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Social Theory Since Freud
Traversing Social Imaginaries
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In this compelling book, Anthony Elliott traces the rise of psychoanalysis from the Frankfurt School to postmodernism. Examining how pathbreaking theorists such as Adorno, Marcuse, Lacan and Lyotard have deployed psychoanalysis to politicise issues such as desire, sexuality, repression and identity, Elliott assesses the gains and losses arising from this appropriation of psychoanalysis in social theory and cultural studies.
Moving from the impact of the Culture Wars and recent Freud-bashing to contemporary debates in social theory, feminism and postmodernism, Elliott argues for a new alliance between sociological and psychoanalytic perspectives.
Table of Contents
1. Social Theory and Psychoanalysis: The Story So Far 2. Self and Society: Freud and Castoriadis on Imagination 3. Desire in Language: Kristeva and Laplanche on Repression 4. The Social Imaginary and Social Research 5. In Defence of Imagination: Concluding Remarks
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Anthony Elliott is Professor of Social and Political Theory at the University of the West of England, where he is Director of the Centre for Critical Theory.
'Anthony Elliott is quickly emerging as a one-person industry, intent in all his writings to demonstrate both the relevance and the importance of psychoanalytic theory for social analysis.' - Thesis Eleven
'Anthony Elliott has once again provided a lucid and critical examination of the relationship between psychoanalysis and social theory. While many writers are still catching up with Lacan's work, Elliott explains the major advances to be found in post-Lacanian theory, and shows how it offers a new view of subjectivity and the 'imagination' attuned to the complexities of contemporary social life.' - Stephen Frosh, Birkbeck College, London
'Comprehensive and challenging, Social Theory Since Freud explores major developments in western thought since Freud mapped out the unconscious. It is an authoritative synopsis of the Frankfurt School, Castoriadis, Lacan, Laplanche and Kristeva. In pursuing the legacy of Freud, Anthony Elliott shows convincingly that the imagination is central to rethinking the relationship between social theory and psychoanalysis.' - Bryan Turner, Cambridge University


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Parks are filled with golden and amber hues, there's a crunch of leaves underfoot, the winter coat has come out and the central heating is being turned on - it's official, autumn has well and truly arrived.
It's the season of pumpkin spiced lattes, of nights in with a blanket, good book and woolly socks and of getting wrapped up in as many layers as possible to enjoy the crisp air.
For many people, autumn is their favourite time of year and the season that brings about some of the best smells. From crackling bonfires to steaming sweet hot chocolate and from spicy stews to freshly-baked parkin, autumn is a sensual delight of fragrance.
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Campaign & Combat, two poems by Sanjeev Sethi
Those from the other side of the track
aren't even aware of it. Phraseology
is privilege of the entitled. Immune to
opinion the processes move on. Sound-
less grids create the most effective jounce.
Brontide is for a few. Antecedents birth
unequal journeys as sometimes it's with
strangers or siblings.
March of memories brings out its brigade.
Demarche is at a distance. Reveille drums
the details. Some internal, some otherwise.
Who isn't marked? To be pocked doesn't
rack me. I fear what I can't fathom. Myriad
times we reify new regimens: it gets us
nowhere. Freshly ironed togs crush after
a tough night. Can poems live it for us?
©2018 Sanjeev Sethi
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Sanjeev Sethi is the author of three books of poetry. His most recent collection is This Summer and That Summer (Bloomsbury, 2015). A Best of the Net nominee (2017 & 2018), his poems are in venues around the world: Litbreak, The Best of Mad Swirl: v2017!, Poetry Super Highway, Formercactus, The Metaworker, The Five-Two, Unlikely Stories Mark V, Persian Sugar in English Tea Vol 111, A Restricted View From Under The Hedge, Ink Pantry, Beakful | Becaqée, Terror House Magazine, and elsewhere. He lives in Mumbai, India.


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Bots are complicated. They're made to process repetitive actions autonomously and can be fairly easy to build, but they aren't always working on the side of good. Here's what you need to know.
Each year, EContent magazine compiles a list of the 100 companies that matter most in the digital content industry.
Voting is now closed. We'll announce the results of the first-ever EContent 100 list chosen by the people!
Apr 07, 2009
Electronic publisher Alexander Street Press announced the launch of Music Online, a resource available for the study of classical, jazz, world, and American music. Music Online can deliver audio recordings, video content, full-text reference materials, musical scores, liner notes, biographies, and images. Every object in the collection is indexed for subjects, historical events, genres, people, cultural groups, places, time periods, and ensembles. As a result, students and scholars can combine keyword and fielded search capabilities to frame creative and highly targeted queries. The hundreds of thousands of cross-searchable items in Music Online include more than 88,000 tracks. Other features of the Music Online suite include a playlist functionality, which allows users to build playlists, incorporating content from anywhere in Music Online—or from anywhere on the web—and then annotate them, keep them at a permanent URL for private use, or share them, either within the institution or with all subscribers.


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Some great novels for tweens and teenagers have crossed my desk recently, so I wanted to share them with you. As you'll see, they span a wide variety of topics, from sports to mystery. I hope you'll check them out for your book-loving kid. Even if you have a reluctant reader, one of these books might just get him or her to finally realize that reading can be fun!
Liberty Porter: First Daughter
By Julia DeVillers
Liberty Porter's dad just started a new job: President of the United States! So, what's it like to live in the White House when the Secret Service follows you everywhere and people are always walking through your home? Spunky Liberty finds lots of fun and adventure in her new residence and in her role as First Daughter!
The Spider's Web
By Adrian Tilley
This futuristic thriller takes place in the year 2056 in Hong Kong. To prevent the spread of a deadly disease, entire neighborhoods have been segregated, a strict curfew has been enforced, and the grim-faced troops of the Alliance roam the streets. Like everyone else, 17-year-old Jeff has been keeping his head down. But when he discovers a secret that blows his world apart, he's forced to act. His path crosses with Kathy, who is also racing against time to save her parents. Can they help each other and save their families before the web closes in on them?
The Wild Soccer Bunch: Kevin the Star Striker
By Joachim Masannek
This book is a must-have for soccer or sport lovers. It's part of a series of books that have sold millions internationally and are now arriving on U.S. shores for the first time. Kevin the Star Striker tells the story of a soccer team in Chicago called The Wild Bunch. When spring arrives, they find that Mickey the Bulldozer and his gang, The Unbeatables, have taken over their field. Will they be able to get it back in the most important game of their lives?
Jackson Jones: The Tale of a Boy, an Elf, and a Very Stinky Fish
By Jenn Kelly
All Jackson wants is to be the hero, just for once in his life. The hero who steps in at the last minute to save the universe. The hero who saves the entire village from a raging fire. Great Aunt Harriett is always telling him find his own story, but so far his story doesn't seem very exciting. Until he falls into Great Aunt Harriett's hair, that is. There Jackson will encounter a world of elves, trap doors, bubblegum-blowing birds, hairy-backed spiders, kangaroo meat, and perilous danger which requires … a hero.
Chase to the Brazen Head
By Gregory Payne
This semi-historical adventure features a group of friends from Shanghai International School who follow in the footsteps of a 1941 expedition to the Stronghold of the White Emperor in order to prevent a thief from stealing the Brazen Head, an ancient bronze statue that can predict the future. There's a secret society, mysterious characters from the past, wild boat rides, giant fighting crickets and an archery exam -- where the price of failure is death!
All of the terrific books above are available on Amazon!
DISCLOSURE: I received complimentary copies of these books to facilitate in the writing of this article. No other compensation was provided. As an Amazon affiliate, I receive a small commission on books sold through the Amazon links featured here.
Tuesday, August 17, 2010
Adventure Books for Tweens and Teens
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By Tony Attwood
Do take a look at the link to the Indy video at the end. Try not to laugh. At least not too much. You don't want your boss to know you're watching football rather than working.
In June 2014 Cesc Fabregas signed for Chelsea.
At £27 million, he was cheaper than Alexis Sánchez, Diego Costa, Luke Shaw and Ander Herrera. He cost Chelsea only £2 million more than Liverpool paid Southampton for Adam Lallana
Many of the people who love to see everything Arsenal does as a sign of their decline and a witness to the club's pathetic inability to get even the simplest thing right were apoplectic. The only thing that could have worked them up more would have been if Arsenal had turned up at the wrong ground for a match.
Not everyone however was taken in by the hype. Some, it is true, were restrained. Lee Dixon tweeted at the time I loved Fabregas. I feel we had the best of him. We don't need another midfielder like him. Good player but priority elsewhere. Move on.
Yet at first it might have seemed that Fabregas was making things happen for Chelsea. But by last weekend we had the headline in the Independent
Chelsea's Cesc Fabregas took two of the worst free-kicks in football history against Tottenham
That was in the game that Jose Mourinho said was Chelsea's "best performance of the season".
But there has been no escaping there has been some sort of decline in Fabregas' play. A decline in his ability to pass for example which is also reflected in his decline as a goalscorer – from a highpoint of 15 in 27 games in 2009/10 at Arsenal to 11 in 32 as his best in three years at Barcelona, and down again to 3 in 34 last season for Chelsea.
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The first thing that was spotted generally was his tendency to have an alarming second half of the season slump. Now the more knowledgeable supporters of football clubs know that lots of players can have a dip, but some fans are a little less unforgiving, and this was certainly the case with Chelsea fans who have watched the aaa and seen it as a blueprint rather than a dire warning.
By March last year, even in the midst of a Championship winning season, were really getting on Fabregas' back. This happened particularly in a 1-1 draw against Southampton when those at the ground made it quite clear that this decline was not acceptable to them. They were the fans, they had paid, they knew, and they were going to tell him.
Even Jamie Carragher, a man not noted for noticing anything much, commented how Fabregas's slump was then having an effect on the whole Chelsea team after the defeat to PSG. And that was true. Fabregas was no longer keeping his decline totally personal – he was spreading it around. (There is a perfect example of that in the video that concludes this little resume).
In March 2015 even the Telegraph – a regular supporter of Chelsea and its oil based ownership – were forced into making excuses, saying that "Cesc Fabregas has experienced late-season dips in …all competitions – that drop has been evident in a decline in his passing."
But the problems began way before Chelsea.
When Barcelona wanted to explain why they were letting him go given that he body was packed with the club's DNA, the club's official website, the Catalan, noted that he seemed to have growing problems.
"There has been a downward trend in his stats every season at the club," the statement read. "He slipped right back into the FCB system as if he'd never been away. But despite glowing starts to each campaign, Cesc's contributions to the cause gradually decreased as each season drew to a close."
But there was more, for the big worry for anyone who thought of employing Fabregas was that late season decline is getting earlier and earlier each season and it was affecting others.
This season as early as September Sky Sports ran the headline Cesc Fabregas struggling for form at Chelsea: What has gone wrong?
Then Gary Neville, a man who always knows a soap box when he sees one, claimed that Cesc wasn't strong enough, even during his time at Arsenal. Carragher weighed in with "He lacks tactical intelligence, especially defensively. That's one of the reasons why Barcelona let Chelsea take him." Well yes, that is what their web site said. Well done that man, for reading the internet.
But even Guillem Balague, a man who knows more about football in his little finger than most of the rest of the pundits put together, said, "The demands of a Barca midfielder require a lot of discipline and a tactical approach. Guardiola tried to convince him [Cesc] for a long time what he had to do, but couldn't."
And yet what is Fabregas' role at Chelsea? He plays the deep role. At first it didn't work, and Chelsea conceded six goals in their first four games in 2014/15. But then they settled down, and Fabregas just tailed off towards the end.
Now that sort of year could be explained in two ways. One is that Fabregas could after all play more defensively and get it right, so 1-0 to Mourinho for seeing how to make it happen. Or it could have been that Fabregas put every ounce of his energy and know-how into making it work, but it was an effort that could never be maintained all season. Add that to his usual end of season dip and he faded away even more.
So the curious fact is that Fabregas got six assists from the first four games last season, more than any other player. It made everyone scared of Chelsea, and gave everyone at Chelsea time to believe and fit in. By the second half of the season as Fabregas started to fade, everyone else in the club was on such a high that they carried the momentum forwards. The refs were frightened of doing anything against the media's favourites, (just look at Chelsea v Arsenal last season or indeed this) and so Fabregas fading talent was masked.
What has gone wrong now is that he can't start the motor running again this season – the end of last season has morphed into the start of 2015/16. Commentators were quickly aware of how his pass completion rate was down and sliding right from the start and got on his back…
Cesc Fabregas struggling for form at Chelsea announced Sky Sports on 4 September.
Cesc Fabregas has become a liability for Chelsea said the Telegraph on 14 September.
Cesc Fabregas' Chelsea decline highlighted with stats this season vs this point last season announced the Metro at the end of October (spelling it out in the headline just in case the readership didn't have the stamina to read further.)
But just how bad has he got?
Well, now we know thanks to a video from the Independent. It really is extraordinary viewing. Can you imagine what the aaa would be saying if Arsenal really had spent even the bargain price that was highlighted at the start of the article?
Do take a look at the link to the Indy video. Try not to laugh. At least not too much. You don't want your boss to know you're watching football rather than working.
Today's Anniversary
1 – 5 December 1886: Extrapolating from the dates of other events we can take it that between these two dates a meeting was held to form Dial Square FC ahead of their first game on 11 December against Eastern Wanderers.
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Pour yourself a glass of water from the tap in Kettleman city and you'll find it's often yellow and smells of rotten eggs. That would be off-putting enough, but arsenic and benzene levels also make that glass of water unsafe to drink.
But last week Kettleman City residents got good news. In two years construction will begin on a surface water treatment plant, a project that has been debated, postponed, delayed, and set aside for ten years. Meanwhile, those who can afford it drink bottled water. Yet they are still forced to bathe and cook with polluted water. A dewy-eyed innocent such as myself wonders why the State can't pick up the cost of bottled water until the new plant is on line. They've known the ground water was contaminated for years.
Bottled water is expensive and some families buy it at the cost of doing without something else. Residents cope with pesticide and agricultural runoff, diesel fumes, and polluted air. The water at the school is undrinkable, but the fountains are still there and kids still drink out of the fountains.
Eight-eight per cent of the town's residents are Latinos.
This David and Goliath wrangle has finally been settled to allow the community to take water from the California Aqueduct. Prior to this The State Department of Public Health insisted that a $3m well was necessary. The Aqueduct flows right by. A 3$m well just doesn't make sense. This sounds like a story from Central Africa, doesn't it? Citizens drinking known polluted water and Central Valley officials take years to do something about it? Not immediately but in two years.
Kings County Supervisor Richard Valle and State Senator Michael Rubio, D-Bakersfield, are working to make it happen. Rubio acknowledges problems lay ahead in the funding, and getting the project built. That's probable realistic. So many things can happen in two years.
Even though it's two years and probably longer in the future, it's a time of elation for Maria Mares-Alatorre, who represents the community's environmental justice organization, People for Clean Air and Water. Kettleman City community groups have worked hard for this victory: El Pueblo Para El Aire y Agua Limpio/People for Clean Air and Water and Kids Protecting Our Planet, along with Greenaction, California Rural Legal Assistance, and Center on Race, Poverty and the Environment.
They're holding a fundraiser Sunday, June 27 from 5 until 0 p.m. at Kettleman City park. The proceeds will pay to hire trucks to bring clean water to the community. Each truck costs $400. Please donate to keep pressure on officials to make this happen:


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Get the kids to bring their favorite Barbie doll or even dress up themselves as one of the Barbie dolls such as Princess Barbie, Fairy Barbie or Malibu Barbie. When the kids arrive, an excellent way of keeping them amused is to let them make their own party crowns and wands.
For decorations, use anything pink. Balloon and streamers will make it easy.
Pin the Ponytail on Barbie
Pin the tail on the donkey", only this time the kids get to "Pin the Ponytail on Barbie"! Instead of using a cut out, you could also use an overhead projector, trace a large Barbie on paper, minus ponytail, and place it on a wall. Each child wins a token prize based on how close they placed the ponytail to Barbie's head.
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Cover coffee cans with pink paper and decorate each bucket with Barbie stickers and designs. Children try to throw a ball into six buckets, winning a token prize for each ball landing in a bucket.
Making Faces
Put on face paint. As guests arrive paint flowers on each girl's cheeks and a bumblebee on her nose.
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Printing a Driver Manifest From Within eCoordinator
To print a volunteer driver's manifest for a given day, first select the day in the calendar by clicking on it (in month view or week view), then right click on the volunteer's name in the list of volunteers to the left of the calendar, and lastly pick Driver Manifest Report from the right click menu that appears. As an example, in the picture below the user has selected the 27th of May and has right clicked on Adam Adamson in the list of volunteers. This will print Adam's driver manifest for the 27th of May.
After you select Driver Manifest Report from the right click menu, the manifest will open up in its own window as a PDF file that you can print out by clicking on the printer icon in the upper left corner of the window. You can save the report by clicking on the floppy disk icon that is just to the right of the printer icon.
Note that eCoordinator automatically adds start and end segments to the report for the portions of the trip that begin and end at the volunteer driver's residence. Note also that each travel segment in the report is assigned its own manifest Ride number that you can use for reference if needed.
The information in the Driver Manifest Report is customizable. So, please contact Samaritan's Client Services department if you would like to have different information appear in your organization's version of the report.


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My stomach hurts. it's 7 a.m., and somehow person after person after person has persuaded me to pull an all-nighter so they can show me their little slice of Vegas their glossy strip club, their late-night pool-cabana scene, their Studio 54, their swank ultralounge. And now, at an after-hours nightclub, the bass pumping, my eyes jolted open every few seconds by the shock of manufactured cleavage, they are offering me a beer. All I wanted was to see a nice Cirque du Soleil show, work my expense account at Le Cirque with my only famous friend, Robert Goulet, and crash...


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On Feb. 2, a 68-year-old man whose sentence was commuted by Barack Obama in 2015 was detained by police in San Antonio on a number of new drug-related charges. Obama in that year had commuted the sentences of many federal inmates who were serving sentences in connection with nonviolent drug crimes.
At the time that the commutation of sentence was granted, the man had served an estimated 23 years of a life sentence on a cocaine conspiracy conviction. Now, he is facing up to 40 years in prison on charges of possession and intent to distribute 500 grams or more of cocaine. Sources indicate that the charges carry a mandatory minimum sentence of five years.
Before he was taken into custody by local police, the c man allegedly fled a drug deal and then subsequently collided with another motorist. A backpack that contained a kilo of cocaine was discovered by law enforcement officials in the investigation. During the man's previous incarceration, President Obama had advocated for his second chance, enjoining him to make the most of the opportunity to turn his life around. The man is now being held without bond pending trial.
San Antonio residents who find themselves facing a serious drug charge may find it beneficial to seek the help of a defense attorney who well understands the workings of the criminal justice system. The attorney could determine the defenses that might be available to the client in view of the unique set of circumstances surrounding the particular situation and work to build the strongest possible case in the appropriate state or federal court on the client's behalf.
Source: Vibe, "Drug Dealer Who Had His Life Sentence Commuted By Obama Is Back In Jail," Michael Saponara, Feb. 7, 2017


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Justice Scalia's charge was that Romer is inconsistent with both the rule of law and the system of democracy. In this Comment, I join Professor Schacter and other scholars in responding to Justice Scalia's charge. Romer subserves, rather than undermines, the rule of law in America's representative democracy. I make three kinds of arguments. The first argument challenges Justice Scalia's invocation of "majority-rules" democracy as the basis for legitimate state decision making. According to the Framers' design, which guaranteed "republican" governance at both the state and federal levels, majoritarianism is not the litmus test for government legitimacy. Indeed, the Framers expected law to be shaped by courts as well as by popular majorities. The second argument combines gaylegal history with a theory of courts: A key role for the judiciary is to resist Kulturkampf, and to help the political system repudiate the legacy of Kulturkampf. A third argument is representation-reinforcing. By invalidating local rules protecting openly gay people against job discrimination, the Colorado initiative impaired the ability of lesbian, gay, and bisexual citizens to exercise their political rights. Conversely, by resisting those antidiscrimination rules, the Court was in a small way helping to restore conditions needed for the effective operation of a majority-rules democratic process.
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Food lovers heading to Electric Picnic this year will have the opportunity to taste a vast variety of food and drink at the festival.
Theatre of Food returns to the grounds for its fourth year running and will feature a mix of chefs, writers, artisan food producers, bakers, brewers and other food heroes.
Described as a celebration of food and drink, the Theatre of Food situated in the Mindfield area, will host food demos from people like Ireland's own Neven Maguire, chef Paul Flynn and author Lilly Higgins.
This year's theme "Africa, A Rising Continent", will see Michelin-starred chef Kevin Thornton cooking up a storm and showcasing food from Ethiopia using ingredients brought specially over to Ireland. He will also be highlight his journey with an exhibition of his photography from the country.
Aside from food demos, the event will also play host to cocktail demos from champion mixologists Darren Geraghty and Oisín Davis and Paul Lambert from Kinara Kitchen will put together flavours inspired by Pakistan.
On Saturday evening food writer and former Hot Press journalist, John McKenna will talk music with chefs Paul Flynn (The Tannery), Kevin Thornton (Thornton's), Declan Maxwell (Chapter One), Joe Macken (Jo' Burger), and Hot Press editor Niall Stokes,
"Theatre of Food Tastes" will be around all weekend treating the audience to delicious tastings of exciting foods almost every hour. The kitchen will be orchestrated by chef Caitlin Ruth from Deasy's Harbour Bar in West Cork, and the audience will hear from the innovative producers, chefs and bakers behind the tastings, such as: cocktails with Newgrange Gold; a "Taste of Nepal" from Lina Gautam of Monty's of Kathmandu; cakes from Eunice Power; frozen delights from Chilly Moo, and African curries from Michael Quinn.
Note: there will also be ice cream beers served as an addition side show!
For those who're looking to scoop up a prize, Electric Picnic will see the the return of their Food Awards where picnicers are asked to tweet a food photo that will be judged during a talk with Le Cool and Forkful TV.
More information on what's going on can be found on the Electric Picnic website here. The Theatre will be open on Friday, Saturday and Sunday.
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On the website "goodreads", I signed up for a challenge to read 36 books this year..comes out to 3 books a month. I got a slow start because I forgot about the challenge, or just didn't log into the site to keep track of what I was reading.
Anyways, seeing as I am awake super early today, I am taking time to read my current book "Walden on Wheels", by: Ken Ilungas. I have followed the author on facebook for years and just started following him on goodreads. Even though I bought this ebook for my tablet a couple years ago, I am just now getting around to reading this book. I got interested in this author around the time when he got his first seasonal job in Cold foot Camp, Alaska. It is a location that I had also applied to and after reading of his experience I think maybe it was a good thing that I never got the job. Course he loved it enough to go back quite a few seasons.
While his many adventures are interesting and his experience with paying off his student loan debt was intriguing. I have a student loan debt from 30 years ago, that will probably never be paid off during my lifetime, but that's because I choose to ignore it and pretend it does not exist. And I am not going to dedicate a whole post about my reasons for this, but usually if anyone hears me say that, then they come up with all kinds of negative events that "could" happen to me. But I just remind them that I lived in my car for about 7 months last year in Georgia…what financial gain would the government (or whoever is in control of student loans) have by putting a homeless grandma in jail.
Anyways, I have now finished reading this book and need to start another one..Ken has a few more books written about his travels, maybe I should look on Amazon to see what it would cost to download them. Except as I sit in my kitchen now, I have no wifi to download anything. I still have a few books in my closet, that I bought in December from the Goodwill store in Flagstaff. Yes, real books where you have to turn the pages..pages that I bend over the corners to remind myself where I left off reading. Which book do you like best…ebooks or the old-fashioned paper filled kind?
Thursday night I went out with a group of friends (a rare event) to sit around a campfire and drink a few beers. It was the last night that Kimmie and Susan would be here as they left yesterday heading for Denver. Kimmie was my roomie when I worked in Death Valley a couple years ago. Later in April/May they will be working in Glacier National Park. 3 other friends at the campfire will also be in Glacier for the Summer season. 1 friend would be going back to Crater Lake to work during the Summer. I was the only one there that had no idea what I was going to do all Summer and had no real plans.
I have looked online for Summer seasonal jobs on Coolworks and even on my company website. But even though I find jobs in locations that I might like..the #1 problem always comes down to money. You need money to travel to the next location, and if I travel by bus or plane then it takes money to re-buy bedding and everything else that I can't take with me. I also compare the money I make here "VS" the money I would bring home in other locations. I know, money doesn't seem to be that big of an issue for alot of people when they are choosing a Summer job…until you ask them if they would work in their chosen location for free. Obviously nobody likes their job that well, because their answer is always "no because they need money". Well I ain't so different from everyone else, as I also need money to live".
Which is 1 big reason for my coming back to the Grand Canyon. The Grand Canyon really is my safety net, my comfort zone, my home. When I get really desperate for a place to live and need a job, any job to make money it seems like something at the canyon is always available. It's also a location where I feel safe (maybe to safe… maybe like a grown adult child going back to live in their parents basement forever). Over the last 11 years I have worked in this location 5 different times. Obviously it isn't perfect or else I would never feel the need to look elsewhere for new jobs.
For now, I seem to just drift on autopilot day after day. Every day seems to be the same thing. Wake up super early to sit in kitchen for couple hours (while all the housemates are sleeping) to drink coffee, have breakfast and read, then after housemates wake up I will go into my room to play games on my tablet for a few hours just waiting for the time to go to work. By the time I get home at night I am usually tired so I get ready for bed. Laundry, organizing my room, or going out to eat is usually done on my weekends. So it seems to me, that most of my time is spent doing nothing…absolutely nothing…at least not anyhing with a purpose or of any value. I really wish I could just sleep longer at night.
Without a car, I can't even go into the park to see the canyon. I will be glad when the free shuttle buses start running in Tusayan (which should be in about a month). Once the shuttle runs I will go into the park every weekend to shop at the bigger store and visit friends living in the park. Because right now, I live with a house full of people but I wouldn't really call any of them my friends. Sure I can tolerate my roommate, but I won't be texting her next weekend once she leaves for Shenandoah Park. Then sometime soon after Arlene leaves, I will get a new roomie and have to get used to living with a whole new personality/quirks.


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1997-2004 Assistant Professor, Division of Biological Sciences & Moores Cancer Center, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA
2004-2009 Associate Professor, Immunity and Pathogenesis Program, Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute
2007-2014 Professor and Director, Immunity and Pathogenesis Program, Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute
2008-2017 Associate Dean, SBP Graduate Program
2014-2017 Professor and Director, Tumor Microenvironment and Cancer Immunology Program, Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute
2014-2017 Director, Academic Affairs, Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute
2017- present SVP, Chief Scientific Officer, Pfizer Cancer Immunology Discovery, Oncology R&D Group.
1993 – 1995 Long-term fellowship, International Human Frontiers in Science Program Organization (HFSPO)
1995 – 1997 Fellowship recipient, Kölner Verein zur Förderung der Immunologie
2001 – 2002 Fellowship recipient, Hellman Fellows Program for junior faculty
2004 – 2008 American Cancer Society Research Scholar Award
2013 Outstanding alumnus, Dept. of Microbiology & Immunology, Univ. of N. Carolina, Chapel Hill
Professional activities
2001 – 2005 Associate editor, J. of Immunol.
2002 – 2004 Member, Molecular Immunology study section, Arthritis Foundation
2003 – present Ad. hoc reviewer, IMM study sections, National Institutes of Health (NIH)
2005 – 2006 Member, Leukemia, Immunology & Blood Cell Devel. study section, American Cancer Society
2006 – 2010 Member, Cell. & Mol. Immunol.-B (CMI-B) study section, National Institutes of Health (NIH)
2006 Member, Blood Related Cancer Panel, Peer Rev. Med. Research Program (PRMRP), US Army
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The Crime and Punishment workshop draws together an interdisciplinary group of scholars-- from sociology, political science, psychology, philosophy, economics and law-- to discuss a range of topics related to crime, delinquency, social control, and the philosophy and politics of punishment. Participants meet approximately once a month, on Tuesdays for dinner and discussion. Meetings will alternate in format, including a mixture of internal faculty presentations, "mini-presentations" by graduate students and others working through preliminary research ideas, lectures by visiting faculty, and discussions of recent published research.
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I had a project where the client wanted the email recipient to take a simple survey by clicking on a certain link that answers the survey questions. It's a way to fake a form in a sense.
What is your favorite holiday? (click the appropriate button below)
- Christmas
- Thanksgiving
- Easter
Each button is a link to an ExactTarget hosted landing page. The link passes the users Subscriber Key, email address, and the holiday they chose.
The link would look something like this:
The landing page stores this info into a data extension.
SET @sk = QueryParameter("sk")
SET @emailaddr = QueryParameter("emailaddr")
SET @occasion = QueryParameter("occasion")
SET @SurveyTestDataExt = "Survey DE"
SET @message = "Thanks for your response"
SET @multiRows = LookupRows(@SurveyTestDataExt,"Subscriber Key",@sk)
SET @CountRows = RowCount(@multiRows)
IF @CountRows > 0 THEN /*checks to make sure the Subscriber Key does not already exist in the data extension. */
SET @message = "You have already submitted a response. Thank You."
InsertData(@SurveyTestDataExt,"Subscriber Key",@sk,"Email Address",@emailaddr,"Occasion",@occasion,"CreatedDate",NOW())
The above code matches the users subscriber key with one (if there is one) in the data ext. If one exists, the page shows a message saying they have already taken the survey. If not, the SubKey, email, and holiday they chose are stored in the data ext.
Next, we look up and count how many rows exist in the DE that are for "Christmas".
SET @ChristmasRows = LookupRows(@SurveyTestDataExt,"Occasion","Christmas") /* Get Christmas records */
SET @CountChristmasRows = RowCount(@ChristmasRows) /* Get a count (number) of Christmas records */
SET @TotalRows = LookupRows(@SurveyTestDataExt,"isRow",'True') /* Get all records by getting all records where the field "isRow" is equal to "True". By default, every record will have this field true. If for some reason we don't want to count a record, we can have that record have isRow equal to False. */
SET @CountTotalRows = RowCount(@TotalRows) /* Get a count (number) of all records */
SET @Christmas_perCent = Divide(@CountChristmasRows,@CountTotalRows)
SET @Christmas_perCent = Multiply(@Christmas_perCent,100) /* Get the percentage of records that are Christmas. */
SET @Christmas_perCent = FormatNumber(@Christmas_perCent,"F0″) /* Round the percentage */
Show the results:

Poll Results:

%%=v(@Christmas_perCent)=%%% picked Christmas
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I recently posted a "what's in my camera bag" update where I discussed this little GoPro gadget that has completely changed the way my footage looks and I've been asked tons of questions about it. The Zhiyun GoPro Gimbal is a very portable (thus very traveler-friendly!) three-axis motorized stabilizer – unlike a traditional Steadicam that works with counterbalance weights and is super bulky and annoying to carry, not to mention difficult to learn how to use properly. I was really keen to put it to use, so I took advantage of my trip to Northern Italy to film as much as I could and I put together this little video!
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Praise for Ted Trobaugh and Dolce Music
I am impressed with his remarkable intelligence, quick wit, and diverse creative abilities. Dolce is responsible for one of my project's most consistently-praised features – its evocative soundscapes.
—John Hancock, Director, CERHAS
Ted's music transformed my video from an ordinary decaf to a frothy double cappucino.
—Bryan Horch, Globoloco
His music was always right on track with…the mood of the film – enhancing the story. His score for Responsible Nooses was highly praised at the New York International Independent Film Festival.
—Tina Cesa Ward, Ward Pictures
One of the few times that I've finished a performance to have people in the audience "whoo" (or is that "whoop"?).
—Donald Nicholls, Clarinet, about the piece Julian and Maddalo
It's hard to find folks who are both creative and who can work with complex client needs. Ted effectively did both – composing a soundtrack that satisfied all while maintaining a strong creative vision..
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Thailand is the land of smiles and hospitality. It is a country where you will see too many contrasts on a day to day life. In one part of the city, you will see monks receiving alms at dawn for a living and in another part, you will see a legalized prostitution and party hubs. This is a destination, which is popular among backpackers as well as five-star travelers. Thailand has everything to cater to all kind of travelers and make them feel home. It feels simple and yet exotic all at the same time. This is the reason, it is very popular among travelers from all over the world.
Thailand is a big country and it's not easy to decide which places to visit. There are so many beautiful places in Thailand and it is very hard to choose a few places. There are beautiful monuments, architects, markets, beaches and national parks. Here are some of the places a traveler must visit when traveling to Thailand for the first time.
The capital of Thailand is a modern city with a rich tradition. This is the first city where you land when you come from any part of the world. Bangkok's two international airports cater to the global tourists from all over the world. In Bangkok, there is so much to see and do. Some of the important monuments to visit in Bangkok are Royal Palace, WatArun, and Golden Buddha. For a shopper, the Chatuchak Weekend Market and Pratunam Markets are the best places to buy things at bargain prices. The MBK center and Terminal 21 provide a different shopping experience. Khaosan road and Silom have good nightlife. For adult entertainment, Patpong is the most popular place among foreign tourist.
Chiang Mai
It is the cultural gem of Thailand, located 700 km north of Bangkok on the banks of the Ping River. Chiang Mai is calm and quiet. It is the land of mountains, valleys, and tribes. You have more chance of listening to late night jazz than heavy bass sounds here. There are Buddhist temples practically on every corner and a moat going through the old city add to the beauty of these temples. A visit to the nearby hill tribes in their village is a unique experience. The ethical elephant sanctuary is another must visit place in Chiang Mai to be with the gentle giants. The food here is one of the best in Thailand. There is no wonder that Chiang Mai is the capital of Thai culture.
Chiang Rai
Often confused with Chiang Mai, Chiang Rai has a very different feel and is smaller in comparison. It has one of the most famous Thailand landmarks. i.e. the White Temple (Wat Rung Khun). It is one of the most spectacular monument/tenple to see in Thailand. The other must-see temples here are WatPhraKaew and the blue temple, which is in all blue & gold colors. Chiang Rai is also a gateway for treks to nearby hills. The cycling trips to the surrounding countryside are an interesting activity to enjoy the natural surroundings.
A trip to Thailand is incomplete without visiting Kanchanaburi. It is located at the edge of the mountain range and remains cooler than the surrounding towns. This is the place where the infamous Burma railway was built in 1942 when Japnese controlled the area. The Asian prisoners were forced to build the railway under inhuman conditions and half of the laborers died during the project. This project is known as "Death Railway" and it's the site where "The Bridge over the River Kwai" was filmed. The area is now opened for visitors and they can cross over the bridge, visit abandoned trains and half-built railway tracks. There are a Memorial and the small museum showcasing the history of the infamous Thai-Burma Railway.
Phuket is Thailand's most famous and economical beach town. There are some of the best beaches in Thailand at PhangNga Bay. The "James Bond Island," is one of the most famous places where "The Man With the Golden Gun" was filmed. Phuket is a notorious place for some reasons and its famous for the cabaret shows are popular among tourists. The bars and vibrant nightlife with music & full moon parties are other popular activities here.
It has gained the reputation as a "seedy" beach town over the years. The bar area is considered the most notorious place in the town. The places away from the bar area have many interesting things to see and do. The Bottle Art Museum, the Pattaya Floating Market, and Mini Siam are some of the interesting places to visit in this town. The beaches in Pattaya are not as good as those in the south of Thailand.
Krabi is one of the best beach towns in Thailand with some of the most impressive beaches and seaside cliffs. Many surrounding beaches like The Phi Phi islands are very popular among snorkelers, scuba divers, boaters, and kayakers. The water is clear in Karabi and large coral areas exist here and have great water visibility. All these make it a great destination for all types of water activities.
KohSamui is popular for scuba diving and the Full Moon Party. This once in a month event is so popular that it attracts up to 30,000 people every month. These all-night parties are held on the beach. This is a must visit for people with any of these two things.
KhaoSok National Park
It is not a very popular place but one of the most beautiful places in Thailand. The park is divided into two parts, both sides are full of wildlife and natural surroundings. This place where you can spend some time in the lap of nature and enjoy the natural surroundings without disturbance. The two sides to the park are divided into a village, where you can go trekking or kayaking in the lake and in second parts they have very basic floating bungalows for an overnight stay.
It is a small town in the north of Thailand near Chiang Mai. This is one of the most beautiful places in Thailand, here you will find a perfect mix of locals, expats, digital nomads, and travelers. The main street becomes a street market every night selling food, local souvenir, and other items. There are rivers, mountains and rice fields all around the town, which are the perfect place for cycling trips. This laidback town is a perfect place to relax and stay for a longer duration. The road from Chiang Mai to Pai has 700 hairpin turns and gives a thrill while traveling.
The beach on KohNgai Island is one of the best and shown in brochures of Thailand tourism. This is a small island with no locals and has only resorts for tourists. There are no roads on the island and only footpaths used for walking. You have to walk on foot to go from one part of the Island to another or you can use longtail boats. The island has a clean white sand beach with clear water and there are beautiful corals in its surrounding waters. If you don't want to do anything and just want to enjoy the sun and sand, then this is the place to be.
These are some of the must-visit places when you visit Thailand for the first time.
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Eamon de Valera in Tullow
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The Slaney at Ouragh Road south east of Tullow Town.
The Square and Fr. Murphy monument Tullow, Co Carlow.
This is Tullow, taken from just outside Phil McCabes butchers shop on the left. taken from the bridge looking up to the square
- Arch gateway at St. Columbia's Church Tullow St Columba's Church of Ireland was erected in the year 1830-1831. It was the third of three church buildings to stand on this site in Church Street, Tullow. A vestry was built in 1861. Renovations were carried out in 1893. This view shows the arch gateway entrance.
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Tullow Museum is located on Bridge Street, Tullow, and is run voluntarily by Tullowphelim Historical Society. It contains a wide range of historical items such as the personal effects of Carlow-born world famous Antarctic explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton. There are also personal items of the Irish patriot Fr. John Murphy of Boulavogue who was one of the leaders of the 1798 rebellion and executed in Tullow town centre. Other items include photographs, journals and much more from Tullow's history.
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Skip to 0 minutes and 10 seconds In this section, you'll see what effects nicotine has in the body and how these effects are produced. You'll also learn why people become dependent on nicotine and see what withdrawal symptoms may occur if a person who was addicted to nicotine suddenly gave up smoking. Nicotine is the main active ingredient in the tobacco plant, which is widely ingested, normally through smoking, throughout the world in the form of cigarettes, cigars, or pipes. As the only pharmacologically active substance in tobacco smoke, apart from carcinogenic tars and carbon monoxide, smoking is highly addictive. According to the World Health Organisation, addiction to tobacco kills one person prematurely every six seconds.
Skip to 1 minute and 4 seconds This is predominately due to the inhalation of tar in the smoke, which contains the most carcinogens, or cancer-causing chemicals. Nicotine being inhaled from a cigarette travels directly to the bloodstream from the lungs. When a cigarette is inhaled, it takes only seconds for the nicotine to reach the brain. Nicotine exerts its effects by binding to nicotinic receptors throughout the body. Nicotinic receptors are ion channels. So when nicotine binds, the ion channels open. And sodium ions rush into the cell and stimulates the cell.
Skip to 1 minute and 50 seconds This stimulation of neurons causes some desired effects, such as increased alertness and concentration and reduced anxiety, as well as some unwanted effects, such as an increase in heart rate and sweating. Smokers report that smoking wakes them up when they are drowsy and calms them down when they are tense. However, the effects of nicotine on a person depend very much on whether a person is a first-time smoker or has been smoking for awhile. This is because continual smoking produces tolerance to a number of the effects of nicotine. For example, first-time smokers often become anxious, nauseated and sweaty after smoking, whereas chronic smokers are much less likely to experience these effects.
Skip to 2 minutes and 44 seconds The tolerance to some effects of nicotine is thought to occur because the receptors become less sensitive to the effects of nicotine. This is called receptor desensitisation.
Skip to 3 minutes and 0 seconds For a person who has not smoked before, the nicotinic receptors allow many sodium ions into the cell when they open.
Skip to 3 minutes and 11 seconds However, after a person has been smoking for awhile, the nicotinic receptors become less sensitive and are [INAUDIBLE] less sodium when they open in response to nicotine bonding. This is one reason why smoking is addictive, as the pleasurable effects continue whilst people become tolerant to some of the less pleasant effects. Why people become tolerant to some effects of nicotine and not others is not fully understood. However, it is probably because there are more than one type of nicotinic receptor. And different effects of nicotine are probably the result of activation of different types of nicotinic receptors that have varying degrees of tolerance.
Skip to 3 minutes and 58 seconds Continually smoking nicotine products results in dependence, which is when a person keeps taking a drug despite problems occurring related to the use of the drug. Let's now look at nicotine dependence in more detail. It is very difficult to just stop smoking without any assistance. This is because people become dependent on the effects of nicotine. We saw when we discussed morphine in the control of pain that opioids like morphine are more addictive because they release the neurotransmitter Dopamine in the limbic region of the brain. Also in the week we discussed pain, we mentioned the limbic system as an area of the brain important in reward. Nicotinic receptors exist in the limbic system.
Skip to 4 minutes and 52 seconds And when they are activated by nicotine, Dopamine is released. Drugs liable to being addictive generally share the property of being able to release Dopamine in the limbic system. This is because Dopamine release in the limbic system results in feelings of pleasure. This is reinforcing a person to smoke more. Because smoking is deemed to be pleasurable. So like with morphine, nicotine effectively hijacks the brain's rewarding system. Because smokers get Dopamine release when they smoke, they crave this feeling when not smoking. If a drug causes dependence because of the reinforcement it provides, this is called psychological dependence. Another key component of nicotine dependence is that smokers associate certain behaviours with smoking.
Skip to 5 minutes and 51 seconds A smoker becomes used to smoking with certain other activities, such as having a cup of coffee, or after eating a meal, or when socialising with friends. These other activities become environmental cues for the smoker. It is very difficult for an ex-smoker to be in a situation when they would have normally smoked. This is because the cues, such as drinking coffee, have become associated with smoking. And they become reinforcing in terms of smoking, thus take on powerful incentive properties that are critically important for sustaining smoking in humans. We mentioned that smokers become psychologically dependent. But they can also become physically dependent, since they suffer withdrawal symptoms if they stop smoking.
Skip to 6 minutes and 43 seconds Such symptoms include increased irritability, impaired performance of mental tasks, aggressiveness, and impaired sleep. Even though the physical withdrawal only lasts about two to three weeks, the psychological craving for nicotine products lasts much longer than this. And this is the reason that smokers like Tracy, who's given up for long periods of time– that is months to years– can suddenly start again. There are various ways in which people try to give up smoking tobacco products. Nicotine replacement therapy, or NRT, is one means of assistance available to tobacco smokers who want to quit, as it reduces physical withdrawal symptoms and the psychological cravings for the drug.
Skip to 7 minutes and 35 seconds It is most effective when it is combined with psychological interventions designed to help people overcome the psychological aspects of giving up smoking. For example, coping strategies when a person who has been a smoker in a situation in which they would have normally smoked, are very important. Nicotine replacement on its own, without any counselling or support, is not very effective in terms of assisting people giving up smoking. Even with additional support, the success rate of NRT is only about 25%, as defined by the percentage of patients still abstinent after one year. So in this section, you have seen what effects nicotine has in the body and how nicotine produces these effects.
Skip to 8 minutes and 26 seconds You also saw why people become psychologically and physically dependent on nicotine. You learned what withdrawal symptoms may occur if a person who is addicted to nicotine suddenly gave up smoking, and how nicotine replacement therapy assists people to give up smoking.
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|Transmittal No. LIHEAP-AT-2011-4
Date: July 21, 2011
LIHEAP Application Requirements for FY 2012 and Deadline for All Applications of September 1, 2011
The Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Act, Title XXVI of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1981, (Public Law 97-35), as amended; LIHEAP-IM-2011-7 dated April 6, 2011 (Model Plan Application for LIHEAP Funding for Fiscal Year 2012); OMB Approval Number 0970-0075, approved for LIHEAP use through April 30, 2014.
The purpose of this memorandum is to remind grantees of the application requirements for the funding period beginning October 1, 2011 for the Fiscal Year (FY) 2012 LIHEAP program and to remind all grantees that their LIHEAP applications for the FY 2012 funding period are due September 1, 2011.
The LIHEAP application requirements for the FY 2012 funding period were described in LIHEAP‑IM‑2011-7, dated April 6, 2011. That Information Memorandum also included copies of both the Detailed and Abbreviated Model Plans, along with a chart showing which grantees must submit detailed applications this year. Grantees are reminded that a complete plan must include a Program Integrity Assessment, as outlined in LIHEAP-IM-2011-07. FY 2012 LIHEAP plans will not be considered "complete"—and funding will be delayed—until a complete Program Integrity Assessment is submitted.
Grantees must submit a "Detailed application" every three years or sooner if they are making major changes to their LIHEAP programs. Since most grantees do not substantially change their programs in a typical two- to three-year period, this frequency will assure that we have a full description of basic Plan elements. As part of the Detailed application, a full description of how grantees will carry out all of the assurances specified in the statute and the other program-specific information required in Section 2605(c) of the statute must be submitted.
One-third of current grantees must submit Detailed applications for FY 2012 while the remaining two-thirds will have the option of filing an Abbreviated application for FY 2012. Grantees that submit an Abbreviated application for FY 2012 will be required to submit a Detailed application for FY 2013 or FY 2014. Attached is a schedule specifying which grantees are required to file Detailed applications in FY 2012 and FY 2013 (See Attachment 2).
Tribes and Territories that were not grantees in the fiscal year immediately prior to the fiscal year for which application is being made must file a Detailed application. Otherwise, filing an Abbreviated application is optional; a grantee that wishes to do so may file a Detailed application in any year. In some cases, Tribes and States are not on the same 3-year cycle if a Tribe applied with a Detailed Plan during a year in which the State submitted an Abbreviated Plan.
We wish to remind grantees that they must submit an application each fiscal year in order to receive LIHEAP funds. Indian Tribes and tribal organizations must submit their applications by September 1, 2011, unless the State(s) in which the Tribe or organization is located agrees to a later submission date. A Final Rule published on October 15, 1999 in the Federal Register (64 Fed.Reg. 55843) states in 45 C.F.R. § 96.10(c)(2) that applications from States and Territories must also be submitted by September 1 unless the Department agrees to a later date.
States and Territories that will not be able to meet the deadline for submitting FY 2012 applications should write to this office as soon as possible at the address at the end of this transmittal. The letter should state the reason(s) that the deadline cannot be met and a projected date for submission.
The final rule also establishes a deadline for the submission of all information required to complete the LIHEAP application by Tribes, States and Territories. All information requested by this office in order to make a grantee's application complete must be submitted by December 15 of the fiscal year for which funds are being requested, unless the State(s) in which a Tribe is located (in the case of tribal grantees) or the Department (in the case of States and Territories) agrees to a later date.
Early receipt and processing of your application also will facilitate your ability to meet the statutory requirement to obligate at least 90 percent of your funds in the fiscal year in which they are appropriated.
The Cash Management Improvement Act of 1990 (Public Law 101-453, as amended by Public Law 102-589), is in effect. This statute, which covers States and Territories but not Tribes, imposes a requirement for timely transfers of funds between Federal agencies and States. The Department of the Treasury has issued a Final Rule (57 FR 60676-60684, published December 21, 1992) implementing the statute, which affects the LIHEAP program. The receipt of a grantee's application several weeks before the grantee intends to draw funds from the Payment Management System will allow us to comply with the intent of this Act and its implementing regulations.
All necessary information must be included in the application before it can be accepted as complete and we can issue a grant. When we have to ask for additional information, grantees may not receive the grant award on the schedule they had planned.
Use of the Model Plan format continues to be optional. To assist grantees that choose not to use the Model Plan format, we have attached reminders of the elements necessary for a complete application (Attachment 1).
This Model Plan may be downloaded from the "Forms" section of the Federal LIHEAP website at: https://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/ocs/liheap/grantees/forms.html#fundi...
Required Household Report
As part of their annual LIHEAP grant applications, grantees are required to report data on households that applied for and those that received LIHEAP assistance during the previous fiscal year by submitting a Household Report with the LIHEAP Plan by September 1, 2011. A separate Action Transmittal will be released to all grantees shortly with instructions on how to complete the Household Report for households assisted in FY 2011.
Section 2605 (c)(1)(G) of the LIHEAP statute requires grantees to report the number and income levels of those households applying for and those households receiving assistance, and the number of assisted households with at least one or more individuals who are in either of three categories: (1) 60 years or older, (2) disabled, and (3) under 6 years old. (Territories with block grant allocations of $200,000 or less and tribal grantees are required to submit a report only on the number of households served under each LIHEAP component).
Leveraging Incentive ProgramWe remind LIHEAP grantees applying for leveraging incentive funds that the regulations at 45 C.F.R. § 96.87, which govern the leveraging incentive program, require inclusion in a grantee's FY 2011 LIHEAP Plan a description of any leveraging activities that took place during FY 2011 that are integrated and coordinated with a grantee's LIHEAP program, but that are not administered as a part of LIHEAP. Grantees must submit any necessary amendments to their FY 2011 Plan to provide those descriptions to the Division of Energy Assistance by the end of FY 2011, September 30, 2011. Please note: Because Leveraging Incentive Awards were not made during FY 2011, FY 2012 Leveraging Incentive Awards will be issued based on FY 2010 activities this fall. No Leveraging Reports will be due in FY 2012. However, grantees will have the choice of using FY 2011 or FY 2012 activities as the basis for Leveraging Incentive funding to be issued in FY 2013, as available, and therefore should still include FY 2011 activities in their FY 2011 plan. Leveraging activities expected to be carried out during FY 2012 should be described in the FY 2012 Plan and application. Please refer to LIHEAP-AT-2010-12 (dated August 5, 2010), that describes the requirements to qualify for leveraging incentive funds for these resources.
Additional Certifications
Please remember that all States, whether or not they use the Model Plan, must file the lobbying certification and, if applicable, Form LLL, which discloses lobbying payments. Tribes and Tribal Organizations are not required to file the lobbying certification. The Debarment and Suspension Certification must be filed by all grantees, as must the Drug-Free Workplace Certification, unless a State has submitted a Statewide assurance to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). Grantees that do not use the Model Plan must also submit these certifications.
The Chief Executive Officer means, in most Tribes, the Tribal Chairperson or President of the Tribal Council. For States, the Chief Executive Officer is the Governor. The assurances may not be signed by any other person, such as the LIHEAP Coordinator, the Business Manager, or the Director of Social Services. There is only one exception to this policy. The Chief Executive Officer may, in writing, specifically authorize another person to sign on his or her behalf. Such an authorization will be accepted only if it states that the designated person is authorized to sign the LIHEAP assurances. Authorization simply to administer the LIHEAP program is not acceptable. Authorization to a position (e.g., Director), rather than a specific person, is also not acceptable. The authorization must mention the LIHEAP program by name.
Tribe-State Agreements
Under the LIHEAP statute and implementing regulations, we determine grant amounts to be awarded to Tribes and Tribal Organizations based on the number of eligible households in the Tribe compared to the number of eligible households for the State, unless the Tribe and the State agree to a larger amount which may either be a flat amount or a percentage share of the State allocation. We encourage Tribes and States to develop an agreement on funding levels and to review those funding levels annually.
Inter-Tribal or Consortium Agreements
If a Tribal Organization or Consortium is applying on behalf of several Tribes, the application must list all Tribes to be served. Any Tribes added to the list after the September 1 application due date must receive the State's approval before HHS can issue funds to the organization or consortium on behalf of the additional Tribes.
A consortium must also have a resolution for each Tribe for which it is applying, authorizing the consortium to apply for and administer LIHEAP funds on the Tribe's behalf. The authorization must be in the form of a resolution duly passed by the Tribal council. A letter signed by a program administrator or by a Tribal Chairperson will not suffice.
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The priests at Sri Ganesha Temple are well experienced in performing Archanas, Poojas, Homas, Alankaras, Abhishekams, Kumbhabhishekams, Brahmotsavams, and Weddings. They all speak Tamil, Telugu,Hindi, Kannada and English. Their commitment to the authentic religious practices and the Hindu tradition of worship, has earned them the respect, admiration, and the devotion of the Hindu community in Nashville and surrounding areas.
Sri Koteshwaran K. Gurukkal hails from a family of highly venerated priestswith rich heritage. Born at Ettukudi in Thanjvur District, Tamil Nadu, he studied at the Saiva Agama School at Thirupugalur and was awarded the "SaivagamaBhushanam" certificate. He was also awarded "SaivagamaVidwan" , "PoorvaBhagam and Uttara Bhagam" certificates by the ThirumalaThirupathiDevasthanam (TTD). From 1980-1986, he worked as a priest at Sri SubramanyaSwamyDevalayam in Skandagiri in Secunderabad, Andhra Pradesh. Priest Gurukkal joined Sri Ganesha Temple in 1988. In 1993, he got married to Indrani. He has two children Skanda Janani and MayurKarthik.He speaks Telugu, Kannada, Tamil, Hindi and English.
Sri Tarakabrahma Sarma Gudipati (Brahma) joined our temple in 2013. He is from Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh. He is a qualified priest, specialized in Krishna Yajur Veda Kramantha and Smartha Agama. He has his Prathamadeeksha education from Rashtriya Sanskrit Samsthan (Deemed University), Delhi in 2005 and the Saahitya and Nyaaya (Tarka) Shaastra education from Srimajjagadguru ShankaracharyaSamskrithaPathashala, Dharwad. He got a gold medal on Sahitya and Nyaaya Shastra from Dharwad in 2007. He got his Sahitya certification from the Government of Karnataka. Before coming to Nashville, he was a priest in Dharwad temple in Karnataka. He speaks Telugu, Kannada, Tamil, Hindi, English and Sanskrit. He is married to Srimathi Swapna. He has three daughters Manogna, Abhigna and Anagha.
Sri Narayana Bhat joined our temple in 2014. He is from Bangalore, Karnataka. He is a qualified priest, specialized in Krishna Yajur Veda Kramantha. He did his education from Sri ShankaracharyaMahasamasthana, Dakshinamnaya Sri SharadhaPeetha, Bangalore (1997 – 2004) and Shiva Agama Pravara Education from Government Maharaja's Sanskrit College, Mysore. He has experience in working as a priest and performed many religious ceremonies. He speaks Kannada, Tamil, Telugu, Hindi and English. He is married to TejaswiniHegde and has a daughter Varuni.
Sri Sooryanarayan Bhat joined our temple in April 2017. He is from Bengaluru, Karnataka. He studied Rigvedam Samhita at Kanchi Kamakoti Peetam,Shankaracharya Veda Pathasala, Kanchipuram in TamilNadu. He passed Shaivagama Pravara, Shaivagama Praveena exams at Karnataka State Government Maharaja Sanskrit College, Mysore. He speaks Kannada, Hindi, English, Tamil, Malayalam, Konkini, Tulu, Marathi and Sanskrit. He is married to Padmasri and has a daughter Dravina.


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There Are More Than Twice As Many Editors As Reporters
There were 64,590 reporters and news analysts in 1999. Over the past decade, that number fell by nearly 20,000 to 46,000.
At the same time, the number of working editors rose by 10,000 to 105,000.
So there are more than double the number of editors in the world as reporters.
We want to believe that some of this discrepancy is simply a matter of terminologyafter all, your humble MediaJobsDaily blogger's title is "Editor," and the Patch staff who run around reporting, shooting photos and video, and Tweeting are also called editors. Copy-editors, too, could be classified as "editors" even though they don't fit the J. Jonah Jameson stereotype.
But it's also not unlikely that many news organizations are now top-heavy.
A side note from the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette story that dug up these numbers: There are 243,000 PR specialists in the country, up from 118,000 a decade ago.


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AnnaLynne McCord: The Epitome of Flirty, Fun, Youthful Style
February 20, 2010 by Anna
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I really don't know much about AnnaLynne McCord except: 1) she stars in the CW's remake of 90210 and 2) she's been linked to Kellan Lutz, who everyone seems to be obsessed with these days. Other than that, the one thing I keep coming back to each time I see her photo is that maybe blondes really do have more fun. Her style is super easy-going yet sexy and just screams 'fun.'
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Twilight's Ashley Greene: Who Knew Vampires Could Look So Good?
January 18, 2010 by Anna
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I've realized that one pop-culture phenomenon that we've never mentioned on StealThisDress! is Twilight. I watched the first movie and really liked it. But I'm definitely not one of those obsessed fans. When I read on Perez about how the cast was once again mobbed by hysterical teenyboppers or the latest speculation about the romance between Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson, I usually zone out. The one Twilight star that I do love, though, is Ashley Greene.
A combination of white, cream and champagne tones is a beautiful choices for brunettes or ladies with a darker complexion. There is something undeniably angelic about this combination. If you choose to wear these colors, you gotta accessorize your outfit with gold jewelry. That's just an unwritten law, in my opinion. If you want to literally glow, this is the color palette you should be working with.
As for Ashley Greene, talk about stunning natural beauty! I really hope she gets more screen-time in the rest of the Twilight series.
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October 1, 2009 by Anna
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Just when I thought platform heels couldn't get any better, these clever designers went and made the platform a different color from the rest of the shoe. Basically, an instant way to add splashes of color to whatever you are wearing. I'm currently in the process of deciding which of these fabulous Aldo pairs to snag for this weekend's festivities.
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June 16, 2009 by Anna
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MOUNT LEBANON (KDKA) — A woman was seriously injured when her vehicle collided with a garbage truck this morning in Mount Lebanon.
The Mount Lebanon Police Department is investigating the accident that happened just after 7 a.m. at the intersection of Cochran Road and Osage Road.
Police say the 41-year-old woman suffered severe head injuries in the accident.
The road was closed into the afternoon while officials investigated at the scene.
According to police, the woman was headed south on Cochran Road when her Jeep Wrangler suddenly spun into the path of the oncoming garbage truck.
Investigators say they believe ice on the road may have contributed to the accident. According to initial reports, the cold temperatures this morning may have caused water that was on the roadway to freeze.
The woman was treated by paramedics at the scene and then transported to UPMC Mercy Hospital. There is no word on her condition.
Stay with KDKA for a full report on this developing story.
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23 November 2012
The Bill, which will be introduced to Parliament next week, includes new measures to support low-carbon technologies after 2017, as well as an overall increase in financial support for low carbon electricity and energy efficiency.
However, the bill also delays a decision on a 2030 decarbonisation target until 2016, a move which will anger environmentalists hoping for a long-term target to support renewables development.
A key part of the bill is the inclusion of the Contracts for Difference (CfDs) mechanism which will offer low carbon generators – including nuclear and renewables – a minimum price for the electricity they generate.
It also includes provision for a "counterparty", a government-owned body tasked with ensuring generators are paid under the contracts for difference, and collecting funds from electricity suppliers.
However, there is still no detail about the level of the renewables sector's market reference price or strike price, the prices at which generators will be able to sell their power without receiving support, or being required to pay it back, respectively, which will set the terms of the investment climate for renewables.
Crucially, the prices will set out levels of support for each technology – including nuclear (despite the Government initially pledging that nuclear new build would not get support funded by the taxpayer).
A spokeswoman for the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) told Renewable Energy Focus that the government will announce details of the strike prices and market reference prices during the middle of next year, for projects coming online in 2014. Meanwhile, further details on allocation of the CfDs and the mechanics of the system will be revealed when the Bill is introduced to Parliament next week.
The announcement ends months of coalition government infighting over the content of the Bill – with the Liberal Democrat-led Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) pushing for a greater emphasis on renewables, and the Conservative-led Treasury favouring gas.
It appears that agreement was finally reached when the two sides agreed a trade-off, with the Liberal Democrats relinquishing their demand for a 2030 carbon target, in exchange for the Treasury relaxing its hardline stance on subsidies financed by consumers.
The Bill allows for an increase in the financial support under the Levy Control Framework – the Treasury's pet project to reduce the burden of subsidies placed on consumers - to £7.5 billion in 2020-2021, up from £2.5 billion in 2012-13.
Broadly speaking, this should allow a greater amount of flexibility for the government when deciding which projects will be eligible for CfDs.
A decision on the 2030 decarbonisation target will be made in 2016, once the Committee on Climate Change has offered its advice on how the UK should reach its fifth carbon budget.
"This is a durable agreement across the Coalition against which companies can invest and support jobs and our economic recovery," said Ed Davey, Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change.
"The decisions we've reached are true to the Coalition Agreement, they mean we can introduce the Energy Bill next week and have essential electricity market reforms up and running by 2014 as planned."
Meanwhile, the renewables industry in the UK welcomed the news, hailing it as an important step to regaining investor confidence in the sector. "The news that there is rock solid support across government for renewable energy, and clear evidence that Treasury and DECC are in step, provide the industry with exactly the kind of assurances we've been calling for," said Maria McCaffery, RenewableUK's chief executive. "This blows the last few months of political infighting completely out of the water. This is proof that the Treasury really does get it."
Renewable Energy Association (REA) Chief Executive Gaynor Hartnell, said: "The commitment of the necessary budget for the renewable power sector to meet its share of the2020 target, is very welcome news. This should help to draw a line under the recent politicking, which has been so damaging to investor confidence."
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