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Overview of the Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Gramotin report
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Title: Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Gramotin report
Dates: 1919
Collection Number: 65011
Creator: Gramotin, Aleksandr Aleksandrovich.
Collection Size: 1 item (9 p.) (1 folder) (0.1 linear feet)
Repository: Hoover Institution Archives .
Stanford, California 94305-6010
Abstract: Relates to activities of the Russian Imperial family during the Russian Revolution. Photocopy.
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Languages: Russian
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[Identification of item], Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Gramotin report, [Box number], Hoover Institution Archives.
Acquired by the Hoover Institution Archives in 1965.
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Captain, Russian Imperial army.
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Relates to activities of the Russian Imperial family during the Russian Revolution. Photocopy.
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Nicholas II, Emperor of Russia, 1868-1918.
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FromField typeclass, for converting a single value in a row
returned by a SQL query into a more useful Haskell representation.
Note that each instance of
FromField is documented by a list of
compatible postgresql types.
A Haskell numeric type is considered to be compatible with all
PostgreSQL numeric types that are less accurate than it. For instance,
the Haskell
Double type is compatible with the PostgreSQL's 32-bit
int type because it can represent a
int exactly. On the other hand,
since a
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bigint, the two are not considered compatible.
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additional Haskell types without modifying postgresql-simple. This is
particularly useful for supporting PostgreSQL types that postgresql-simple
does not support out-of-box. Here's an example of what such an instance
might look like for a UUID type that implements the
Read class:
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typeOid of
uuid does not change and
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static table provided by postgresql-simple.
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The General Services Administration announced a new dashboard April 23 to show the benefits to agencies, small businesses and taxpayers when it strategically sources office supplies.
In a new blog post, GSA said the Federal Strategic Sourcing Initiative Second Generation Office Supplies (OS2) blanket purchase agreement has saved more than $364 million from fiscal 2010 to February 2014.
GSA wrote that 76 percent of OS2 sales have gone to small businesses as of February. Service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses received 26 percent of sales so far in fiscal 2014.
Furthermore, the OS2 BPAs are beating the GSA Schedule 75 contract prices. GSA said OS2 increased competitive pressures in the federal office supplies market, which has reduced actual transaction prices by 14 percent, based on an independent third-party estimate.
With the new dashboard, GSA is offering more details on these statistics. The new Federal Strategic Sourcing Initiative Second Generation Office Supplies Savings and Small Business Dashboard displays details on pricing and sales. The dashboard includes graphics about OS2 and also provides filters for usage data by government agency, small or large business sales, service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses specifics, and even geographical sales information.
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Screw the citizens ... we are getting our toner and notepads cheaper.
I hope your comment is sarcasm. You really don't think it's better if the government overpay for goods to save jobs.
Why don't we just give the administration a 3rd term.
Has GSA evaluated the OS2 impact on small business and the US Economy? Such an evaluation should be able to quantify the impact of the lost jobs which can be attributed to the 64% loss of Office Supplies government sales by the 550+ "non-winners" of the FSSI BPAs. GSA claims that the Federal Strategic Sourcing Initiative Second Generation Office Supplies (OS2) blanket purchase agreement has saved more than $364 million from fiscal 2010 to February 2014. At what "Cost" to the US Economy?
In the SBA Letter to GAO dated April 11, 2014, on the OS3 Protest, SBA stated...
"It is the position of SBA that a Cost-Benefit Analysis needs to be performed. "Cost" must include the Economic & Social Cost of Job Loss, not just to individual small business, but to the economy as a whole. SBA believes that this is a reasonable approach to assess negative impact of the consolidation."
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Nippon Ichi, the developer behind Prinny, Disgaea, and Holy Invasion of Privacy has announced its financial earnings.It's not good folks.
Prinny: Can I Really Be The Hero? headlines
Prinny PSP to get a sequel
Nippon Ichi said today that it's to make a sequel to Prinny: Can I Really Be the Hero?Actiontastic. The announcement coincided with news of a budget version of the original for Japan.Low priced Prinny hits Japan on November 26, in both retail UMD and download form.More on IGN. No date on the sequel.
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A modern life
My niece sent me these pictures from a visit to Riyadh. Things have changed in the past 9 years as you would expect. When we first arrived to Saudi in 1993 there were no fancy malls and not much fast food. By the time we left in 2009, upscale malls with ice skating rinks, amusement parks and designer shops had popped up everywhere! Fast food chains were to be found on most streets and many locals seemed to adopt a new lifestyle.
My niece just informed me that today they opened a cinema in Riyadh which seems really unbelievable!
Love the cupcakes. I remember those cupcake shops from Abu Dhabi and Dubai. Lots of walk by traffic and a good customer base for them.April 19, 2018
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Change!! I remember living in AbuDhabi in '91 or '92 and how different it is now. Dubai doesn't even look the same.April 19, 2018
Thanks for posting. It's so nice to see such a different place, somewhere I most likely will never have a chance to go!April 19, 2018
Change is always with us. It is amazing how fast food chains have spread across the world.April 19, 2018
My plane from Sydney to London refuelled in Dubai in early 1978. We landed in the dark. A modern airport with a massive white airport control tower loomed up out of the desert. There was nothing else around. We had to disembark via steps at the front of the aircraft. Met by some kind of military at the foot (male and female) and escorted into the building where we each got the once-over (gender segregated). The airport was reasonably busy even though it was early hours of the morning. First time I had seen women completely covered. Several other things of interest happened during our two hour layover. I was twenty-two. Left quite an impression. I wouldn't recognise it today. I guess it's much the same for Saudi. Even so, the American brands in the photo scenes gave me a surprise!April 19, 2018
Yes I just came back east in Canada to take care of my mother and the changes in 4 years are amazing sadly enough it doesn't feel like home anymoreApril 19, 2018
What interesting photos! I can't even remember not having fast food chain stores all over the place. Seems like They have been here forever! It's hard to imagine places not having them in 1993.April 19, 2018
Cities are always changing. Sometimes parts of them become totally unrecognizable. It happens here in NYC too.April 19, 2018
You lived in the "good old days" in Saudi, lol.
Maybe people have also changed with the changing situations around them, hopefully for the better.
God bless !
SusieApril 19, 2018
yes I hope! thanks Susie
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Lynn, those photos ARE of a thoroughly modern place!
Those baked goods look so delish!!April 19, 2018
A cinema! That does seem remarkable. I guess there's no stopping progress as the world becomes a smaller place. ❤April 19, 2018
It's amazing how much has changed there in such a short time … it must feel a bit strange for you. I read about the cinema opening today and never thought it would happen! Great news!April 19, 2018
I read that they're getting a cinema for the first time in 35 yrs! The new Prince has promise en mon avis. Hopefully women will get the same rights as men soon too!April 19, 2018
I notice they have a Tim Horton's fast food place there now. That's a Canadian company Lynn.
LeslieApril 19, 2018
I wondered what that was? InterestingApril 19, 2018
Tim Horton used to be a hockey player. After he retired he started up a hamburger joint that eventually became a doughnut and coffee shop. They're all over Canada and are very popular here.April 20, 2018
Yes, I heard that on the news. Both men and women can also view the movie together!April 19, 2018
Amazing!April 19, 2018
I can imagine the ambivalence these must provokeApril 20, 2018
Amazing the changes a few years can make! Other than the language, these pics could be from an American mall.April 20, 2018
Interesting to see the modernization since you left.April 20, 2018
It really is
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Yes Lynn, a lot is changing here from the past couple of years. Things are happening which seemed quite impossible back then.
Also, women will be allowed to drive from June 2018. There are concerts/musicals on various venues every weekend and so much more entertainment. Women are now allowed inside the football stadium and so many more places!April 21, 2018
Wow it is hard to believe!
LikeLikeApril 21, 2018
Great pics Lynn, incredible how modern life takes over!
My goodness, change is happening all around us, even as we speak. xApril 24, 2018
yes xxx
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1997 HONDA CR-V Review - Base Price $19,695
Practically small.
In addition to booming, the sport-utility market is also evolving, and the new
Honda CR-V
is yet another proof.
Like a number of current sport-utility vehicles, this appealing little four-door wagon wasn't designed to tackle tough terrain. That's because most sport-utilities rarely leave the pavement, let alone venture into tough terrain. For most of us, a little extra ground clearance and four-wheel traction are enough to satisfy our SUV needs--a trek to a summer cabin, battling winter slush and/or running family errands.
That's what the CR-V is all about--lots of utility, all-wheel drive traction, car-like driveability. Do you hear minivan attributes here? Yes, you do. The CR-V combines SUV style and image with minivan usefulness. And it does so very effectively.
Like all Hondas, the CR-V's interior is subdued, comfortable, thoughtfully designed and nicely finished.
The front bucket seats are well contoured and spacious, and the split-folding rear seatbacks can be reclined, a rare feature in any vehicle.
The instrument panel is straightforward and logical, with secondary controls that are, in general, instantly recognizable, particularly to anyone who's ever driven a Honda.
We have a couple of asterisks to the foregoing. The power window switches, for example, are located on the dashboard, to the left of the steering wheel, and they're a trifle awkward to get at when the vehicle is moving.
And the column-mounted shifter felt out of place in something that calls itself a sport-utility.
On the other hand, putting the shift lever on the steering column allowed Honda to create a minivan-style pass-through between the front seats, a minivan feature that plays very well here.
We also liked the removable tray, with integrated cupholders, that flips up between the front seats. Two more cupholders slide out below the climate controls, and the interior has an abundance of storage pockets and bins, another typical Honda touch.
For all its engaging detail touches, though, the most endearing trait of this interior is roominess. Lots of front legroom, which is common enough, and abundant adult-size rear legroom, which isn't.
Headroom is also plentiful, fore and aft, and there's a sizeable cargo space behind the rear seats. The rear seatbacks flip and fold individually to expand cargo capacity.
And how's this for neat: the CR-V includes a picnic table that stows in the rear floor. Pop it out, flip down the legs and it's party time.
Besides all-wheel drive, the CR-V's standard equipment list includes air conditioning, an AM/FM/cassette sound system, cruise control, map lights, a rear window washer-wiper, and power windows, mirrors and locks.
Most of these items are extras on the Rav4, and a similarly equipped Rav4 would cost about $1000 more.
Honda marketing messages will pit the CR-V against Toyota's spectacularly successful Rav4, a strategy that's both logical and shrewd.
It's logical, because the CR-V is similar in concept and execution. Unlike most sport-utilities, it's based on passenger car components, specifically the subcompact front-drive Civic line. Toyota used the same approach with the Rav4, which is an amalgam of pieces from the Camry, Corolla and Celica.
It's shrewd, because the CR-V is considerably bigger and roomier than the Rav4. In fact, its dimensions are close to those of the four-door Jeep Cherokee, and it packs about the same cargo capacity.
Although it has the familiar Honda grillework, and a fairly steep rake to its windshield, the CR-V's exterior design is otherwise classic sport-ute, which is to say boxy.
There are two very good reasons for this. First, that's the way we keep telling the manufacturers we like 'em. Second, it maximizes interior volume.
Like the Rav4, the CR-V carries its spare tire on an external rack mounted on the tailgate. Unlike the Rav4, and a lot of other external mounts, the CR-V's spare is low enough so that it doesn't interfere with vision to the rear.
The tailgate is a two-piece affair. The glass upper portion lifts up, while the lower portion swings open like a door.
Both functions are operated by the key, and it's not the handiest arrangement if you're juggling an armful of something or other. The operator must first unlock the window portion, flip it up, and then swing the door open.
Toyota's one-piece rear door is easier to use.
The CR-V's engine is a 2.0-liter twin cam 16-valve aluminum four-cylinder hybrid from the Civic inventory, rated at 126 horsepower and 133 pound-feet of torque. That's a little more power than the Rav4's 2.0-liter four, but the CR-V is a little heavier, so power-to-weight ratios are similar.
During its first year in the U.S. market, the CR-V will be offered in one trim level, well equipped, with a four-speed automatic transmission and full-time all-wheel drive as standard equipment.
Like many all-wheel drive setups, the CR-V's Real-Time system operates primarily on the drive wheels, which are, in this case, up front. When the system sensors detect traction loss on the drive wheels, it feeds torque, via hydraulic pumps, to the rear wheels until proper grip is restored.
There's no locking feature for the center differential, no low-range four-wheel drive feature and no limited-slip option for the rear differential, which limits the CR-V's effectiveness in stuff like deep, loose sand (beware on the beach).
Suspension, Honda's effective four-wheel double wishbone system, is independent at all four corners, and the rack-and-pinion power steering features variable assist--high boost for easy steering at parking lot speeds, low boost for good feedback at highway speeds.
The only options are aluminum alloy wheels and antilock brakes, which are offered as a $1000 package.
With this package, and Honda's $395 destination and delivery charge, our CR-V tester stickered out at $20,695.
At 103.2 inches, the CR-V's wheelbase is long for its overall size--a little longer than the Cherokee, 8.3 inches longer than the four-door Rav4. That's typical of current Honda designs, and it's one of the reasons for Honda's success with ride quality.
Good ride quality is a CR-V strong suit. It's supple enough to absorb the nasty little irregularities of warty pavement without excessive compromise in handling response.
The CR-V isn't quite as quick on its feet as the Rav4, but it's thoroughly competent, and its steering is precise, with excellent feedback.
Overall, the CR-V feels like a compact station wagon--which is essentially what it is. There's nothing remotely truckish about its behavior.
Low-end torque, the engine commodity that gets you up and running when the light turns green, isn't particularly abundant in the CR-V. The torque peak is 4300 rpm, and standing start getaway is a tad sluggish.
Once it builds up a head of steam, though, the CR-V is significantly quicker to 60 mph than a Rav4 automatic, and the engine is reasonably quiet at most operating speeds.
However, the Rav4's standard transmission is a five-speed manual, and a Rav4 with a manual transmission provides livelier performance.
Aside from the absence of a manual transmission, the CR-V is an excellent piece of work. It's much roomier than the Rav4, has all sorts of nifty features and a respectable load of standard equipment.
It's not the best choice for tough off-road use, even though it has 8.1 inches of ground clearance. But for the kind of duties that most sport-utilities perform, its all-around practicality and comfort are tops at the small end of the spectrum.
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Recently, it was brought to my attention that while there are many different kinds of human characters in my portfolio, there is a blatant paucity of characters of the animal variety. By means of remedy, I post here the findings of last weekend. I spent most of Saturday doing sketch-research on various animals, and a number of hours today hashing out some rough designs from what I learned.
I sure had fun learning all sorts of new things about animals, too. (Did you know that over 86% of dogs have four legs, and use all of them to walk, or even run? Funny, when you think that most humans get by pretty okay on only half as many legs.) Suffice it to say, this has been an eye-opening weekend; and I plan on doing some more of this informal study of animals...at a safe distance, across from a computer monitor.
Tuesday, March 30, 2010
Assorted Animal Characters
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Labels: Animals, Character Design, color pencil, markers, photoshop
Wednesday, March 24, 2010
Character Animation Demo Reel 2010 from Anthony Holden on Vimeo.
I've jumped on the bandwagon and created a PORTFOLIO BLOG where, amongst other things, you'll be able to see all the stuff that I've been posting here, only in a slightly more professional context. Also, here's my animation demo reel. I spend most of my time doing boards and character designs, but I sure love the heck out of animating.
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Monday, March 22, 2010
Thanks, Will.
The other day, I was looking over the shoulder of my friend, Will Strong, as he drew in his sketchbook. All I could see of his drawing was goggles and a mustache; I still don't know what it was that he was doing, but because of him I couldn't stop drawing these guys for a week. Week-long sketch addictions are becoming a thing for me lately.
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Labels: ballpoint pen, Character Design, watercolor
Dirty Birds: Sal
He sells hotdogs. Also, he's behind the stand throughout the short, so no need to design a bottom half. (Maybe he doesn't even have a bottom half?)
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Labels: Character Design, markers, photoshop
Wednesday, March 17, 2010
Dirty Birds: Herbie
Here are some explorations of the Herbie character in my latest short project. By way of excuse, I've been spending the last few weeks doing lots of storyboards, so when they get to a presentable stage, I'll post them here.
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Loyola turned in a red-hot shooting performance Thursday night, and nobody sizzled quite like Dylon Cormier (Cardinal Gibbons).
The junior guard scored 19 points on 7-for-8 shooting, and he also contributed six assists and four rebounds in the Greyhounds' 72-58 win over visiting Marist in a Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference men's basketball game at Reitz Arena.
The Greyhounds (13-6, 5-2 MAAC) shot 60.4 percent from the field and made five of seven attempts from 3-point range. Erik Etherly had 14 points, four rebounds and three assists. Senior forwards Julius Brooks and Anthony Winbush combined for 22 points off the bench, helping Loyola win for the fourth time in five games.
Adam Kemp had 14 points, nine rebounds and two blocks for the Red Foxes (4-14, 1-6), who have lost eight in a row. Anell Alexis added 14points, six rebounds and two blocks.
The Greyhounds led 43-31 at the break after freshman forward Franz Rassman made a 3-pointer with five seconds remaining in the half. They extended the lead to 17 points after Brooks and Etherly combined for three dunks in two minutes of the second half. The Red Foxes cut Loyola's lead to nine on one occasion later in the second half, but they couldn't get any closer.
Bryant 79, Mount St. Mary's 78, OT: Shane McLaughlin scored the game-winner on a drive to the basket with 6.6 seconds left in overtime for the visiting Bulldogs (12-4, 5-0 Northeast Conference).
The Mount (6-10, 1-4) had a chance to win it at the end, but Julian Norfleet's jumper from 17 feet was off the mark. Norfleet had given the Mount a 78-77 advantage with 21 seconds left in the overtime.
Shivaughn Wiggins led the Mount with 20 points.
The Mount's Sam Prescott and Kristijan Krajina scored back-to-back baskets to give the Mount a 72-69 lead midway through the overtime.
George Mason 65, Towson 54: The visiting Patriots (6-9, 1-3 Colonial Athletic Association) used a 6-0 run midway through the second half to beat the Tigers (6-9, 0-4).
Tanisha McTiller scored 22 points for Towson, which lost its fourth straight.
Michelle Peebles made a jumper for the fourth and final tie of the game at 46 with 8:39 to play. George Mason's Cierra Strickland made one of two from the free-throw line at 8:17 to start that 6-0 run, which gave the Patriots the lead for good.
Johns Hopkins 86, Bryn Mawr 29: Alex Vassila matched a program record with eight blocks in addition to 15 points and 13 rebounds to lead the host Blue Jays (8-8, 6-5 Centennial Conference) past the Owls (1-14, 0-11).
Hopkins won its fourth straight game — all against conference opponents — as it took advantage of Bryn Mawr's 24 turnovers. The Blue Jays scored 38 points off turnovers, in addition to 24 second-chance points.
Washington College 71, McDaniel 69: Freshman Ashley Espinosa scored the go-ahead jumper with 52 seconds left to put the visiting Shorewomen (8-8, 6-5 Centennial Conference) up for good.
The win marks a first for Washington College in Westminster since a 66-54 win over then-Western Maryland on Feb. 19, 2000, and completes the season sweep.
Washington College has beaten McDaniel three straight times.


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Author W. Bruce Cameron tells tale of love from a dog's perspective (and helps animal nonprofits)
Imagine that your dog never dies. He just keeps being reincarnated as a puppy of a different breed and gender.
What would the purpose of that be?
From that simple premise, author and columnist W. Bruce Cameron has created a whole world of canine possibility in his debut novel, "A Dog's Purpose," which goes on sale Tuesday.
Besides crafting a compelling tale, Cameron has used the book to help animal nonprofits across the country, including in the Denver metro area. But more on that later.
To write this book, Cameron had to see the world through the eyes of a dog. Fortunately, he and his family are long-time dog lovers.
"Dogs are a joy," says the writer, whose family humor column is read by an estimated 3 million people (including subscribers of The Denver Post).
"I had to put myself in the position of dogs," he explains. "They don't understand a lot of words. I had to listen to conversations for words they understand, such as 'car ride.' "
The rest the dogs interpret their own way.
For example, there is this scene in the book about a Golden Retriever named Bailey as he interacts with his young owner:
"One of my favorite things to do was to learn new tricks, as the boy called them, which consisted of him speaking to me in encouraging tones and then he would climb on my rear end, forcing me to the ground, and then he would feed me a dog biscuit."
Another one:
"And one day I thought I saw the black cat in the woods and took off in hot pursuit … and as I got closer, (she) revealed that she was something else entirely, with white stripes down her black body. … She wasn't running, which I figured meant she wanted to play, but when I jumped in to paw at her, the animal did a most curious thing, turning away from me, her tail still in the air."
The book is a new twist on the old theme of the human-animal bond, sure to generate a lot of smiles as well as an emotional punch. One reader, the world-renowned animal scientist Temple Grandin, said: "It really made me think about the purpose of life. At the end, I cried."
Cameron previously wrote two non-fiction books. One of them, "Eight Simple Rules for Dating My Teenage Daughter," was made into a television series starring the late John Ritter. A second book, "How to Remodel a Man," is now undergoing treatment for television, he says.
Cameron has strong Colorado connections. He lived in Evergreen for 12 years and it was during this time that the now closed Rocky Mountain News gave him his first break as a writer, becoming the first newspaper to print his column. The Post has since picked the column up.
His daughter, Georgia Lee Cameron, is still on the board of Nikeno's Second Chances in Denver, an animal charity that rescues the most difficult to place animals and restores their health and trains them so they can find a permanent home.
Bruce Cameron, who now lives in the Los Angeles area because it is a center for his type of work, has retained the family devotion to animals. He made arrangements with 33 animal charities nationwide, including Denver's Dumb Friends League, to give them 10 percent of the proceeds of every copy of "A Dog's Purpose" that was pre-ordered.
The program has ended and the income is being counted.
"It's a great way to give back to the community," Cameron says. "Dogs need to be rescued no matter how challenging the conditions."
At present he is working on another novel, this one about a boy and a Grizzly bear. Cameron says it will be in the same spirit as "A Dog's Purpose."
Will it be written from a bear's perspective? We'll have to wait and see.
"A Dog's Purpose," Forge Books, 319 pages, $22.99.
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Speaking of communication – Have you ever wondered what dogs are saying to each other or what your dog is trying to tell you? The Humane Society of Boulder Valley is offering an hour-long presentation that will examine pictures and analyze video footage of pet dogs interacting with people and other dogs. This workshop is geared to all guardians interested in a better understanding of their dog's behavior and is especially beneficial for those resolving behavior problems in their dogs including fear, dog-dog reactivity, and aggression to people. Information: Boulderhumane.org
Calling all furry models – The Dumb Friends League is searching for the next top pet models to serve as pin-ups in their 2011 calendar. Pet owners can submit photographs of their cat, dog or other critters for a chance to be featured as a "Pet of the Month." All qualified photographs will be included in the full-color, wall calendar, and every entrant will receive a free 2011 calendar. Contest submissions are accepted online at ddfl.org or by mail. All entries must be postmarked by Aug. 15, and the entry fee is $35 per photograph, with proceeds benefiting the Dumb Friends League.
Dog Whisperer in Aspen – The non-profit Friends of the Aspen Animal Shelter is bringing Cesar Millan to Aspen on July 10 for a series of events to raise money for their spay/neuter and animal welfare programs. Tickets to an Aspen District Theater event are available at the Wheeler Opera House (970-920-5770) or through www.aspenshowtix.com.
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Okay, Fahmi Sani's Batman insignia bookshelves might not be the most practical way to stow your books and media cases, and we can't promise it will ward off any would-be book burglars, but it will add a little superhero flair to any wall.
Sani sells these shelves on Etsy—though they're a bit on the pricy side. And if you prefer to mix and match your Bat-logos, Sani offers a mismatched set of Bat-shelves.
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Here is a summary of recent Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) actions taken in response to the COVID-19 virus, as part of the ongoing White House Task Force efforts.
Newsroom homepage
Fact sheet
In week three of the 2020 Open Enrollment, 737,352 people selected plans using the HealthCare.gov platform.
Press release
Fiscal Year (FY) 2019 Medicare Fee-For-Service Improper Payment Rate is Lowest Since 2010 while data points to concerns with Medicaid eligibility
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced today that the Medicare Fee-For-Service (FFS) improper payment rate has fallen yet again, and is at its lowest level since FY 2010.
Fact sheet
The Improper Payments Information Act of 2002 (IPIA), as amended by the Improper Payments Elimination and Recovery Act of 2010 and the Improper Payments Elimination and Recovery Improvement Act of 2012, requires CMS to periodically review programs it administers, identify programs that may be susceptible to significant improper payments, estimate the amount of improper payments, and report on the improper payment estimates and the Agency's actions to reduce improper payments in the Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) annual Agency Financial Report (AFR)
Press release
Trump Administration Announces Historic Price Transparency Requirements to Increase Competition and Lower Healthcare Costs for All Americans
As directed by President Trump's Executive Order on Improving Price and Quality Transparency in American Healthcare, today the Department of Health and Human Services is announcing that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is issuing two rules that take historic steps to increase price transparency to empower patients and increase competition among all hospitals, group health plans and health insurance issuers in the individual and group markets.
Fact sheet
Transparency in Coverage Proposed Rule (CMS- 9915 –P)
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CY 2020 Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS) Policy Changes: Hospital Price Transparency Requirements (CMS-1717-F2)
On November 15, 2019, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) finalized policies that follow directives in President Trump's Executive Order, entitled "Improving Price and Quality Transparency in American Healthcare to Put Patients First," that lay the foundation for a patient-driven healthcare system by making prices for items and services provided by all hospitals in the United States more transparent for patients so that they can be more informed about what they might pay for hospital items and services.


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WASHINGTON, Jan. 18 (UPI) -- President Obama rejected TransCanada Corp.'s application for the Keystone XL oil pipeline, the White House said Wednesday.
The State Department says it has not had enough time to assess whether the project, which would run through the Sand Hills area of Nebraska, is in the national interest. The State Department says it wants to see an assessment of alternative pipeline routes that would avoid the sensitive terrain.
Obama said his decision to deny the pipeline is due to a deadline imposed by Republicans in Congress.
"This announcement is not a judgment on the merits of the pipeline, but the arbitrary nature of a deadline that prevented the State Department from gathering the information necessary to approve the project and protect the American people," the president said in a statement Wednesday.
"In the months ahead, we will continue to look for new ways to partner with the oil and gas industry to increase our energy security -- including the potential development of an oil pipeline from Cushing, Okla., to the Gulf of Mexico -- even as we set higher efficiency standards for cars and trucks and invest in alternatives like biofuels and natural gas."
TransCanada will be able to file another application for a permit for the pipeline, which would run from Alberta, Canada, to Texas.
A measure signed in December that extended taxpayer benefits gave the president until Feb. 21 to make a decision on Keystone. Republican leaders support the pipeline, saying it would reduce dependence on Middle East oil and create U.S. jobs. Environmentalists, critical of the Alberta oil sands industry, have been vocal in their opposition to the pipeline.


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The ultra cool comic style graphics adopted by Linde Werdelin to market their watches are worthy of an animated feature film in themselves, and following on from the phenomenally successful Spidolite, like any good blockbuster, there is now a major new sequel sure to pull in the punters.
It's the SpidoLite II and it's staying true to Linde Werdelin's principles of edgy and innovative design, craftsmanship and advanced case construction.
In fact, it's the existing Spido case, also found in the SpidoSpeed chronograph, but what has been added is a subsidiary seconds dial at 9 o'clock and a recessed date display at 3 o'clock.
Unique case construction
The case construction is a unique three piece cylindrical chamber which safely carries the movement and locks on the sapphire crystal case-back while the skeletonised case part securely surrounds the chamber - and dial work. It consists of two skeletonised layers, seamlessly following the design philosophy of the case and adding depth to the watch when reading the time.
The blued steel hands create a vibrant contrast between the case, dial and strap. "Both versions of the SpidoLite II are monochromatic. The blued steel hands 'soften' the look of the watch," explains Morten Linde.
No room for error
Morten also remarks upon the exacting construction of the case:
"There is no room for error when producing the watch case and even less room for error when producing the SpidoLite case. Each facet, each angle, and each edge of a facet must be 100% where it should be. If a facet is 0.02mm too wide, an angle is deviated in the slightest, or an edge is not dead straight, The Reef or The Rock won't hold on."
Movement designed by Valérien Jaquet
SpidoLite II, described as a three dimensional multi-tiered design experience, is powered by an LW custom made automatic movement conceived by Valérien Jaquet of the Concepto manufacture (calibre 2251), clearly visible through the skeletonised dial and the sapphire crystal case-back. The movement bridges have been modified to further reveal the movement and finished with a 'black gold' treatment to match the rotor and colour of the case.
Available from November
SpidoLite II will be available in two versions; Titanium and Titanium Anthracite DLC and will be a numbered series starting with series A and limited to just 100 pieces each.
SpidoLite II Titanium and Titanium Anthracite DLC will retail at approximately $13,420 and $13,800 respectively from November 2011.


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Still on 10.12.6 and just recently Sophos is popping up saying:I've searched on their web site and found a questionable or at least it didn't make sense to me, set of terminal commands. I'm not ready to use those as I don't totally get terminal commands. I purchased their "premium" plan and had some luck finding a set of scripts to launch in terminal via text edit. That didn't help either.PHP Code:
Please contact your system administrator. You Mac is running with Non-stadard permissions on key directories and your Mac may be insecure Reference Sophos knowledge base article #131959
Those darned permissions, how to we fix them now? Any ideas?


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Everyone has a story. Everything has a story. This Apple Harvest Loaf Cake has a story, but it's not one that requires you to step away for a moment to grab a couple mugs of tea, and say, "Uh-uh" to assure me that you are listening, as you multitask in the kitchen. The story to this loaf cake isn't exactly a story that requires you to sit up, slide to the edge of your seat, and pay close attention to each word I share with you, however, I do ask you to listen because I know somewhere in all of my rambling, there'll be something that makes you say, "Makes sense!" Or "Phew! I'm glad I'm not the only one!" or even, "I needed this."
The story behind this autumnal loaf is one that reminded me of something I'd forgotten. I'd forgotten about feeling. I was lost in "I think"s and "however"s, for months- since the beginning of the year. Everything since then has been about my thoughts; in the midst of constant thinking, I'd forgotten the most important part of life- feeling. I'd forgotten to ask myself how I felt about certain situations, and at times I'd break down, hold my head, and on some days, I'd want to stay in bed the entire day, sulking and trying to forget everything. On some days, I did just that- I sat in bed, waiting for something to happen, passing time reading novels and blasting Indie hits on my headset trying to forget about everything.
I think it's natural for us to have these moments of melancholy once in a blue moon; there are times for cheeriness and there are times that require laying in bed in your favorite sweater and doing nothing. At the end of your melancholic state, or at least, when you try to put an end to it, a good friend always comes in handy. Not a friend that is only great to hang-out with, but one who listens and does kick you in the butt to remind you to live life. I have a good friend (hi, Lauren!) like that, and recently, in the middle of chaos and worry, and wanting to sit in bed with the covers over my head, Lauren reminded me to "just do what feels right" and to let life turn the pages on its own.
So, I did, and I am. And I slid out of bed with my favorite sweater, and baked a loaf cake.
It's just after 10PM here in New Jersey, and I first anticipated to share this loaf cake with you a few weeks ago, but each time I sat down to write, the words just couldn't find their way onto the page, and I remembered, "just do what feels right." It's simple, yet, so powerful. And because of this- and everything around me, I am inspired.
I'm inspired by the leaves pirouetting around the dark parking lot outside my bedroom windows. By the soft dying days and the maturing sun. By the wind that whispers in its sleep. By the russet red and copper-tinged leaves that hang from aging trees and cover the ground. By the branches of apple trees bent with the hectic red fruit.
Most of all, I am grateful. For friendship, and for living in a place where I can experience all four seasons. I do have my moments of displeasure with Winter's frosty kisses and dark days, the (what seems like) never-ending rain that welcomes Spring, the dreadfully muggy days that come chained to Summer, and the flashes of hot and cold that we experience throughout Autumn's visit.
Criticisms aside, during each season there is always something to look forward to. During the Winter time, there are the several mugs of orange-flavored hot chocolate. There's also the beautiful citrusy cakes and lip puckering lemon tarts, buttermilk biscuits, and hand made breads, all cranked-out by an oven working over-time. Beautiful verde asparagus and scallions ring in Springtime, making for sensationally simple and quick meals. Summertime welcomes in azurro blue skies, punnets of beautiful berries, and peaches so fragrant-fleshed and juicy, that rolling up your sleeves and standing in front of the kitchen sink is obligatory. Autumn is the tender voice that welcomes in silvery and misty blue skies, earthy foods, burnish red & viridescent blotched apples, sweater wearing, and loaf cakes.
I look forward to Autumn each year for these very reasons, silvery skies and all. Throughout the year, farmers' market bins are packed with apples, and rarely are they one of the highlights of the season. Come Autumn, they are at the center of attention, and rightfully so, if you ask me.
While the trees lilt to the wind's cooling autumn song, while copper toned leaves continue to fall onto the drying earth, while pine cones blanket forest floors, and while days seem to end earlier and earlier, I think it would only be appropriate to share this autumnally aromatic apple harvest loaf cake with you. It is a perfect time for apple anything, after all!
So, here's the deal. This apple loaf is hearty, and because of this- it does require quite a few ingredients, but the method to prepare it is as simple as mixing everything together in a large bowl, but there is a small catch, but before I even get to that, I will encourage you to bake this cake once you come home after a long day (or a couple hours before heading off to bed). Take your shoes off, change into comfortable clothes, set iTunes to shuffle, and get to baking.
The loaf starts off with mixing the topping ingredients in a small bowl: oats, rich light muscovado sugar, earthy cinnamon, a pinch of nutmeg, and pinch of fine grain sea salt. That is set aside, and the dry ingredients for the batter are mixed together.
The batter starts off with mixing together flour, natural cane sugar, toasted wheat germ, and almond meal in a large bowl. The almond meal is followed by an earthy snowfall of sifted light muscovado, added for richness, moisture, and sweetness. Baking powder and salt are mixed in. After that, the earthy spices are added- cinnamon, ground ginger, and nutmeg- along with a good handful of rolled oats (for texture and flavor). The bowl is set aside, and another bowl is pulled forward. In that bowl, yogurt, milk, melted butter, and an egg are briefly whisked together.
Once the vanilla colored liquid is whisked, it's then poured onto the dry ingredients, and everything is mixed with a wooden spoon until the flour is no longer visible, and the smell of spices dances to your nose- it happens instantly. Then, chopped apples, toasted walnuts, ruby red cranberries, and raisins as golden as a copper sunrise, are tossed into the batter, and mixed-through just until they're evenly distributed throughout.
The batter is then encouraged into the waiting loaf tin, the magical topping is sprinkled from a height, and the loaf makes its way into the oven for a little less than an hour, until a cold home is warmed by the sweet smells of autumn.
Once out of the oven-here's the catch I was talking about earlier- the loaf pan is immediately covered with aluminum foil, and set to cool overnight (about 8-12 hours give or take). This will not only make the cake exceptionally moist, but it will allow the flavors in the loaf to mingle together into something absolutely heavenly. This is why I encourage you to bake this after work, or a couple hours before heading off to bed because you'll be able to enjoy the loaf with a cup of coffee, tea, warm cider- whatever, in the morning. And boy, having this for breakfast is a good start to any hectic day. Now, I know that not all of us have the patience for this, and trust me, while I even tried to follow my own directions, sometimes my patience got the best of me, and I had to slice right in… So, if you're short on time or just lack the patience to wait (I know I've had many of these moments), let the cake cool in the pan for about 20 minutes or thereabouts, and then slice right in. I like slicing the cake right in the pan, then carefully pulling the entire loaf out using the parchment, for ease and less mess, but feel free to do whatever floats your boat.
For serving, I schmear the cake with a bit of salted butter, bedeck it with a few thin slices of apple and serve it with a good cuppa tea. I do suspect, however, honeyed almond butter and apple slices, or just butter alone, would be simply irresistible.
So, enough of my yapping, you've got an apple loaf to bake! :)
Apple Harvest Loaf Cake
Makes One 9×5-inch loaf
This apple loaf cake is hearty, and quite versatile. It does require quite a few ingredients, but the method for preparing the cake batter is very simple. Everything just needs to be mixed properly into a larger bowl, and poured into a parchment-lined loaf tin, and baked just until you can see the edges pulling away from the sides, and a cake tester inserted into the center of the loaf comes out clean, but not completely (you want a few crumbs to stick to the cake tester; it's a sign that your cake is baked, but still nice and moist).
I've tested the recipe many times, and each with slight variations: soft dark brown sugar instead of light muscovado sugar, almond meal in place of the wheat germ, buttermilk in place of the milk and yogurt, all cranberries and no raisins, all raisins and no cranberries, half all-purpose flour and half whole wheat pastry flour–and each variation works well. So, if you haven't any light muscovado sugar, or just can't find any, don't fret- use soft dark brown sugar instead. Don't like raisins? Use cranberries. Don't have yogurt? Use buttermilk.
This loaf cake is not your usual kind, it's easy, but it does require some time- in the form of waiting. There's a bit of resting involved, about 8-12 hours worth, which only betters the flavors of the cake. But even I don't follow my own directions sometimes, so if you lack the patience to let the cake rest (covered) overnight, or if you're short on time, let the cake cool in the pan for about 20 minutes or thereabouts, and then slice right in.
For the topping:
2 tablespoon / 14g Rolled Oats
1 tablespoon / 14g Packed Light Muscovado Sugar, (can use soft dark brown sugar)
Heaping ¼ teaspoon Ground Cinnamon
Pinch of Nutmeg
Pinch of Fine Grain Sea Salt
For the Cake:
1 Cup / 128g Unbleached All-Purpose Flour
½ cup (100g) Natural Cane Sugar / Granulated Sugar
½ cup / 50g Toasted Wheat Germ
½ cup / 40g Almond Meal
⅓ cup / 60g Packed Light Muscovado Sugar, Sifted (can use soft dark brown sugar)
1 tablespoon / 7g Ground Cinnamon
2 ½ teaspoons / 12g Baking Powder
1 ¼ teaspoons / 7g Fine Grain Sea Salt
¾ teaspoon Ground Ginger
½ teaspoon Ground Nutmeg
⅓ cup / 30g Rolled Oats
⅓ cup / 75g Greek Yogurt (no-fat is okay), at room temperature
⅓ cup / 75g Whole Milk, at room temperature
5 tablespoons / 70g Unsalted Butter, Melted
1 Large Egg, at room temperature
2 cups / 200g McIntosh Apples (about 2), cored & chopped into roughly 1cm pieces
½ cup / 35g Walnut Pieces, toasted and roughly chopped
¼ cup / 30g Dried Cranberries
¼ cup / 30g Golden Raisins (Sultanas)
Preparation:Preheat oven to 350F / 180C / Gas Mark 4, and line the bottom of a 9×5-inch (23cm) loaf pan with parchment paper.
Mix together the topping ingredients in a small bowl, and set aside.
For the cake, mix together the first 11 [dry] ingredients (from the flour to the oats) together in a large mixing bowl, and set aside.
In a separate bowl, briefly whisk together the greek yogurt, milk, melted butter, and the large egg.
Mix the yogurt mixture into the flour mixture until just combined.
Briefly stir in the apples, walnuts, cranberries, and golden raisins into the batter, just so that each of the ingredients are evenly distributed throughout the batter.
Pour the batter into the waiting parchment-lined loaf tin, and evenly sprinkle (from a height) the topping mixture over the top of the loaf. Bake in preheated oven for 50-55 minutes or until the cake is set on top and begins to pull away from the sides, and a cake tester inserted into the center of the loaf comes out clean.
Once baked, cover the loaf tin with aluminum foil, and let the cake rest covered for about 8-12 hours (refer to headnotes). Serve with salted butter or honeyed almond butter, a few thin apple slices, and a cup of warm cider, tea, or coffee.


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Six years after I first heard them, the statistics still haunt me: Eighty-six percent of Black children in the fourth grade read and do math below their grade level.
Black girls between the ages of 15 and 24 represent the greatest number of new HIV infections. Homicide is the leading cause of death for our boys. The village is on fire! And our love is the saving, healing water that legions of our children are literally dying for. When we listen we hear their cries rising above the flames. Their voices carry the incendiary pain and humiliation of intergenerational poverty that turns dreams to ashes: days of missed meals, uncertain safety and poorly resourced schools that plenish the pipeline to prison. These are among the many grievous thefts of potential impoverishing the lives of Black children in the land of plenty, a land made rich and powerful on the backs of our ancestors. And it's happening on our watch.
Attorney General Eric Holder charged a national task force with investigating how exposure to violence impacts children. I attended his December 14 meeting at which the culminating findings in the Defending Childhood report were delivered. The violence that children of this nation are subjected to in their homes and communities and glamorized in the media is relentless and chilling. Expert after expert cautioned that exposure to violence traumatizes children and that, unresolved, those traumas easily lead to deep depression and dysfunctional behaviors. These socially disruptive behaviors—our young people's cries for help—lead the nightly news from coast to coast, rousing shame and anxiety. We hold our collective breath and pray, Lord, don't let the crazed one be one of us. But the question that is never asked and answered is why are these young people acting out? What I have come to know in my personal and professional life is this: Understanding the cause of our pain and taking action to address it are crucial to our healing.
With understanding and action, we heal, grow and thrive in profound ways. Held up proudly, nurtured and supported, we have in past generations succeeded despite the often dire economic circumstances, troubled families and traumas that many of us endured coming of age. Who among us isn't carrying some hurt or depression or self-sabotaging habit we yet need to break?
We are a remarkable species, living at an extraordinary time in history, a marvel of creation, human and divine. Love is the divine aspect of our being. It is restorative and healing and elevates everything it touches. That's the promise. Love, God, Jehovah, Yahweh, Allah—call It what you will. Originating Spirit gave birth to all existence. It's the energy that governs and balances all in creation, every cell in every living thing. It is the unchanging, unfailing, eternal aspect of our being. Spiritual awareness inspires the love, walk-on-water faith, courage and creativity needed to heal everything within us and around us, including the damage done to our people over the seas and centuries. With love and caring we can create the beautiful future we want.
Among my baby-boomer peers are real-world exemplars of the good that is possible when a generation cares and acts out of love: We build schools and cultural institutions, develop businesses, write great books, compose great music and create dances that elevate the spirit. The generation that inspired me––that inspired the creation of Essence and the building of other Black institutions––stopped a war, moved young people out of gangs and into breakfast programs that often gave school children the only nutritious meal they had each day. We didn't pull a trigger to settle a beef or join gangs to make family. Even if our own family was broken, our community was whole and stood in the gap. Grownups did not fear or neglect the young. They loved, protected and corrected us. Today, under-resourced Black children have been all but discarded.
While there are no people on earth more kind, caring and creative than us Black folks, a certain world-weariness has crept into our days. As a group, we able African Americans have half-stepped around our moral responsibility to care for "the least of these." We cannot minimize the external threats to Black advancement, but our greatest challenges are endemic. Ours is a spiritual crisis. Our spirit is fed by faith and nourished in community. But the social bonds that once tied us to one another are frayed. We have forgotten who we are and what we're supposed to be doing here; forgotten that "we are each other's keeper…each other's magnitude and bond," as the late, great Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Gwendolyn Brooks reminded us. Like our foreparents, who made possible the privileges we now take for granted, we must live for a purpose greater than the acquisition and accumulation of more stuff to stumble over, clutter our path and obstruct our vision. The terrain we traverse today is not even the rough side of the mountain; the rough side is behind us, cleared for us by those who came before us. We are uniquely positioned among people of African descent to make that final assault on the summit of our aspirations, if we will commit to doing what has become most difficult for us as a people: link arms and aims, make a plan and get along with one another to see it through.
We say that God is love. But love is a verb. It requires us to do something, to actively care for ourselves and serve one another from the overflow. In the image and likeness of that Love and caring that gives Itself away to the world, we can move strategically, creatively toward economic and social justice. No obstructions strewn in our path will deter or impede us when we stand for the high purpose and move forward—together. But we've got to move. We've got to push Black leaders to humble themselves, allow love, not ego, to lead. And if they won't lead, then they must follow and bring their constituents and congregants along. Our children cannot continue to die outside the temple doors while we "praise His holy name" within. We are all here on assignment. We honor God when caring for our vulnerable young. Hands that serve are holier than lips that pray.
In January we celebrated the 150th anniversary of the signing of the Emancipation Proclamation. Just six years before that hard-won acknowledgment of our humanity on the long march toward freedom, the U.S. Supreme Court decided in Dred Scott v. Sandford (1857) that African Americans were "so far inferior that they had no rights which the white man was bound to respect." But Frederick Douglass, even in the face of the Dred Scott decision, envisioned an end to slavery just down the road. If during the most despicable time in this nation's history, a man who was born into slavery could lead abolitionists and a president to take a stand on the right side of history, let us not retreat from making the only moral choice before us in our time. We have everything we need: creativity, connectivity, education, resources, access, a history of triumph and a pantheon of way-showers. We can learn to work together better; choose healthier, life-sustaining behaviors; fill our hearts with love and gratitude and do this work that is ours to do. We can reclaim and secure the young lives we abandoned and rebuild the village. And we can do it well by mentoring.
Mentoring—a low-cost, high-returns solution—works miracles. In the tradition of our ancestors, whether we are rich or poor, formally educated or not, and though none of our lives is perfect, we can provide a protective shield for the children. Done well and consistently, mentoring changes even the most challenged young lives. But when the call goes out for mentors, White women and men are the first respondents. Black women and men too often are not in the mix, while the wait lists at youth-serving organizations continue to swell with Black children, the vast majority of them our beautiful boys, waiting….
The National CARES Mentoring Movement, founded as Essence CARES in the wake of Hurricane Katrina, is committed to changing this in the now time! Before we began our work, there was no national infrastructure in place to engage desperately needed Black men and women volunteers. Operating in nearly 60 U.S. cities under the leadership of devoted volunteer community leaders, CARES is determined to ensure that all Black children needing guidance and role models are surrounded by a circle of caring, supportive adults who are committed to volunteering just one hour a week of their time as mentors. Because our program evaluators have determined that the stress of competing pressures is a major factor distracting many African Americans and diverting our energies away from critically needed engagement in mentoring today, CARES is building single-gender Wellness Mentoring Circles––safe spaces, where mentors share their challenges and triumphs, support one another, build community among themselves and learn to manage stress. When we are healthy and whole we're better equipped to support our children. This year, in more than a dozen cities, we are piloting programs with our partners that undergird our children academically, emotionally and socially.
To date, CARES has recruited more than 125,000 mentors for upwards of 135,000 children. But it's not enough. So I'm asking that you stand in the gap and volunteer an hour a week to help guide our young who need more caring adults in their lives. Our children losing ground need your congregation, your block association, your friends and family, they need our fraternities and sororities to take action. We need all hands on deck, and the best way to get others to step up is to get engaged ourselves and express the joy we feel and the healing that occurs when doing God's work.
You can email me at email@example.com or visit our website, www.caresmentoring.org, to get connected with a local CARES Affiliate. You can also start a mentor-recruitment movement in your area. Linking arms and aims, we can ensure the village that now burns will be reborn, phoenix-like, from the ashes, and that our children will soar, dreams first, into a new day.
Susan L. Taylor is the founder and CEO of National CARES Mentoring Movement. For 27 years she served as the chief editor of Essence magazine. Learn more about the programs of National CARES at www.caresmentoring.org.


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We are an established business that have been teaching kids age 2 and up "AllSportz" for 10 years.
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We run after school programs as well as holiday programs and we need you to build our brand!
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