong."
These families are in serious need of spiritual guidance and some sense of continuity. They need to believe that as they try to regain some order after life-altering losses and pursue love and family happiness, they can count on the church.
Priests, nuns, and lay ministers have to do more than simply open the church doors to remarried Catholics. They have to reach out and pull them inside.
If the Catholic Church indeed wishes not to shun or punish them, it must make that message clear.


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Did you hear the one about the North Carolina preschool child who was traumatized? One of President Obama's Nazi lunch inspectors took away her lunch, forced her to eat chicken nuggets, sent her home because her lunch was not good enough, charged her mother money for a lunch provided, and took away the rights of every parent in America to determine what his children should eat. True story. I read it all over the Internet today.
If any of that sounds ridiculous, you're right in thinking so. I've been taking a look at the different news reports and blog posts dealing with an incident that took place at a North Carolina preschool at the end of January, and they're all over the place on what they're reporting. After weeding through everything, here's what seems to have happened:
A child brought her lunch to school. The lunch consisted of a turkey and cheese sandwich on white whole wheat bread, a banana, potato chips and apple juice. Someone decided the lunch wasn't up to snuff and gave her a school lunch, in addition. Reports say she ate three nuggets from the school lunch, threw the rest away, and took her packed lunch home.
Initial reports, like this one from Carolina Journal, said that a "state inspector" was looking at lunches and forced "preschoolers to purchase cafeteria food instead." It doesn't look as if it was actually a state inspector and it was only one child. More recent reports identify the person as a "North Carolina education staff member conducting a review of the child care center."
Apparently, the school says it apologized to the parent who packed the lunch — which was just fine, even in keeping with USDA guidelines — and didn't require the mother to pay the $1.25 charge that may or may not have been asked for in the first place.
Obviously, this shouldn't have happened. Someone was over zealous or misinformed or worried about how things looked. It was an isolated incident, and there is no evidence that the government is sending in inspectors to check bagged lunches to make sure they meet USDA guidelines.
Still, as the story has spread over the past 24 hours, headlines would have us think otherwise. Take a look at some of these headlines, along with my snarky commentary.
'Food Police' Confiscate Student's Lunch (This headline is from an actual news report, not even a blog.)
Nanny state: NC preschool sends homemade lunch home after inspection (Can we get a moratorium on crying Nanny state, please? As a former nanny, it offends me and gives me low self-esteem.)
Fox News' O'Reilly calls school lunch program part of Obama "social engineering" (Of course, it's President Obama's fault.)
State Inspectors Searching Children's Lunch Boxes: "This Isn't China, Is it?" (Are they opening up the outside zipper compartments looking for religious tracts?)
No Freedom for You! When School Lunch Nazis Attack (my personal favorite)
Those are just a few of the headlines that are misleading, sensational, and meant to get people upset. But here's the thing. We have a real problem with school meals in our country. And there are many people who are working hard to figure out what to do about it. From Michelle Obama to Jamie Oliver to Mrs. Q to the superintendent of my school district, people are making real changes and having real discussions. It's not going to happen overnight, but it can happen if we don't let stories about school lunch Nazis get in the way.
This sensationalism over one incident hurts the discussions and changes that are happening. It makes some people who are wary of government intervention even more wary and closes their minds to dealing with the real issues. It doesn't even look like it was government intervention. And, even if it turns out that the one person who made the decision to give the girl a school lunch did work for the government, it's still not intervention based on any government guidelines or laws. It's one misguided employee's judgment.
Let's focus on what's really going on with food in schools, and how to improve school meals, instead of creating a national uproar over an isolated incident.


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Description:3541360124265 · 21290000 - 1
Verification status (*):Proven
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Proof-code(s): (*):L3985 : Okazaki, TwinGen, PrimeGrid, LLR
Decimal Digits:388342 (log10 is 388341.243576628)
Rank (*):8137 (digit rank is 119)
Entrance Rank (*):4899
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Score (*):43.7286 (normalized score 0.6342)
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Abstract: The article analyses the multinational oil-company Shell's decision in 1997 to establish Shell International Renewables. Theoretically the analysis contributes to developing the garbage can decision-making model developed originally by Cohen, March and Olsen (1972) by adding the production of organisational identities to the model. Within the scientific field of business and the environment the article contributes to a new understanding of the relationship between decision-making, green organisational identities and the process of social construction of business opportunities. This relationship can be of a sort, where the corporations' greener organisational identities are the product of random organisational garbage can decision-making processes. In such processes the rationale that the protection of the natural environment can be viewed as a business opportunity gets into focus not before, but after the decision has happened. Thus, in the process of accounting for their decision the corporations are not just accounting for a particular decision, but also in a general sense contributing to socially constructing anew what can be considered a business opportunity – also for other corporations. In this process of socially constructing new business opportunities the corporations are drawing on cultural sources not just from the field of rhetoric of economics, but also from other cultural sources within the business sector and the society as such. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/6702
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ARLINGTON -- The Rangers' plan was to meet after their Opening Day game with the Phillies and discuss a plan for pitcher Yu Darvish, who is on the disabled list with stiffness in his neck.
Darvish, after throwing without any problems on Saturday and Sunday, is expected to have another throwing session on Tuesday, and he is eligible to come off the disabled list as early as Saturday. Darvish will likely need at least a simulated game against hitters before he's ready to come off the disabled list, and rookie Nick Martinez is still scheduled to pitch that day against the Rays.
"We're just going to be smart about it," Rangers general manager Jon Daniels said. "Yu may miss one start, at a minimum, but we want to keep that number down."
Matt Harrison, who missed almost all of last season with a herniated disk in his lower back, is scheduled to start Thursday for Double-A Frisco. Harrison, who also opened the season on the disabled list, probably needs four more starts in the Minor Leagues before he is an option for the Rangers' rotation.
Colby Lewis will start Tuesday in a Minor League exhibition game between Triple-A Round Rock and Frisco. The Rangers will decide after that game if he is ready to come off the disabled list or will get one more start in the Minors. Lewis can become a free agent on April 10 if he's not activated off the disabled list.
Derek Holland, who had left knee surgery in January, is expected to throw off a mound for the first time on Wednesday. He'll still need two more months of rehab and pitching in games before he's close to returning.


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It's time for Pumpkin-Flavored everything — from martinis to beers to muffins, donuts, lattes, and more. And for your fall wedding, engagement party, bridal shower, or other wedding event, the magic of a pumpkin flavor in Kahlua is spectacular. Plus, these would be AMAZING gifts to put in your wedding guests' welcome baskets (a great twist on wine!) and fab gifts for your wedding vendors. Here are the details from the Kahlua folks, along with some fabulous recipes to try!
Just in time for fall, Kahlua® Pumpkin Spice is the newest seasonally-inspired liqueur to join the Kahlua portfolio. Adding a twist of pumpkin and delicious autumnal spices to the much loved 100 percent Arabica coffee and sugarcane rum blend, Kahlua Pumpkin Spice is a must-have for any quintessential fall moment. Whether it's shared among family at a festive gathering, given as the perfect hostess gift at any holiday party, or added as a seasonal kick to a coffee break at home, Kahlua Pumpkin Spice is sure to spice things up this autumn.
"Seasonal pumpkin editions have become a celebrated turning point to ushering in the fall. From flavored coffee drinks and baked goods, to scented candles and even hand lotions, autumn sparks the start of an unavoidable 'pumpkin craze!,'" said Michelle Sanders, brand director for Kahlua at Pernod Ricard USA. "With this popularity of seasonal offerings and entertaining during the fall season, we're excited for Kahlua Pumpkin Spice to become the cocktail of choice for celebrating the season."
In addition to classic Kahlua, Kahlua Pumpkin Spice joins the other seasonally-available favorite, Kahlua® Peppermint Mocha, which are both available for a limited time from September through December 31. Available at major retail locations, Kahlua Pumpkin Spice is 20% Alc./Vol. (40 proof) and retails for a suggested price of $16.99 per 750 ml bottle.
To add a warming, seasonal surprise to your next celebration, try our signature recipes:
1 ½ parts KAHLUA PUMPKIN SPICE
1 ½ parts ABSOLUT® VODKA
Combine ingredients in a cocktail shaker with ice, shake and strain into a chilled martini glass.
Garnish with orange zest.
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Serve in an old-fashioned glass with a large ice cube.
About Pernod Ricard USA®
Pernod Ricard USA is the premium spirits and wine company in the U.S., and the largest subsidiary of Paris, France-based Pernod Ricard SA, which employs more than 18,000 people worldwide and is listed on the NYSE Euronext exchange (Ticker: RI).
The company's leading spirits and wines include such prestigious brands as Absolut® Vodka, Chivas Regal® Scotch Whisky, The Glenlivet® Single Malt Scotch Whisky, Jameson® Irish Whiskey, Malibu®, Kahlua® Liqueur, Beefeater® Gin, Plymouth™ Gin, Seagram's Extra Dry Gin®, Martell® Cognac, Hiram Walker® Liqueurs, Pernod®, Ricard® and Avion™ Tequila (through a joint venture with Tequila Avion); such superior wines as Jacob's Creek® and Brancott Estate®; and such exquisite champagnes and sparkling wines as Perrier-Jouet® Champagne, G.H. Mumm™ Champagne and Mumm Napa® sparkling wines.
Pernod Ricard USA is based in New York, New York, and has roughly 850 employees across the country. Pernod Ricard USA urges all adults to consume its products responsibly and has an active campaign to promote responsible drinking. For more information on this, please visit: www.acceptresponsibility.org.
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along with the yerba sticks. It will not have much taste and the bombilla will move everywhere.
If we put too much yerba, we can not put the necessary amount of water to brew it properly.
It must also be taken into account that yerba "swells" in contact with water; that is, it hydrates and increases its volume.
It is interesting to see how not all yerbas react equally to this fact. There are yerbas that "swell" more than others.
In that case, perhaps the "golden rule" can be slightly changed. We can put a little less than 3/4 of dry yerba capacity.
Trial and error is the key to success.
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Concerning the duration of the drink in good condition, the more yerba has our gourd, the longer it will last.
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Well! today is another important day in the history of world of internet. It's time to say adios to IPv4 (xxx.xx.xxx.xx). Today several of internet companies are making test for IPv6, Internet protocol version 6, compatibility. With the ever-increasing websites the IPv4 shall exhaust by the end of 2011.
Think of it this way: When a telephone company runs of out of digits, it adds one more number. The same rule applies to Internet.
Some popular websites like Google & Facebook, claim that few of their users will have problem logging.
Facebook said the adoption of IPv6 had become a "classic chicken-and-egg puzzle". "Websites don't want to enable IPv6 because a small number of their users may have trouble connecting," it said.
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So obviously, I'm pretty much obsessed with the Geico Money commercials. I crack up every time I watch them and I have the music as a ring tone on my phone. I LOVE them and realized what I wanted to be for Halloween back in July. Yes, I said July. Looking back though, I'm really glad that I had so much time to think about how I was going to build this costume because it seriously took me a long time to craft something that wasn't too heavy, would stay together, that I could wear and that I could be at least somewhat functioning in. Thus, about two weeks ago, the building began.
I started off with just a box and cut a hold for my head. I figured I would glue the 'money' on the front of the box, but I didn't know if it would hold, but there was pretty much no other way to get it to stay on my body. I really tried to find a box that wasn't huge but could hold something on the front of me and covered most of my body at the same time.
After I cut up the one box I realized I would need a TON of cardboard for the money. I went big and collected way too much. I didn't want to have to keep going back to the store to get more though, so I guess it was a go big or go home moment, and I went big. I got all the boxes from a local hardware store and packed up my car with them.
Then it was time to cut everything out. The 'money' started out as long strips of cardboard. The eyes, as you can tell, are just paper plates that I cut out and would later draw eyes on. The strips of cardboard were then folded in half to make the area where I was going to glue to the box a straight line, if that makes sense. I later then had a better idea about the gluing after I painted everything.
The money folded in half and being painted. I went through 2 and a half cans of spray paint to paint all the money.
After I was done painting the money, it was time to paint the box that would hold all the money. I just painted it black so that it wouldn't be that obvious. I ended up cutting off the flaps on the bottom too so it didn't really matter what they were painted like.
Once everything was dry I had to lay it out to see how everything was going to work, which was my biggest concern. I realized when I was laying it out that I should glue the pieces of money to each other after getting the 'top' piece very secure. So the folds were super helpful and I didn't have to use all the money I cut up. I glued the money to each other with hot glue and used a lot of it!
Then I took it outside again and repainted some of the green parts of the money so make sure that everything was completely covered. Yes, it's huge, and I can't walk through doors or really move at all in it. Lastly, I added the white part of the stacks to the front and the eyes to the top of the money pile in the front. Then I realized I needed arm holes, so I added those as well. I realized I would have to wear my hair back in a ponytail since I wouldn't have much mobility which was fine. I also added this on the back of the box at the bottom.
The final product! I'm going to wear some black shorts, fishnets and my hair up and just a black tank top underneath. It should be pretty exciting!
Then I added this to the back of the box portion.
I'm going to do a whole Halloween post after the big night so then I'll have tons more pictures! YAY! I'm just so excited that it worked out and is finally all ready for this weekend!
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Surgical errors climb, bed sores decline in Connecticut hospitals
Reports of surgeries on wrong body parts are on the rise at Connecticut hospitals, as are patient deaths or disabilities resulting from surgery or falls. But the state's medical institutions are doing a better job at preventing bed sores in patients.
That's according to the Adverse Event Report, released by the state Department of Public Health. The report catalogues the frequency of "adverse medical events" -- a term used to describe a injury or illness that occurs as the result of medical care -- at all the state's hospitals.
According to the report, there were 271 such events in 2011, up from 260 in 2010. Yale-New Haven Hospital and The Hospital of Saint Raphael in New Haven had the highest number of adverse medical events in 2011, with 21 each. However, many hospitals -- including Stamford Hospital, Danbury Hospital and St. Vincent's Medical Center in Bridgeport -- had 15 or more incidents.
Windham Community Memorial Hospital had a single adverse event in all of 2011, while others with a low volume of errors included Griffin Hospital in Derby, which had two, and Milford Hospital, which had three.
The most common incidents were deaths or serious injuries caused by falls, which made up 36 percent of all adverse medical events last year. Despite myriad efforts to reduce falls in hospitals, 96 patients died or were seriously injured from falling in 2011 -- up from 91 the year before. Hospitals with the highest numbers of falls included Charlotte Hungerford and Stamford hospitals, which each had nine cases.
Though less common, surgeries on the wrong body part -- an error that has been policed closely in recent years-- have risen steadily since 2009, when there were two such incidents reported.
In 2010, there were eight reports of wrong-site surgeries and, in 2011, there were 13 incidents.
Although hospitals have adopted checklists and other measures to reduce wrong-site surgeries, those measures alone haven't eradicated human error, said Dr. Mary Reich Cooper, vice president and chief quality officer for the Connecticut Hospital Association.
More InformationAdverse events by the numbers Connecticut's medical facilities reported that a total of 271 "adverse events" - which can include anything from bed sores to falls and surgical errors - took place in 2011. Here's how our local hospitals fared: Facility Number of incidents Bridgeport Hospital 13 Danbury Hospital 16 Greenwich Hospital 5 Griffin Hospital 2 Milford Hospital 3 New Milford Hospital 3 Norwalk Hospital 6 Hospital of Saint Raphael 21 St. Vincent's Medical Center 17 Stamford Hospital 15 Yale-New Haven Hospital 21 Source: Connecticut Department of Public Health
"There's a lot of focus right now on mindfulness. . . being mindful, instead of just going through the protocol," she said. There is also an increasing emphasis on "a team approach" to preventing surgical errors, so that no one person is responsible for safety checks.
Reports of patient deaths or serious disability as a result of surgery also rose, from 16 incidents in 2010 to 21 last year.
Five of the incidents were reported at Middlesex Hospital, but officials there said only one of the cases resulted in a death, while the other four were cases in which patients lost large amounts of blood but were not seriously harmed.
Eight other hospitals reported one to three cases.
Perforations during open, laparoscopic and endoscopic procedures that resulted in death or serious disability remained high among hospitals, at 49 -- up slightly from 2010. Bridgeport and Hartford hospitals each had six such cases.
But there was some good news in the report. Reports of patients suffering from bed sores declined last year, dropping from 48 in 2010 to 39. Even better, 18 of the state's 30 acute-care hospitals reported no incidents of pressure ulcers.
Cooper said the state's hospitals are making extensive efforts to identify patients at risk of falls and bed sores upon admission, and to reduce the likelihood of harm.
Despite these steps, pressure sores were the third most common adverse event, making up 14.6 percent of such incidents.
Because errors are self-reported, state officials caution that some of the variation in rates could be due to underreporting. In July, a report by the U.S. Office of Inspector General found that many adverse events were not reported.
In a representative sample of Medicare patients' cases, 12 percent of the adverse events detected on chart reviews met state reporting requirements, but only 1 percent were actually reported, the study found.
The Department of Public Health reviews all hospital errors but does not investigate every case. From Jan. 1, 2012, through Nov. 30, the department investigated about 27 percent of reported adverse events, according to department spokesman Bill Gerrish. From 2007 to 2010, about 23 percent of cases were investigated, last year's report shows. In 2011, about 35 percent of the reported adverse events were investigated.
Department officials said not every error warrants an investigation, and the agency targets instances where there is noncompliance with regulations or inadequate standards of care.
The decision to investigate also is influenced by how often the type of event has been investigated before, and whether the department is satisfied with a corrective plan that must be submitted by the hospital after an error is reported.
The new report notes that funding for part-time physician consultants to assist with case reviews was cut in 2010, hampering the department's ability to conduct thorough investigations.
In responses included in the report, most hospitals with high error rates described initiatives they were taking to reduce errors.
Stamford Hospital, which urged that adverse-event reporting be viewed "in the context of the complexity of the patients cared for by the organization," highlighted its efforts to reduce patient falls through a more detailed fall-risk assessment and targeted interventions for specialized patient populations.
Danbury and New Milford Hospitals, members of the Western Connecticut Health Network, also said they had stepped-up efforts to reduce preventable harm in 2011 by implementing safety programs. The hospitals have an internal process for detecting "near-miss events," officials said.
St. Vincent's touted its safety measures as well, including daily "safety huddles," which encourage staff to speak openly about safety concerns. "Safety huddles also promote accurate detection and reporting of actual and near-miss events," says the hospital's statement. "Timely detection and investigation help us identify where improvements can be made for all patients, as well as determine which reported events are not preventable."
To view the state's adverse event report, go to http://www.ct.gov/dph/lib/dph/hisr/hcqsar/healthcare/pdf/adverseeventreport2012.pdf
This story was reported under a partnership with the Connecticut Health I-Team (www.c-hit.org).