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Friday, May 23, 2008
Check out these two Features!
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Tuesday, May 20, 2008
Featured on Talent Database!
Well, this is some fun news, erin garrison design has just been put in the 'featured' section on the photography portal of Talent Database! Check it out here (and look for my little black and white funky flower):
or you can go directly to my portfolio here:
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Monday, May 19, 2008
Urban Photo Safari 2008
We participated in something called the Urban Photo Safari in Kansas City this past weekend. Basically they give you a map, and you just wander around shooting whatever strikes you for four hours. It was a lot of fun, and I'll be back next year! If you are in the Kansas City area, and like to take pictures, amateur or professional, it doesn't matter, I highly recommend you check it out next year! Here is the Flickr group where, on Friday, you can see everyone's results!
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Saturday, May 17, 2008
Blog Features!
Yay! erin garrison design had 3 blog features this week! Thanks to Christina at Elite Art and Kristen at Wild Magic Designs. Also thanks to Timothy Adam Designs for including me in his buried treasury blog! You can check them out below!
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Friday, May 16, 2008
Trying New Things!
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Thursday, May 15, 2008
Just made my first sale!!!
So, I'm pretty excited about that! I just sold my 'Yellow against Blue' print. Yay!
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Wednesday, May 14, 2008
Look at me! I'm blogging!!!
Well, here I am. I've created a blog. Now I actually have to do it, I guess!
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Strom Thurmond/Clarks Hill Lake, On the border of South Carolina and Georgia.
One-sided 24″x36″ Map. Waterproof & Tear Resistant!
Lake Thurmond is a huge 70,000 acre with a shoreline of 1,200 miles reservoir built by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers dwarfs most other lakes in South Carolina with the exception of the Santee Cooper Lakes. Lake Thurmond, formerly known as Clarks Hill Reservoir, is the third lake in a chain of lakes built by the U.S. Corps of Engineers on the Savannah River near North Augusta, SC and Augusta Georgia.
Lake Thurmond is truly a great fishing lake. The stripers here grow to enormous size, and the lake once held the state record for a striped bass over 50 lbs. Largemouth bass also grow very large here. Sometimes you can see the big bass just cruising the shoreline. But beware, there are plenty of giant bass here that qualify to be "the one that got away."

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MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota (CNN) -- The deadly outbreak of salmonella traced to a Georgia peanut plant was fueled by poor oversight by food safety regulators and a slow response by federal agencies, state health officials and outside experts say.
Amid a recall, the FDA has begun a criminal inquiry into the Peanut Corporation of America's Blakely, Georgia, plant.
Eight deaths have been linked to the outbreak, which has sickened at least 575 people in 43 U.S. states and one in Canada. Thousands of peanut products have been pulled off store shelves since mid-January. But the first cases occurred more than four months earlier -- and critics say the federal Food and Drug Administration stepped in too late to prevent a bigger problem.
"It's pretty frustrating when you have cases where you have onsets starting back in September and you don't get a recall until January," said Stephanie Meyer, an epidemiologist with the Minnesota Department of Health.
Minnesota authorities identified peanut butter as the culprit in the outbreaks in early January. Among the deaths linked to salmonella was that of 72-year-old Shirley Almer of Perham, Minnesota, who died December 21.
"They said 'Your mother had a stool sample tested, and she tested positive for salmonella,' " said her son, Jeff Almer. "We were just, like, 'What?' It was stunning to hear that. How could that have happened?"
Almer's family is suing the Peanut Corporation of America, whose plant in Blakely, Georgia, has been identified as the source of the outbreak. The FDA is urging that every product produced there since the beginning of 2007 be thrown away.
Food safety experts said the underlying cause of the problem, however, is that the century-old system of regulation is broken. In this case, the experts said, the federal government failed to oversee the safety of products coming out of the Blakely plant and was slow to identify it as the source of the salmonella.
The first problem is that almost nothing can stop companies from shipping contaminated food, said William Hubbard, a former FDA associate commissioner who testified before a Senate committee Thursday.
"American food processors are able to essentially make anything they want, any way they want, and the burden is on the FDA to find a problem and correct it," Hubbard said. "It should be the other way around, in which the food processor is told, 'You need to prevent contamination of your food before you enter it into the food supply.' "
The second problem, he said, is that there are not enough federal inspections of food plants.
According to the FDA, it last inspected PCA's Blakely plant in 2001, before the company started producing peanut butter. It relied on state inspectors to review the factory in 2006, 2007 and 2008 -- and those inspections showed unsanitary practices the FDA later said were "somewhat resolved."
"It was not until 2007, when the plant was inspected under FDA contract by the Georgia Department of Agriculture, that we recognized that in addition to just producing peanuts, they were producing peanut butter and peanut paste," Dr. Steve Sundlof of the agency's Food Safety and Applied Nutrition center told the Senate Agriculture Committee on Thursday.
When federal officials obtained the company's records, they discovered that 12 times in the past two years the company knowingly shipped products that initial tests showed were contaminated with salmonella.
But the Virginia-based company denied it shipped dangerous products, and said follow-up tests showed its products were salmonella free. It said it paid for private inspections in 2008 that gave the plant "superior" and "excellent" ratings.
"Our top priority has been -- and will continue to be -- to ensure the public safety," the company said. It said it is "continuing to work day and night with the FDA and other officials to determine the source of the problem and ensure that it never happens again."
However, Georgia Agriculture Commissioner Tommy Irvin said in January that if a food product tests positive for salmonella once and another test comes back negative, "You believe the one that is positive." Irvin said once salmonella is found in a product, "That lot should be destroyed, but wasn't."
According to the FDA, federal officials depend on manufacturers themselves to safeguard the food they make. The agency steps in when it learns that "adequate steps have not been taken and there is a potential for food contamination," Sundlof said.
"More should have been done by this company," he said. "Obviously, their sanitary measures were inadequate to prevent salmonella from entering their product, and it is the responsibility of the food industry to produce safe food."
The outbreak also has turned a spotlight onto how food products get recalled -- another issue that experts say needs to be fixed.
"The FDA does not have authority to force a manufacturer who's producing contaminated food to recall it," Hubbard said. "They can beg them to, but they cannot order them to -- and that's a flaw in the system."
Minnesota health officials said recalls should have taken place much earlier in this case, but disagreements between state and federal officials delayed them. The first, limited recall from the company came on January 10, a day after Minnesota officials publicly linked peanut butter made by PCA to the outbreak.
Meyer said her agency told the FDA that it suspected peanut butter from the Blakely plant and asked for help, but the FDA wanted better evidence.
Other officials said the Centers for Disease Control also failed to recognize the source of the outbreak fast enough.
The CDC first noticed clusters of salmonella cases in November. But because there are no federal standards or mandatory guidelines that states must follow to detect food-borne illnesses, many states had trouble figuring out why people were getting sick.
Dr. Michael Osterholm, a former head epidemiologist for Minnesota's state health department, said CDC officials were still looking at chicken as a potential source of the outbreak "11 days after Minnesota made the peanut butter announcement."
"And you know what? That is irresponsible," he said.
FDA officials said they moved as fast as they could given the evidence they had. But Dr. Robert Tauxe, deputy director of the CDC's food-borne bacterial illness division, agreed the system is overly complicated, prone to delays and underfunded.
"The reality is that we have 50 different states, each with their own authorities, each with their own processes and each with their own budgets," Tauxe said.
Hubbard said the result is "an embarrassment" to a 21st-century nation -- about 5,000 deaths a year from food poisoning, with another 325,000 hospitalized and tens of millions sickened, according to CDC figures.
"We are losing the equivalent of the World Trade Center attacks every eight months to food-borne illness," Hubbard said.
Almer said no one told him his mother's death was linked to a nationwide outbreak. He read about it in the newspaper.
"I even mentioned to my wife, Rebecca, 'That's got to be my mom,' " he said. "And she's like, 'No, no.' And I'm like, 'It's gotta be her, they said she had salmonella.' But I don't know why we weren't told if it is her."
In a recent interview, President Obama told NBC, "At bare minimum, we should be able to count on our government keeping our kids safe when they eat peanut butter."
Peanut Corporation of America now faces a federal criminal investigation into the outbreak, the FDA announced in January. Company executives are expected to appear before Congress next week.
CNN's Miriam Falco and Matt Smith contributed to this report.
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Community Builders
A few weeks ago I attended
a conference for rural electric cooperative directors. Their agenda was
filled with topics addressing current industry trends.
These elected directors were
men and women with reputations as progressive and aggressive community
builders. They built a consumer-owned electric cooperative system that
some said couldnt be built. And, through the years they have fought
successfully against those who would tear it down.
An evening dinner was included in the conference schedule. After dinner
we were treated to a program that ended with a thought provoking poem.
I will share a part of that poem with you as I think it is forever relevant.
The Builder
(Author unknown)
I saw them
tearing a building down,
A team of men in my hometown.
With a heave and a ho and a yes, yes yell,
They swung a beam and a sidewall fell.
And I said to the foreman,
Are these men skilled?
Like the ones youd use if you had to build?
And he laughed and said,
Oh no, indeed
The most common labor is all I need,
for I can destroy in a day or two
what takes a builder many years to do.
The speaker that night was
a young man from rural northwest Missouri. He went on to tell his audience
that in his short lifetime he had observed both those who build and those
who tear down. He was, everyone understood, talking about a lot more than
He asked each of us to reflect
on the broad meaning of the poem and think about how those we work with
might describe each of us. During
the short time the young man was with us, he gave us some pretty heavy
stuff to ponder. As he closed, he encouraged us to think about the deep
meaning of the poem each day.
Reprinting this short poem
in my column gives me an opportunity to thank our community builders for
the very important contributions they make.
We truly do appreciate your
very important and continuing efforts to improve our great state. Thank
you and keep up the good work.
Stork was executive
vice president of the Association of Missouri
Electric Cooperatives and a member of Three Rivers Electric Co-op.


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We did this as we did not have enough time to do it ourselves, and hiring someone for in house SEO would cost 4-5 times the amount (Australian employee not overseas contractor).
However, the problem with any SEO company is as they are a business, they will have to make profit. As such, you will get 1/3 the amount of hours worked from a SEO company compared to if you hired a SEO person directly. Or you pay 3x the amount for the same amount of work, whichever way you look at it.
Another problem is that any SEO company will not be as in tuned with your business as a person working for you full-time. You are able to work closer with a person working for you.
I am considering trialling out the use of SEO contractors via oDesk. I have been referred to these SEO contractors by another non-conflicting business by their CIO who has advanced knowledge of SEO. I have a good understanding of SEO as well as I have a background in Web Development. The CIO has had a very good experience with these contractors and works with them closely weekly, directing their activities and checking their work. The appeal to me was that these contractors have done good work for this CIO, will work 20 hours a week+ on your SEO and have good reporting (full log and disclosure of all work performed such as backlinks created, onsite changes make etc).
I have a good understanding of SEO, I already know which keywords to target etc, so really I just need someone to do the nitty gritty work of off-site optimisation. These SEO companies come from the point of view that most of their clients have no idea, where as I have a pretty good idea.
My first question is what do you think about using these SEO contractors as our in house SEO team.
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Judge appoints guardian in Belcher baby custody battle
Jovan Belcher's mother seeking custody of 4-month-old
A Jackson County judge appointed a guardian Friday to represent the daughter of a Kansas City Chiefs player who killed the girl's mother before taking his own life.
Cheryl Shepherd, mother of Jovan Belcher, is seeking custody of 4-month-old Zoey Belcher and to be named administrator of her son's estate.
Belcher fatally shot Zoey's mother, Kasandra Perkins, at their Kansas City home Dec. 1, before killing himself in front of coaches and Chiefs officials outside Arrowhead Stadium.
Shepherd, of West Babylon, N.Y., took temporary custody of Zoey after the shooting. KMBC's Kerri Stowell reported that the Shepherd gave Zoey to Perkins' family so she could attend her mother's funeral in December, but she was never returned to Shepherd. Relatives of Perkins have filed a petition in Austin, Texas, also seeking custody.
The judge appointed Scott Manuel as a guardian. Stowell said he will investigate who is better qualified to raise Zoey.
Zoey's estate or guardian will receive more than $1 million under terms of the NFL's collective bargaining agreement, including $108,000 annually over the next four years, $48,000 in the fifth year and $52,000 each year until she turns 18. She can keep receiving that amount until she is 23 if she attends college.
A trust funded by the Hunt family, which owns the Chiefs, along with team coaches, players, employees and contributions from the public, will help care for the child. Also, Belcher's beneficiary will receive $600,000 in life insurance, plus $200,000 for each credited season - Belcher was in his fourth season at the time of his death - and $100,000 in a retirement account.


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EDMONTON — Ask the NHL rank-and-file to vote on the game's best player, and I'd say 70 per cent of them would scribble C-R-O-S-B-Y.
But Sidney Crosby, the superstar Pittsburgh Penguins captain, has won only one most-valuable player award and he's been in the league since 2005. How can that be?
You can throw out two seasons when Crosby had his concussion issues in Pittsburgh and only played 21 and 41 games, but that's still only one Hart Trophy in the other six seasons. Alex Ovechkin has three MVPs and Crosby has one. There's something wrong with this picture.
OK, Crosby and Evgeni Malkin are the ultimate tag-team partners in Pittsburgh, and Malkin's won once and been runner-up twice, splitting the vote.
But Crosby got jobbed during the 48-game lockout season. He had 56 points in 36 games, missing a dozen games with a broken jaw. Ovechkin had the same number points but in the full 48 for the Capitals. More goals (32) swung the tide, but again, in 12 more games.
That's the only other time Crosby has even been runner-up in the voting, in case you're wondering.
Crosby, who has kept the Penguins afloat this season through 500-man games lost to a grocery list of injuries from Kris Letang's stroke to linemate Pascal Dupuis's wrecked knee, isn't going to be denied again. He's the only NHLer with 100 points, he's in the top 10 in goals with 36, he's figured in close to 44 per cent of the Penguins' goals, and when he gets a point, Pittsburgh's only lost eight of 55 games in regulation time. He's done all that with Malkin missing 20 games and James Neal 23.
Here's how the season awards should go:
Hart Trophy (MVP)
1. Sidney Crosby, Pittsburgh
2. Ryan Getzlaf, Anaheim
3. Semyon Varlamov, Colorado
Getzlaf didn't get much love in 2010-11 to help linemate Corey Perry to 50 goals and the Hart, over Danny Sedin that campaign, but he makes the Ducks go. Twenty-six of his 31 goals are even-strength, he's got eight game-winning goals and he's plus-29. Varlamov is the reason the Avs are the most surprising NHL team. He's won more games, 41, than his current coach Patrick Roy ever won in a single-season. He's playing behind a defence with Andre Benoit, Nate Guenin, Tyson Barrie and Nick Holden that had 122 games of NHL experience coming into this year.
Norris Trophy (Top defenceman)
1. Drew Doughty, Los Angeles
2. Shea Weber, (Nashville)
3. Duncan Keith (Chicago)
This is the toughest of all the categories, with Zdeno Chara, Ryan Suter and Alex Pietrangelo very close, and large applause to Mark Giordano in Calgary, who's had a terrific season.
Doughty was the best Canadian player in the Olympics, a towering, confident puck-mover and responsible defensively. Some say his play has dropped off marginally since Sochi, but the kid taken in the draft behind Steve Stamkos in 2008 can do it all.
Weber has never won the Norris, but on a team with almost no juice offensively at forward, he's their ultimate weapon. He broke Tim Jackman's hand and smashed Freddie Andersen in the mask with shots a week or so ago. The Oilers would die to get him off the Predators. Keith and partner Brent Seabrook are the best tandem in the league. Keith gets the puck up ice faster than anybody else.
Calder Trophy (top rookie)
1. Nathan MacKinnon, Colorado
2. Hampus Lindholm, Anaheim
3. Jake Trouba, Winnipeg
MacKinnon, the youngest player in the league (he doesn't turn 19 until September) has phenomenal wheels and a wrister like Petr Nedved used to unleash. He's going to win scoring championships someday. He should be first on every ballot. Lindholm and Trouba are sensational, calm, rookie defencemen playing huge minutes.
Jack Adams Trophy (coach of year)
1. Patrick Roy, Colorado
2. John Cooper, Tampa
3. Claude Julien, Boston
Roy had many critics when hired with people wondering how he'd translate from junior (Quebec City) to the pros, but it's been seamless and the Avs are the NHL's darlings going from 29th place last year to almost No. 1 in points this season. Cooper dealt with the loss of Stamkos to a broken leg for 45 games and kept the truck moving. Very good motivator, calm under fire. The coach of the best team in the league often doesn't get the props they deserve, but Julien has done superb job with Bruins with a very young blue-line corps.
Vezina Trophy (top goalie)
1. Semyon Varlamov, Colorado.
2. Tuukka Rask, Boston
3. Ben Bishop, Tampa Bay
See above for Varlamov. Had off-ice issues this year which weighed on him but very consistent work. Rask is best Finnish goalie right now, and they've got a full stable of good ones around the NHL. Bishop, nursing sore wrist as playoffs loom, is a six-foot-seven giant and a workhorse.
Selke Trophy (top two-way forward)
1. Patrice Bergeron, Boston
2. Anze Kopitar, Los Angeles
3. Jonathan Toews, Chicago
Bergeron has taken more faceoffs than anybody else, has more than 60 points, and his hockey IQ is through the roof. Kopitar doesn't get nearly enough love for how responsible he is without the puck. When L.A. is down 5-on-3, Kopitar is the forward out there, usually an indicator who the best defensive forward is. Toews (shoulder), who could miss some of the early playoffs, won last year, Bergeron the year before.
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We are the nation's leading resource and advocacy organization for crime victims and those who serve them. Please join us as we forge a national commitment to help victims of crime rebuild their lives.
The trauma of victimization is a direct reaction to the aftermath of crime. Crime victims suffer a tremendous amount of physical and psychological trauma. The primary injuries victims suffer can be grouped into three distinct categories: physical, financial and emotional. When victims do not receive the appropriate support and intervention in the aftermath of the crime, they suffer "secondary" injuries.
The physical injury suffered by victims may be as apparent as cuts, bruises, or broken arms and legs. However, it is not uncommon for victims to be fatigued, unable to sleep, or have increased or decreased appetites. Many victims believe that the stress caused by victimization endangers them to physical problems later in life. Victims and survivors suffer financially when their money or jewelry is taken, when their property is damaged, when their medical insurances does not cover all expenses, and when they must pay funeral costs. The primary emotional injuries of victimization cause both immediate and long-term reactions to victims, their loved ones and, sometimes, their friends.
Dr. Morton Bard, co-author of The Crime Victim's Book, has described a victim's reaction to crime as the crisis reaction.1 Victims will react differently depending upon the level of personal violation they experience and their state of equilibrium at the time of victimization. Victims of non-violent crimes -- such as theft -- may experience less of a personal violation than victims of violent crimes, however, that is not always the case. Homicide is the ultimate violation for a crime victim, and leaves behind the victim's survivors to experience the personal violation. All people have their own "normal" state of equilibrium. This normal state is influenced by everyday stressors such as illness, moving, changes in employment, and family issues. When any one of these changes occur, equilibrium will be altered, but should eventually return to normal. When people experience common stressors and are then victimized, they are susceptible to more extreme crisis reactions. There are certain common underlying reactions that a victim will undergo either in the immediate hours or days after the crime. Frequent responses to a criminal victimization include, but are not limited to: shock; numbness; denial; disbelief; anger; and, finally, recovery.
These are some ideas that may help you cope with the trauma or loss:
Shock and numbness are usually considered a part of the initial stage of the crisis reaction. Victims are faced with a situation beyond their control, and some may almost immediately go into shock and become disoriented for a while.
Victims may experience what is referred to as the "fight or flight" syndrome. The "fight or flight" syndrome is a basic automatic physiological response that individuals have no control over. Because many victims do not understand this response, and their lack of control over it, they do not understand why they fled instead of fought, and vice versa. A woman who takes a self-defense course may blame herself when confronted with an attacker because she is unable to put into practice what she has learned. A man may be criticized, or not believed, if he did not fight back when confronted. To question a victim's response to a criminal incident is to inflict a second injury on that crime victim and can cause emotional harm.
In many instances, physical and emotional paralyses occur whereby the victim is unable to make rational decisions such as reporting the incident to the police or obtaining medical attention. The individual loses control, feels vulnerable, lonely, and confused; the sense of self becomes invalidated.
In this phase, victims' moods will fluctuate. As Steven Berglas states in his article "Why Did This Happen to Me?", victims almost always think, "This could not have happened to me!" or "Why did this happen to me?" Many will replay the disturbing event by dreaming, having nightmares or even fantasies about killing or causing bodily harm to the offender.2 Survivors or homicide victims may even express anger at their loved one, believing that if the victim had done something differently, he or she would not have been killed. During this period, victims must contend with a variety of stressful emotions, such as fear, despair, self-pity, and even guilt and shame for their anger and hostility.
If victims are to recover form the traumatic event, it is crucial that they are provided with the proper support during the initial impact stage and throughout the criminal justice process. Immediate crisis intervention is needed. Trained crisis intervenors should inquire about the victim's welfare by asking if they feel safe, assuring victims that they are safe if that is true, and determining if they are in need of medical attention. Victims will often blame themselves for the crime. The crisis intervenor needs to assure the victim that they were not at fault. If these initial and crucial steps are missing, the trauma can have long-term effects on the healing and recovery process. After experiencing the initial traumatic reactions to victimization, victims will most likely undertake the task of rebuilding their equilibrium. Their lives will never be the same, but they begin to regain some form of control and a sense of confidence.
Every victim's experience is different, and the recovery process can be extremely difficult. It can take a few months or years -- or an entire lifetime -- depending upon the variables involved. For instance, if an individual has suffered from other traumatic incidents prior to the victimization -- such as the death of a close relative or friend -- his or her initial emotional reaction, reorganization and recovery might be different from someone who is experiencing victimization for the first time. The road to recovery is very similar to a roller-coaster with unexpected "ups and downs." This is why crisis intervention and supportive counseling play a significant role in helping victims recover.
If victims have difficulty rebuilding or finding a new equilibrium, they may suffer from a long-term crisis reaction or from posttraumatic stress disorder. Victims never completely forget about the crime. The pain may lessen and even subside, but their lives are changed forever. Victims who suffer from long-term crisis reactions can be thrown back into the initial crisis reaction by what are known as "triggers." Many victims will have particular triggers that remind them of their victimization, such as sights, smells, noises, birthdays, holidays or the anniversary of the crime.
Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) was first applied to military veterans who experienced psychological trauma while serving in combat. Researchers are now applying this syndrome to crime victims. Being a victim of crime does not necessarily mean that an individual will develop PTSD. If victims receive appropriate crisis intervention, the chances of developing PTSD are reduced.
Some recognizable symptoms of PTSD are:
PTSD is a very complicated diagnosis and the presence of any of the above-mentioned symptoms does not mean that a person is suffering from PTSD. This bulletin does not provide the proper forum for a complete review.
Victims not only have to struggle with primary injuries in the aftermath of the crime, but they must also battle with the "secondary" injuries. Secondary injuries are injuries that occur when there is a lack of proper support. These injuries can be caused by friends, family and most often by the professionals victims encounter as a result of the crime. Law enforcement officers, prosecutors, judges, social service workers, the media, coroners, clergy, and even mental health professionals can cause secondary injuries. Those individuals may lack the ability or training to provide the necessary comfort and assistance to the victim. Often, those individuals blame the victim for the crime. Failing to recognize the importance of the crime or to show sympathy can be damaging to the victim's self-worth and recovery process.
Perhaps the most agonizing experience for victims involves dealing with the criminal justice system if and when an offender is apprehended. At this level, the crime is considered to have been committed against the state, and victims become witnesses to the crimes. This procedure is very difficult for the crime victim to understand and come to terms with, because in the victim's mind, he or she is the one who has suffered emotionally, physically, psychologically and financially. At this stage of the process, a victim can sometimes feel that he or she is losing complete control because he or she is not directly involved in the prosecution or sentencing of the offender.
However, participation in the criminal justice system can aid victims in rebuilding their lives. If victims are kept well-informed about the criminal proceedings and feel that they have a voice in the process, they will feel that they are a part of a team effort. This added effort enables victims to understand the judicial process and helps to return to them a sense of control to their lives and circumstances.
In order to have a better understanding of the aftermath of criminal victimization, we must begin to accept the reality that crime is random, senseless and can happen to anyone regardless of the precautions that are taken to prevent being victimized. We must also understand that a victim's life is turned upside down when he or she becomes a victim of crime. In order to help victims learn to trust society again and regain a sense of balance and self-worth, we must educate all those who come in contact with victims and survivors. With proper training, all professionals will be better able to assist victims in dealing with the aftermath and trauma of victimization.
1. Bard, Morton and Dawn Sangrey. (1986). The Crime Victim's Book. Secaucus, NJ: Citadel Press.
2. Berglas, Steven. (1985, February). "Why Did this Happen to Me?", Psychology Today: 44-48.
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There are two ways to access your student class schedule. The first method allows you to quickly see your courses in your web browser, while the second allows you to see your courses in the calendar application of your choice.
IMPORTANT: Please be aware that these class schedules DO NOT take into account the existence of holidays or shifted days (such as a Tuesday following a Monday schedule). In other words, these class schedules will show your Monday classes every Monday for the whole semester, which may not be 100% accurate.
1. Log into myStevens by going to stevens.edu/ms
2. Go to Student/Faculty Web Self Services by clicking the icon on the right.
3. Click Student & Financial Aid
4. Along the top of the page, there is a blue bar. Hover over the Registration menu and click on Student Schedule. This is where you will see a general view of your schedule. If you want a more detailed schedule, hover over Registration again and click on Detailed Schedule.
It is now possible to download an .ICS file of your class schedule which can be imported into many popular calendar applications.
2. Click on Download Student Class Schedule.
3. Save the file to your computer, and remember the location for when you import into one of the following applications.
1. In your Google Calendar, click the Gear icon in the top right corner and go into your calendar settings. Then, click on Calendars near the top left.
2. Click the Create a new calendar button near the middle of the page. You can name the calendar something like "Fall 2013 Schedule"
3. If you are taken out of the settings page, go back into settings per step 1 above.
4. Click on Import calendar near the middle of the page.
4. Browse for the .ICS file you downloaded.
5. Select the calendar you made in step 2.
6. Click Import. Be patient while the calendar is imported -- there is no indication of progress, but it is working. Eventually it will say that your events were imported successfully.
1. In Outlook click on the File tab in the upper left hand corner of the window. Then click on Open, then Import.
2. In the Import and Export Wizard, make sure the Import an iCalendar (.ics) or vCalendar file (.vcs) listing is highlighted and click on the Next > button.
3. Browse for the .ics file you downloaded and click Open.
4. Click on the Open as New button. Outlook will import the calendar and automatically open it once it has loaded.
In Thunderbird, calendars are handled by an add-on called Lightning, which is also an official Mozilla product. If you don't already have Lightning installed, click on Tools, then Add-ons, then type "Lightning" into the search box at the top right. Click the Install button to the right of the Lightning entry. You may need to restart Thunderbird after installing Lightning.
1. Click on the File menu, go to the New... submenu, and select Calendar...
2. Leave On My Computer selected and click Continue.
3. Name the calendar something like "Fall 2013 Schedule", and choose a color and associated email address if you like, then click Continue.
4. From the Events and Tasks menu, select Import...
5. Browse for the .ics file you downloaded and click Open.
6. Select the calendar you created in step 3, and click OK. To see your calendar, click on the Events and Tasks menu and select Calendar.
1. In iCal, click on File, then Import, then Import....
2. Browse for the .ics file and click on the Import button.
3. When the Add Events window pops up, change the dropdown to New Calendar and click the Ok button. iCal will now import the calendar as a new calendar.


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International Standards and Conformity Assessment for all electrical, electronic and related technologies
Automatic electrical controls
TC 72 Scope
To prepare standards related to inherent safety, to the operating characteristics where such are associated with applicational safety, and to the testing of automatic electrical control devices used in appliances and other apparatus, electrical and non-electrical, for household and similar purposes, but also extended to industrial purposes when no dedicated product standards exist, such as that for central heating, air conditioning, process heating building automation, etc., including the following:
1. Automatic electrical control devices, mechanically, electromechanically, electrically or electronically operated, responsive to or controlling parameters such as temperature, pressure, passage of time, humidity, light, electrostatic effect, flow or liquid level.
2. Automatic electrical control devices serving the starting of small motors that are used principally in appliances and apparatus for household and similar purposes. Such control devices may be built into or be separate from the motor.
3. Non-automatic control devices when such are associated with automatic control devices.
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Provides some types and related items on Windows to be compatible with the System.Posix.* libraries
See also System.IO.StatCompat, which this module re-exports.
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On non-Windows platforms, this module does nothing.
On Windows, it re-exports System.IO.StatCompat. It also provides various file type information modes that are otherwise in System.Posix.Types or System.Posix.Files. It also provides a rudimentary implemention of getFileStatus that emulates the Posix call to stat(2).
Common usage might be like this:
import System.Posix.Types #ifdef mingw32_HOST_OS import System.IO.WindowsCompat #else import System.Posix.Files #endif
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Double-Blind, Placebo Controlled Pilot Study of Octanoic Acid in Essential Tremor
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|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00848172
Recruitment Status : Completed
First Posted : February 20, 2009
Results First Posted : December 27, 2012
Last Update Posted : December 27, 2012
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- Essential tremor (ET) is a neurological disorder characterized by uncontrollable shaking. Several medications are used to treat ET; however, they are often only partly effective and can have side effects.
- Research studies have shown that octanol, a food additive similar to alcohol, can improve tremor in animals. Octanol is less likely to make people drunk than alcohol. Two earlier NIH studies found that one form of octanol, called 1-octanol, did improve tremor in some people and had few side effects.
- In the body, 1-octanol is converted to octanoic acid. Researchers are interested in finding out whether octanoic acid can help people with ET.
- To find out if octanoic acid can improve hand tremor in people with essential tremor.
- To measure levels of octanoic acid in the blood after it is taken.
- Patients 21 years of age and older with ET, who are willing to abstain from alcohol, caffeine, and all medications as required by the study and who are willing and able to fast for up to 12 hours at a time.
- Participants may not be of Asian or Native American ancestry because of genetic susceptibilities to the intoxicating effects of the study drug.
- This study requires a 3-day hospital admission as well as two outpatient visits.
- Visit 1 (outpatient): Screening visit and blood alcohol level test
- Medical history, physical and neurological examination, a blood test, and an electrocardiogram to measure heart function. Women who are able to get pregnant will have a urine pregnancy test.
- Patients will consume 1.5 ounces of alcohol per drink (up to three drinks at least 30 minutes apart), and be tested to evaluate how the tremor responds. Researchers will draw blood to measure blood alcohol level about 1 hour after the first drink and closely monitor patients for signs of intoxication.
- Inpatient examination
- Preparation: Researchers will prepare a schedule to stop any tremor medications that patients might be on. Patients may not drink alcohol or eat or drink anything with caffeine, including chocolate, for at least 2 days before admission.
- Day 1: Vital signs, blood (and urine pregnancy) tests, and electrocardiogram. Patients will be asked to wear a tremor monitor, similar to a wristwatch. Patients will also have IV lines inserted for blood draws.
- Days 2 and 3: Randomized study medication (octanoic acid on one day, placebo on the other day). Patients will fast before taking the drug, but will be allowed to eat and drink after the tests are completed (around noon).
- Blood will be drawn before taking the study drug and again (a total of nine times) after taking the drug.
- Tremor will be measured during the study, before and after taking the drug.
- Visit 2 (outpatient): 4 to 7 days after discharge
- Blood test and an electrocardiogram, and a series of questionnaires regarding the study.
|Condition or disease
|Essential Tremor
|Drug: Octanoic Acid Drug: Placebo
|Phase 1 Phase 2
We propose a study to examine the safety and efficacy of octanoic acid in essential tremor (ET).
We will study 19 adult subjects with ethanol-responsive ET.
Octanoic acid will be tested in a double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled, cross-over design in 19 patients with essential tremor. The active study medication and placebo will be administered as oral single morning doses on consecutive days in a randomized sequence. All subjects will receive a dose that was defined as being safe according to available toxicity data (4mg/kg) and will be monitored closely during the total inpatient study phase of three days (day 0: baseline; days 1-2: active study days).
The primary outcome measure for this study will be the effect on tremor power of the dominant hand, 80 minutes after administration of the study substance, compared to placebo. Tremor power will be measured using accelerometry with loading to test central tremor component. Secondary outcome measures include recordings of tremor power as measured by accelerometry at multiple other time points up to 300 min after administration, also recorded from the non-dominant hand and without loading. The change in tremor severity documented by spirography and actigraphy as well as data collected regarding drug safety (laboratory testing, documentation of vital signs, adverse events questionnaire and intoxication scale) as well as the pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic properties will act as further secondary outcome parameters.
|Study Type :
|Interventional (Clinical Trial)
|Actual Enrollment :
|29 participants
|Intervention Model:
|Crossover Assignment
|Quadruple (Participant, Care Provider, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor)
|Primary Purpose:
|Official Title:
|Double-Blind, Placebo Controlled Pilot-Study of Octanoic Acid in Essential Tremor
|Study Start Date :
|February 2009
|Actual Primary Completion Date :
|November 2010
|Actual Study Completion Date :
|November 2010
|Active Comparator: Octanoic Acid
Drug: Octanoic Acid
|Placebo Comparator: Placebo
Drug: Placebo
identical capsules
- Normalized Accelerometric Tremor Power, Dominant Hand, 80min After Administration, Weighted Condition [ Time Frame: 80 min after administration of the study drug on day 1 and 2 of Visit 2 ]Postural tremor was measured using accelerometry with a motion sensor (accelerometer) placed at the dorsum of each hand, and tremor recorded simultaneously with surface-electromyography of wrist flexors and extensors for 2 minutes at each time-point. The recording was repeated with 1 lbs weight added to each wrist, which was described to record the central tremor component. The primary outcome measure was defined as tremor power of the central tremor component (after the addition of weight) 80 minutes after administration, measured at the dominant hand, normalized to baseline (baseline = 1), and comparing octanoic acid vs. placebo. Ratio of tremor power at 80 min divided by tremor power at baseline used for outcome measure calculation.
- Normalized Tremor Power, 300 Min After Administration, Weighted Condition, Dominant Hand, OA vs Placebo [ Time Frame: 300 min post dose ]As described at the section for the primary outcome, normalized accelerometric tremor accelerometry was measured at other time-points to describe a time-course of effect. This stated secondary outcome compared normalized (baseline = 1) accelerometric at the last time-point 300 min post dose after OA vs Placebo. Ratios of tremor power at 300 min divided by tremor power at baseline used for outcome measure calculation.
- TMax Octanoic Acid [ Time Frame: between 5 and 300 min post dose ]Time to plasma peak OA
- PK: AUC After OA [ Time Frame: 5 to 300 min post dose ]Area under the curve of PA plasma levels after administration
Choosing to participate in a study is an important personal decision. Talk with your doctor and family members or friends about deciding to join a study. To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contacts provided below. For general information, Learn About Clinical Studies.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|21 Years and older (Adult, Older Adult)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
- Male or female patients with alcohol-responsive ET according to published clinical criteria
- Tremor in both upper limbs should be predominant feature of ET
- Subjects must be willing and safely able to comply with the study protocol and therefore abstain from any medication for the treatment of tremor for a period of at least 5 plasma half-lives of the individual drug prior to study participation. (For Propranolol/Inderal(Registered Trademark), Gabapentin/Neurontin(Registered Trademark), Topiramate/Topamax(Registered Trademark) this will be 4 days; for Primidone/Mysoline(Registered Trademark): 28 days).
- Subjects must be willing to refrain from alcohol and caffeine intake starting 48 hr prior to hospitalization until study termination
- Subject must be willing and able to fast for periods of up to 12 hours during the study
- Patients with any other significant pathological finding in the neurological examination other than typical symptoms of ET
- Acute or chronic severe medical conditions which would preclude the subject from participating (e.g., severe heart disease NYHA grade 3 or 4, renal failure, hepatic failure, lung disease, uncontrolled hyperthyroidism)
- Subjects with diabetes mellitus, hypoglycemia or severe hyperlipidemia (must be documented by referring physician with copy of last fasting routine blood test within one year before the screening visit including glucose and lipid levels; according to NIH guidelines, fasting LDL levels of greater than or equal to 160 mg/dl are considered severe hyperlipidemia; if under treatment, LDL-levels less than 160 have to be documented to be eligible for the study)
- Subjects with active or past alcohol abuse or dependence
- Subjects with concomitant therapy with warfarin or NSAIDs, when taken on a regular basis and cannot be discontinued at least 14 days prior to study participation, because of potential interactions with octanoic acid (displacement of albumin binding in human serum)
- Subjects with clinically significant abnormalities on their baseline laboratory tests
- Subjects aged less than 21 years
- Female subjects who are pregnant or lactating
- Subjects with cognitive impairment interfering with the ability to give informed consent or to cooperate during the study
- Subjects of Far East Asian or Native American descent, who may possess variant alleles of the genes for alcohol metabolism, i.e., alcohol dehydrogenase and aldehyde dehydrogenase, resulting in altered (slower) metabolism and potentially increased sensitivity to alcohols and their metabolites
- Subjects where no written informed consent is received or subjects who are unwilling to cooperate during the study
To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contact information provided by the sponsor.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT00848172
|United States, Maryland
|National Institutes of Health Clinical Center, 9000 Rockville Pike
|Bethesda, Maryland, United States, 20892
|Responsible Party:
|Mark Hallett, Chief, Human Motor Control Section, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)
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|First Posted:
|February 20, 2009 Key Record Dates
|Results First Posted:
|December 27, 2012
|Last Update Posted:
|December 27, 2012
|Last Verified:
|November 2012
Essential Tremor
Octanoic Acid
Essential Tremor
Neurologic Manifestations
Nervous System Diseases
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A joint initiative between the American Immigration Council and AILA seeks to change the playing field for immigrants facing deportation.
AILA's Featured Issues pages provide a one-stop shop on current immigration-related issues that AILA is actively tracking. This includes government actions and resources, AILA's policy recommendations, and materials and talking points to engage with Congress and the press.Start Your Research
AILA Doc. No. 13080201 | Dated August 2, 2013
Friday, August 2, 2013
|George Tzamaras
|Belle Woods
WASHINGTON, DC - The American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) applauds the California State Legislature for its commitment to protecting consumers against immigration fraud, but urges the body to reconsider its efforts to advance the cumbersome and ineffective proposal known as the Immigration Reform Act, AB 1159. Instead, AILA calls on legislators to work with immigration lawyers and legal services providers who understand the challenges in meeting the community's needs to find more effective measures to protect potential victims of immigration fraud.
"Any attempt to reduce fraud in immigration services is laudable, but the approach taken by AB1159 will actually have the opposite effect," said Doug Stump, President of AILA. Stump continued, "The proposed requirements would make hiring qualified legal help so cumbersome and costly that it will actually drive people away from qualified lawyers and legitimate service providers and into the arms of fraudulent practitioners."
AILA has identified numerous areas of serious concern with the proposal, which primarily puts additional restrictions on legitimate attorneys, but does little to educate the community about immigration fraud or effectively sanction, much less prevent, fraud.
Victor Nieblas Pradis, AILA's First Vice President and a member of the California Bar expressed another concern: "At a time when the prospect of large scale immigration reform has highlighted the need for competent legal help for immigrants, AB1159 makes practicing in this area so difficult that we expect to see even fewer people entering the field. Instead of protecting immigrants, this means they won't be able to find good legal help and will be even more likely to be victimized by unscrupulous notarios."
AILA calls upon members of the California State Legislature to act responsibly and respond to these significant concerns that such an overly broad bill will have on consumers in the State of California.
The American Immigration Lawyers Association is the national association of immigration lawyers established to promote justice, advocate for fair and reasonable immigration law and policy, advance the quality of immigration and nationality law and practice, and enhance the professional development of its members.
Cite as AILA Doc. No. 13080201.
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text: Instructor's Guide to Prepare Research Group Leaders as RCR Mentors Added04/08/2016Updated10/14/2016These materials are designed to provide motivation and content sufficient for an instructor to lead a workshop titled: "Mentoring for Responsible Research." The long-term goal is to foster an environment in which research faculty are better empowered to initiate conversations within their research groups about the responsible conduct of research. Workshop participants are introduced to rationales, content, approaches, and resources so that they will have the means to develop and implement concrete, discipline-specific strategies for research ethics mentoring. Materials include a detailed instructor's guide and templates for workshop syllabi that can be customized as needed. Author(s) Michael Kalichman Dena Plemmons Year 2016 More Info


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Small Business Grants Emeryville Women
Government Grants For Women To Assist Them In Their Specific Needs
Government grants for women are made available to assist the female group of society. With these grants, women may become empowered and enabled to succeed in their pursuits.government grants are money given by the government for free. Unlike a loan that must be repaid, grants are awarded to worthy receivers without obliging them to repay the money. Various individuals receive this financial assistance from the government and one of the groups benefitted by these grants is women. government grants for women are offered because despite the success and ability of women, they remain disadvantaged in many aspects. Many issues are still faced by the more than half of society that is composed of women. Women are still and somehow considered a minority. There are women who are overlooked and some even suffer from unjust habits of society like gender discrimination, harassment and abuse. Business GrantsIn researches conducted, it is found out that women are very productive individuals. They have this certain ability and power to run a household (which can already take a lot of time and hard work); yet, they can still manage to put up a business, build a non-profit organization and other worthwhile activities. Women are provided with business grants by the government so that they can obtain upper hand to fight and triumph in the professional battle along with men. These financial assistances enable women to recover if they have been through an unjust and unfair treatment that sides the male members of society. With business grants, women can build up their businesses or expand an already existing venture (non-profit group/home-based business)Pregnancy Health GrantsSuch assistance helps them prepare themselves for the upcoming birth of a new baby. This will have no effect on the woman's tax credits and savings. Virtually all women who are 25 weeks pregnant are eligible for such grants. Pregnant women who were advised to stay healthy y the health care professionals; yet have no sufficient means to do so, are eligible. One requirement in applying for this grant is the completed form from the doctor or midwife.Education GrantsFor every 10 freshmen in college, six of them are women. Therefore, with this program, female students are catered financial assistance by the government. Not only the young students are eligible, but also older women who want to go back to their schooling and finish their education. With such help, women are able to pursue their dreams. Eligibility criteria often include women who are still in undergraduate programs and the university or college must be an accredited institution. Underrepresented FieldsThere are specific field and areas of study wherein only a small number of women are involved. If a woman is interested in these fields like law, medicine, technology and engineering; their goals will be supported through the help of grants. They can now pursue a career that was once dominated only by the male members of society. Disadvantaged WomenThere are many disadvantaged females in almost all parts of the world. With such grants offered to them, they are able to find hope in their life. Women who were abused, women who raise their children as single parents, older women who want to get an education degree are just a few of the underprivileged groups who are supported through the help of grants.
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I TOTALLY agree!!! That is by far the funniest thing in all the books in my opinion. How could any poor boy be so oblivious? And just the fact that Edward talked to him-so humiliating for Tyler!!AgentCross wrote:"Hello, Tyler, this is Edward Cullen." His voice was very friendly, on the surface. I knew it well enough to catch the soft edge of menace. What was Tyler doing at my house? The awful truth began to dawn on me. I looked again at the inappropriate dress Alice had forced me into.
"I'm sorry if there's been some kind of miscommunication, but Bella is unavailable tonight." Edward's tone changed, and the threat in his voice was suddenly much more evident as he continued. "To be perfectly honest, she'll be unavailable every night, as far as anyone besides myself is concerned. No offense. And I'm sorry about your evening." He didn't sound sorry at all. And then he snapped the phone shut, a huge smirk on his face. -
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I just laughed so hard at that..... poor Tyler REJECTION!
And I may be weird, but I thought it was so funny how Aro thought he could get the pack to become his guard dogs.


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Premier Listings for Rivers Inlet
There are some places in the world, fortunately, that are still inaccessible by road, and the rugged and beautiful Central Coast of British Columbia is one of them.
Carved deep into the rugged Coast Mountains of Canada's wild and remote west coast, Rivers Inlet is one of the most famous sport fishing destinations in British Columbia, with an impressive history of producing some of the largest Chinook Salmon in the world.
The inlet is known internationally for the majesty of its scenery, its unspoiled wilderness and for the legendary trophy-sized chinook – the King of Salmon – which draws anglers from around the world.
Fly-in trophy salmon fishing lodges and rustic fishing camps are located in Rivers Inlet, while luxury sport fishing cruising vessels serve as floating hotels, providing wilderness fishing adventures of a lifetime.
The pristine fjord of Rivers Inlet is an endless panorama of ancient mountains, virgin forests and abundant wildlife that is only accessible by boat and floatplane – 80 miles from the nearest road.
Location: Rivers Inlet is located 300 miles northwest of Vancouver, only accessible by boat and floatplane. Scheduled flights from Vancouver (mainland) to Port Hardy (Vancouver Island), connect with float-plane services to Rivers Inlet.
Fishing Resorts located on the shoreline of Rivers Inlet provide an oasis of comfort and security in the middle of this unbelievably vast wilderness. The fish are literally at your doorstep at these resorts, which are among the favourites of anglers searching for trophy salmon in a pristine wilderness setting. Their fishmasters will show you all the secrets of Shotbolt Bay, from bait and tackle to those hidden coves where the giant fish lurk. Trophy Salmon, Halibut, and bottom fishing is offered from June to September, and you can even try your hand at fly-fishing.
Fish Species: Giant chinook salmon are not the only attraction in Rivers Inlet. Trophy Coho (Silver) salmon are in the 20-pound range, and consistent catches of steelhead, Pink, Chum and Sockeye salmon provide further variety. Giant halibut weighing up to 200 pounds cruise the floor of the inlet, and near the reefs, ling cod weighing up to 60 pounds can be caught.
Season: The fishing season in Rivers Inlet is from June to September, with the best fishing during July and August, as the salmon migrate down the coast of BC to their spawning grounds in the streams of their birth.
Fly-in Trips: Rivers Inlet is a popular fly-in destination, with most lodges providing three to four-day fishing packages, which include return flights from Vancouver and Port Hardy on Vancouver Island. Experienced guides are available, and many packages include fishing seminars.
World Record: The salmon record for these waters was set in 1951, when the world's largest Chinook salmon weighing 82.5 pounds was caught in these waters!
Up to 1950, the shores of Rivers Inlet were dotted with as many as a dozen salmon canneries, which exploited the availability of both cheap labour and the abundance of salmon. The canneries are gone now, leaving only pilings and decaying wharves and buildings, and the beautifully rugged and silent region has been returned to the bald eagles, whales and seals.
Fishing is not the only pursuit in Rivers Inlet – there are plenty of other activities to keep guests busy, including wildlife viewing and photography, whale watching and hiking through the forests or along the beaches. British Columbia is one of the richest wildlife viewing areas in Canada.
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As an experienced BC realtor, Ed Handja successfully markets and locates real estate on the British Columbia coast for his clients. He's lived and worked on the coast all his life, traveling from Indian Arm and the Gulf Islands on the southern BC coast, to the Khutzeymateen Valley in the northern most part of British Columbia. Ed is familiar with the west coast of Canada and understands the logistics and considerations required when dealing with the remote and unconventional real estate on the islands and west coast of BC.
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Legacy Lodge offers a premier sportfishing experience found nowhere else, in harmony with the natural environment and in a world all of its own. Here, on the protected waters of Rivers Inlet, all the elements converge for epic fishing adventures, with 50-pound Chinook, 20-pound Coho salmon, and Halibut that await your challenge. Come experience the ultimate in fishing adventures, and renew your passion for the great outdoors.
Legacy Lodge provides a true awakening to nature and the ultimate sportfishing experience. For couples and families, parties of friends to corporate groups, Legacy Lodge was made for those who yearn for the perfect fishing vacation. Legacy Lodge invites you to come and share your passion for the great outdoors and the thrill of the fishing adventure of a lifetime! Trips book out quickly, so make your reservation now!/p>


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WASHINGTON — WHEN you're trapped in a city with House Republican gargoyles who don't understand math or history, much less reality, sometimes you crave a dose of grandfatherly wisdom.
Speaker John Boehner, trapped under the thumb of Tea Party anarchists, called Friday's vote to defund Obamacare and invite a government shutdown, "a victory for common sense."
More like a triumph of nonsense.
The victory for common sense last week was not in Congress, but at Georgetown University. Speaking to an excited crowd of students and others Thursday night beneath soaring stained-glass windows, the 83-year-old Warren Buffett offered inspiring lessons in patriotism and compassion — traits sorely missing here as Republicans ran headlong toward a global economic cataclysm and gutted the food stamp program.
"I am sorry I'm late," Nancy Pelosi murmured sardonically, as she arrived at the Buffett event. "We were busy taking food out of the mouths of babies."
Questioned by Brian Moynihan, the C.E.O. of Bank of America, and later students, Buffett seemed happy to be back in one of his hometowns, where, as the son of an investor from Omaha who became a congressman, he had once worked as a waterboy for the Redskins and a paperboy for Georgetown Hospital.
His taste for making money was whetted when his customers at the hospital would give him bet suggestions for the numbers racket, big in Washington in those days.
"They would tell me if there was a woman that had given birth to a baby that was, say, 8 pounds, 11 ounces," he said, or the time of the birth.
The C.E.O. of Berkshire Hathaway said he began investing at age 11 in 1942, a couple months after Pearl Harbor, after spending five years saving up $120.
He even joked that he had fond thoughts of 1929 because it was when he was conceived: "my dad was a stock salesman and after the crash he didn't have anything to do."
I wrote about Buffett in 1996, when Ted Turner upbraided fellow billionaires like Buffett and Bill Gates as "ol' skinflints" for not loosening up "their wads" because they were afraid to fall off the Forbes 400 List. Back then, Buffett said he would wait until after he and his wife died, when he planned to give the bulk of his $15 billion to population control (even though, of course, every moment counts on that cause).
But then, about five years ago, Buffett said at Georgetown, he and Gates began plotting about philanthropy and now they have enrolled 115 plutocrats pledging a majority of their net worth.
"I've been dialing for dollars," he said, adding that when billionaires resist, he gives them a warning: "If I'm talking to some 70-year-old, I say, 'Do you really think your decision-making ability is going to be better when you're 95 with some blonde on your lap, or now?' "
He calls the Fed "the greatest hedge fund in history," and observed of the moment America nearly went off the cliff: "I give enormous credit to Ben Bernanke and Hank Paulson and Tim Geithner and frankly, even though I didn't vote for him, President Bush."
W.'s "great insight," one worthy of Adam Smith, he said, was expressed in 10 words in September 2008: "He went out there from the White House and he said, 'If money doesn't loosen up this sucker could go down.' "
The populist voice of the 1 percent stressed that "inequality is getting wider" and that we must figure out how to "share the bounty."
"We've got something that works and we don't want to mess that up," he said. There will be periodic recessions and the occasional panic, he noted, advising that those times are good to buy stock at "silly prices."
"It's very hard to write regulations that will keep people from acting foolishly, particularly when acting foolishly has proven very profitable over the preceding few years," he said. "Humans, they all think they're Cinderella at the ball, and they think, as the night goes along, the music gets better and the drinks flow, they all think they're going to leave at two minutes to 12 and of course there's no clocks on the wall and they're still dancing, so it will happen again."
"But," he added slyly, "buy when it happens."
He doesn't worry about keeping up with modern technology. He buys what he knows, like Coca-Cola, which he drank all evening. Evoking Ted Williams "waiting for the right pitch," he counseled that: "You don't need 20 decisions to get very rich. Four or five will probably do it over time."
Being a successful investor is not about having a high I.Q., he said, "but it does take a temperament that's willing to step up and actually act. I always tell people, if they're going in the investment business and you've got a 160 I.Q., sell 30 points to somebody else because you won't need it."
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Welcome to the official website of Confections of a Cake Lover--an exclusive bakery located in northwest Pennsylvania. We at CCL thrive on adding artistic flair to traditional cakes, cupcakes, cookies, and other assorted pastries. We specialize in the edible medium of fondant, which is a pliable sugar-based dough that is not always available at local bakeries. Over the last few years, the public's desire to have a sculpted cake or elaborately decorated cupcakes has catapulted due to a multitude of culinary entertainment shows (e.g. Ace of Cakes and Food Network Challenge on the Food Network and Cake Boss and The Ultimate Cake Off on TLC).
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To the editor: I'm putting my 2 cents in I can't help it …
I am a mother of 2 children that attended Spaulding High School. My kids are now 19-22.
I agree with the kids speaking out saying it's not the parents "fault' that kids miss school.
It's the "kids fault" because they don't want to attend school for whatever the reason/s may be …
My sons words to me after he graduated … and to this day …"Mom you don't even know how many times I skipped or missed school" … you know what … He's right I didn't know. That was a communication issue from the school to the parent. I take offense that my parenting skills might be off or I wouldn't know how to approach it. My kids have good manners and are very respectful toward adults and people in general. I can honestly say they are good kids and have morals and are not in trouble with the law.
My kids were 2 years apart in school. So, when my daughter was going in as freshman and my son was a junior. Both my children are total opposites … My son missed a lot of school … and my daughter hardly missed any. My daughter graduated top 10 in her class and was popular; whereas her brother was on a 504 plan not so popular and took 6 years to graduate because he had defiant disorder and other medical issues. He received a state diploma through Bud Carlson only because he had the help of Kent Coffin a teacher they hired to help kids stay in school and graduate.
It's a "Choice" that the kids make to skip or miss school, not the parents. Being a single mother if fines would have been assessed to me because my son missed school … it would have hurt my family not helped my family. Everyone's situation is different … you have to assess the problem not just fine it.
All I am saying is: At what point should the kid take responsibility for their own actions?
Laura Nelson
To the editor: I am writing to bring to your attention that Tuesday night, Dec. 4, in Barrington at the School for Early Childhood Learning Center, 77 Ramsdell Lane, at 6:30 there is an application for a permit being reviewed by the planning board that will forever change the quality of life and home values for many people both in Barrington and Rochester. It is on such a scale, and the operators have been shut down in the past, that the Mayor of Rochester is closely watching this. I believe this is a serious public interest story for many reasons and from an investigative journalistic point of view, poses many questions.
The fact that the zoning board changed a ruling allowing for industrial gravel excavating in a residential neighborhood!!! How absolutely reckless and short sighted. This could turn Barrington into the gravel excavation center of the state. Any and everyone could just start digging and selling gravel. Property values would plummet. Who would want to invest in property in Barrington to live any more?
Please take a moment and read these sheets which should, in the form a letter being presented to the town Selectmen (and many were unaware of this permit and operation in the works!!!) by my fiancee Cilia Bannenberg.
I am hoping that this will get good community interest coverage from you at the next meeting. Plus, can and are you willing to put an announcement into the paper for anyone and everyone who is concerned about the potential for this and future excavating and blasting operations going into their neighborhoods, should and have to be there to be heard.
Thank you very much for you time.
If you read this and make a decision, one way or the other, would you please let us know so I have the option of approaching another news company?
James Conley
To the editor: McCain, the arcane, has gone off the tracks again. Once politics' beloved Maverick, now a major panderer to the far right, McCain's metamorphosis was initially moderate but has gained momentum. The war hero, once liked and respected by just about everyone, has become just about everyone's crazy and cranky Uncle Harold.
Previously a man of principle over politics, (anti- torture, soft money and ear marks; pro-immigration and campaign finance reform) he is now the man of raging rhetoric over reason. McCain's transformation parallels the transformation of his party. The Senator embodies the self-destructive path that the far right of the Republican Party has chosen — attack, defame, pander and prevent.
His persuasion strategy is — the more angry and irrational one gets the more valid the point becomes. To those of us who don't agree with McCain's style he appears to have become a nasty, bitter, hyperpartisan. He, like his party, lashes out rather than reaches out, focuses on the past not the future and has a goal to win not to better.
McCain's character assassination of UN Ambassador Rice, a possible replacement of Hillary Clinton, is a perfect example of the far right's uncontrollable vitriol overcoming good sense.
Why are McCain, and the other two stooges, (Ayotte and Graham), attacking someone who did not write but did read a statement, after the Benghazi attack, and not questioning individuals who knew something and did nothing BEFORE the attack?
For the good of our political process and the country let's hope that the ghosts of "the old John McCain" and Warren Rudman materialize before it is too late for a reasonable, rational debate of the issues and practical, balanced solutions to our fiscal problems..
Dave Potter
North Hampton
To the editor: Many times people within a town will find themselves disagreeing on issues. How the budget should be structured, what money should be allocated for this or that. This morning, when I looked at the Foster's online, I was pleased to see the results of the efforts of many people in this town coming to fruition.
A concerned group of citizens (and I do not want to use names for fear of forgetting someone), did right by the people of the town and they should be thanked and commended for their commitment to Berwick. Often times I have disagreed with some of these fellow townspeople on various issues. But regardless of our differences in opinion (and there are many at times), credit needs to be given where credit is due. I want you all to know that I appreciate your efforts and I thank you for the tax dollars that will be saved because of your efforts. The people in Berwick need to know that your efforts have potentially saved them millions of dollars over the course of the next several decades.
Thank you also needs to go to the Board of Selectmen and the Planning Board for their continued commitment to getting this right. Your efforts should not go without mention.
Ryan McCabe
Berwick, Maine
To the editor: I've seen several recent community commentaries in Foster's on Newmarket potentially sending tuition students to Oyster River. If anyone wants basic information on this issue, go to www.orcsdnumbers.org for a free PDF download: "The ORCSD Tuition Issue — Part 1." I make no recommendations for or against a tuition agreement. I just provide some underlying facts.
This short report covers Newmarket, Barrington, Durham, Lee and Madbury. There's data on income, educational attainment of adults in each town, population, enrollment, property taxes, housing, poverty, plus school spending and revenue. While you're at that site, you can also download a free PDF of "The ORCSD by the Numbers — 2nd Edition," an updated version of the report I put out last fall.
Mike McClurken


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