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CARY – A company that is building an apartment complex in Crystal Lake is looking to build a 60-unit residential complex in Cary.
Pedcor Investments, based in Carmel, Ind., wants to build a 60-unit workforce housing complex on 4.5 acres at First Street and Pearl Street, according to village documents.
The company is under contract to buy the property.
The complex would have four two-story buildings, as well as a club house, pool and playground for residents.
Units in the complex would be one to three bedrooms, and there would be approximately two parking spaces per unit, village documents say.
Pedcor currently is constructing a project in Crystal Lake. The Congress Parkway Apartment Homes are is scheduled to be complete in the late summer.
Cary board members Tuesday are scheduled to begin considering the project.
Currently, the village's comprehensive plan, which is being updated, said the site should be used for "light industrial" and is zoned for manufacturing use. If the plan were to move forward, the village would need to designate the site as multi-family residential.
Director of Community and Economic Development Chris Stilling said there are multi-family residential buildings to the north and east of the proposed project site.
The previous building on the site was demolished four years ago, Stilling said.
"We talked about, as part of the comprehensive plan, the need for more affordable housing and housing for the aging population," Stilling said. "This is a project that does both."
Village documents say it can take up to 18 months from now until construction begins.
A public hearing on the plan is proposed for May 22, with the village's board of zoning, planning and appeals.
A final decision by the Cary Village Board could come in June.
Pedcor hopes to receive tax credits through the Illinois Housing and Development Program through the Low Income Tax Credit program, village documents say.
The IHDA program administers federal tax credits. To receive the credits, Pedcor would have to primarily serve residents who make 60 percent of the area median income or less. Investors in the property then can get tax credits in return for project equity, which reduces the amount needed to finance the project and makes rent more affordable.
Federal law says that rents and incomes on the property have to remain restricted for 15 years.
Pedcor plans to send in its application to IHDA in July.
Pedcor also said in documents provided to village board members, that there is a need for workforce housing in the village.
According to Pedcor, 87.8 percent of the people employed in the Cary, live outside of the town, and 57.7 percent of the workers earn less than $40,000 a year.
In Pedcor's properties, each unit has it's own entryway rather than there being a common hallway, according to Pedcor documents. Rooms also can accommodate one to six people. Each unit would have large storage for bicycles and other belongings, hook-ups for a washer and dryer, and a patio or balcony.
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Daniel Sturridge has been handed his first Premier League start of the season for Chelsea's Premier League clash against West Brom.
Roberto Di Matteo makes five changes from the side which secured a 1-1 draw against Liverpool last Sunday as David Luiz and Gary Cahill replace John Terry, who is sidelined with a knee injury, and Branislav Ivanovic, who drops to the bench.
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Garry Rayno's State House Dome: NH budget process about to get messyBy GARRY RAYNO
New Hampshire Union Leader
February 16. 2013 2:55AM
Gov. Maggie Hassan presented her proposed two-year budget last week, and now it is up to the House Finance Committee to begin dissecting her plan and pondering changes.
Much was said about the $80 million in gambling licensing fees she included. That may not be something other governors have done, but they have repeatedly included money from proposed tax rate jumps in budgets that lawmakers had yet to approve.
Including $80 million in licensing fees for a "high-end, highly regulated casino" along the state's southern border might have another purpose, putting the House - which has never passed expanded gambling - in a box.
Obviously, the pressure is on members of the Democrat-controlled House to pass gambling if they want the budget to include additional money for higher education, mental health services, hospitals and other "restorations," such as the Children in Need of Services (CHINS) program and $5 million in revenue sharing for cities and towns.
The House's long history of rejecting video gambling and casinos will be tested because without new gambling revenues, lawmakers will have to cut state spending by $80 million.
While the governor's message is simple, the political realities are not.
The gambling bill that Hassan called a good starting point, Senate Bill 152, may not come to the House from the Senate until after the House has had to vote on the budget, although one of the sponsors, Sen. Lou D'Allesandro, D-Manchester, said the Senate intends to take quick action on SB 152 and send it to the House early in March.
If that happened, would the House kill it quickly and craft something more to its liking? The last time the House did such crafting it came up with the LLC and campground taxes, which helped fuel a Republican landslide in the 2010 elections.
The House could also opt to hijack one of two other gambling bills - House Bill 665 or House Bill 678 - to produce something most representatives could live with but probably wouldn't raise $80 million.
The governor also wants the tobacco tax raised an additional 20 cents a pack above a 10 cent increase that kicks in this summer. The proposed increase prompted a standing ovation during Hassan's budget address, while her pitch for gambling at first brought an awkward silence and then polite applause, with only about 20 lawmakers standing to cheer.
The biggest challenge for the Senate will be House Bill 617, which would increase the gas tax 12 cents and vehicle registration fees $15 over three years, providing $122 million a year to fix the state's roads and bridges.
Hassan left no doubt she wants something done about roads and bridges.
"I stand ready to work with any member of either party who is willing to bring constructive, long-term ideas to the table so we can build a consensus solution that will help us begin to improve our roads and bridges and finish I-93," she said in her budget address.
The Senate gambling bill seeks to dedicate 45 percent of the state's share of the money to highways and bridges, but clearly Hassan wants gambling revenues to go into the state's general fund. So the message to the Senate is: You can have gambling, but you also need to do something more for the highway system, with either the gas tax or the registration fees.
We're in the preliminary rounds of the budget fight, and the final roll of the dice is months away.

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WOMEN'S PRISON: Included in Hassan's $129 million capital budget plan is $38 million for a new women's prison.
Inmates at the women's prison in Goffstown have sued the state over the conditions there. The aging prison does not allow women to receive the same services or participate in the same programs as inmates in the men's prisons in Concord and Berlin.
Essentially, it's a civil rights suit.
But as noted by House Public Works and Highways Committee Chairman David Campbell, D-Nashua, the $38 million "takes the oxygen out of the capital budget."
He wants to see the money allocated over two, two-year budget cycles, asserting the new prison could not possibly be sited, designed and built by the end of the 2015 fiscal year.
Although Hassan did not say last week where the new prison would go, the Corrections Department has been exploring building it behind the men's prison in Concord. The state owns ample land, and many of the buildings at the men's prison could be used by women prisoners, too.

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MEDICAID AND ACA: Along with Hassan's budget, key decisions on Medicaid expansion and the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act - commonly referred to as the ACA or "Obamacare'' - also came down last week.
The state had until Feb. 15 to decide whether to partner with the federal government in setting up health insurance exchanges, or markets, to help residents find the best policy for them.
Tuesday, the governor's legal counsel, Lucy Hodder, told the Joint Health Care Reform Oversight Committee that Hassan would seek a partnership, something the Republican members believed could not be done without prior committee approval.
Rep. John Hunt, R-Rindge, voted with the Democrats, 4-2, to approve the letter seeking a partnership after the governor's office agreed to seek committee consent before taking further action involving exchanges.
"My vote affirmed the committee's authority," Hunt said later.
In her budget address, Hassan ended any speculation about where she stood on Medicaid expansion under the ACA.
"As both Democratic and Republican governors around the nation have said, it's a good deal, one that will, among other things, allow us to save money in existing state programs while increasing state revenues," Hassan said.
Hassan's budget includes about $300 million in federal money to pay for the new Medicaid enrollees when expansion begins, Jan. 1.
The federal government will pay 100 percent of the cost for new enrollees for the first three years, then step down gradually to 90 percent in the seventh year and beyond.


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Firefighters in Derbyshire are to strike over eight consecutive days in an ongoing row with the Government, the Fire Brigades' Union (FBU) has announced.
The FBU said "unsafe and unrealistic" proposals will see firefighters working longer and having their pensions cut.
But the Government's new fire minister, Penny Mordaunt, said industrial action was "counterproductive".
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TEL AVIV, Israel — U.S. presidential candidate Mitt Romney plans to raise campaign money in private while in Israel, so what he tells wealthy American supporters abroad will be kept quiet from voters at home.
Romney's campaign is barring reporters from a fundraiser at Jerusalem's King David Hotel and not saying why. At U.S. events, Romney's remarks to donors in communal spaces such as hotels are typically public.
President Barack Obama allows reporters to hear his words at fundraisers, though he generally bars them from listening to question-and-answer sessions with those in attendance. The president sometimes allows coverage of his remarks at events in private homes.
Romney press secretary Rick Gorka, asked to comment, simply said, "Closed press, closed press, closed press," as he walked down the aisle of the candidate's campaign plane during the flight from London to Tel Aviv.
Some of Romney's wealthiest U.S. supporters plan to attend Monday's fundraiser. They include casino mogul Sheldon Adelson, who has donated millions to a group backing Romney and is a leading backer of Republican Jewish groups in the U.S.
Donors at the event were asked to contribute $50,000 or to raise $100,000. Romney advisers said the event is expected to raise more than $1 million. The fundraiser will be relatively small, likely with about 50 attendees, giving Romney the chance to interact more personally than he does in many of the larger events.
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The U.S. Geological Survey said the 3:05 p.m. temblor was centered near Youngstown.
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The quake was the largest of 11 in the last eight months to have occurred within 2 miles of injection wells in Mahoning County used to dispose of brine wastes from gas and oil drilling, Hansen said. There is "little doubt" the quake is linked to 9,000-foot-deep wells the state and the owner, Northstar Disposal Services LLC and operated by D&K Energy Inc., agreed on Friday to shut down, he said.
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By Rachel Greenspan, Early Childhood & Family Engagement Director
Even though it is still winter, many parents of four and five year olds are already looking towards next fall, and thinking about whether or not their children are ready for a K4 or K5 program in either the public school district or a private school or preschool program. Starting kindergarten is a big step and an exciting rite of passage for young children and their parents. You love your child and want him to get off to a good start in school. Maybe you have doubts about his development, or you simply don't know what will be required of him in the kindergarten classroom.
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Social and Emotional Development - School and learning involve more than academics. A key to success in kindergarten (and beyond) is being able to get along with others. In kindergarten, your child should be able and willing to:
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- Sit still for short periods (15 minutes or less).
Physical Development - Kindergarteners use their bodies as well as their brains! To thrive in kindergarten, your child will need both small and large motor skills, such as:
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Taking Care of Personal Needs - Taking care of one's personal needs is not only practical, it's also a sign of independence and growth. For most young children, it is a source of great pride! To start kindergarten, your child should be able to:
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How You Can Help Your Preschooler Gear Up For Kindergarten
As your child's first teacher - and her loving parent - you're in a perfect position to prepare her for kindergarten. If she attends preschool, make sure she's in a program that provides a fun and stimulating learning environment. Whether she's in preschool or not, you can help her grow if you:
- Read to your child daily. Visit your public library for children's story hour, and borrow books to enjoy together at home. Snuggle up and read bedtime stories.
- Build her vocabulary with everyday conversation. Discuss your daily routines, interesting experiences, and feelings. Listen to what she says, and correct her gently when necessary. Avoid using "baby talk."
- Support her "social/emotional I.Q." Classroom learning will require your child to listen and follow directions and cooperate with others. She'll also need to manage her emotions – and be sensitive to the feelings of others. Be sure you provide clear guidance in these skills, and let her practice them one-on-one (with a sibling or friend) and in groups (both formal and informal).
- Let your child play and create. Whether it's exploring outdoors, building a castle out of Lego's, or finger painting, play is a critical to developing your child's imagination, creativity, critical thinking skills, and problem-solving ability.


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The hearing will feature testimony from five panels, including experts in the field as well as those directly affected by Alzheimer's and related dementias. Alzheimer's Association panelists include Harry Johns, president and CEO; Jay Jones, early-stage advisor, Southeast Florida Chapter; Laura Jones, Southeast Florida Chapter; and Joyce Simons, early-stage advisor, New York City Chapter.
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For people under age 65 with Alzheimer's disease and related dementias, their diminished cognitive impairment can quickly reach a point where they can no longer maintain gainful employment. Currently, many people with younger-onset Alzheimer's disease and related dementias face multiple challenges when applying for SSDI, including a lengthy decision process and multiple appeals.
If SSA decides to include younger-onset Alzheimer's disease and related dementias on the list of Compassionate Allowances, it would simplify and streamline the SSDI application process, decrease the wait time for benefits and help people access the assistance they need. The hearing will provide SSA with an opportunity to be briefed and introduced to the broad range of issues concerning those with younger-onset Alzheimer's and other dementias.
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LOUIS —At the corivcntioii of the Council of Jewish Women, Which met:'in St. Louis during the week of November llth. to 16th, Miss Rose : Brenner of Brooklyn, New York, who has served as president for the trien¬ nial period of 1920-3, w;as re-elected president for anotlier term of. three years. . Under the presidency of Miss Brenner, this organi-^ation has enjoyed its largest expansion, emerging as a world influence to a larger degree than ever before in its history. As an indication of the Council's new worid-wide contact and power in the realm of World JewLsh Womanhood, there were present at the St. Louis con¬ vention Mme. Rose Pomerantz-Melzer, a'mcmber of the Polish Parliament, and Friu Sidonie Werner of Hambnrf?, Ger- matiy. One of the Features One of the features of the conven¬ tion was a special volume, prepared by Estclle M. Sternberger,'Executive Sec'y, commemorating 30 years'of Council Ac¬ tivity. The delegates voiced their unanimous endorsement of the leader¬ ship of Miss Brenner by a resolution, ordering a ' special reprint of her rc- poi't, for distribution arnong the dele¬ gate's and visitors at the convention, and among the Sections not represented. In thd absence of Miss Brenner,' who was unable to attend tnis triennial gathering, the various sessions were presided over by |Mrs.^ Israel Cowen of Chicago, First ¦.;*»v»3^ie^Prcsident; M/s.'-S. .-I^islco of Den-. - --ver, 'S<M»nd ' Vicc'lf'rtfsi'tfent^" and" Ktrs." S. M. BlumaUer of Portland, Oregon, Third Vice-President.^ As a tribute to their service rendered to the Council's cause, Mrs. Davie]. Ben¬ jamin of Kansas City and 'Mrs. Israel' -Cowen of Chicago were elected Hon- oi-ary Vice-Presidents. Additional Officers Elected The additional officers elected, include Mrs. William D. Sporborg of Port Chester, N. Y., First Vice-President; Mrs. Alexander Wolf of Washington, D. C., Second Vice-President; Mrs. Herbert E. Ottcnheimer of Louisville. Third Vice-President; Mrs. Alvin L. Bauman of St. Louis, Treasurer, and Mrs. Leonard H. Hecht of Baltimore, Recording Secretary. Mrs. Estelle M. Sternberger of New York City will again serve as Executive Secretary. The following were chosen as Na¬ tional Directors for a term of six years: Mrs. Irvin Bettman of St. Louis, Mrs. S. M. Blumauer of Portland; Mrs. Syl¬ vain R. Livingstone of Richmond; Mrs. Bert II. Printz of Youngstown, Ohio, and Mrs. .-Kmanda Schlesinger of San Francisco. WASHINGTON, (J. T. A.).—Sec¬ retary .of Labor Davis never issued an, order .-idmitting Etigtishmcn or any other aliens in excess of the quota nor has he shown any preference to Eng¬ lishmen, according to a statement made by a spokesman of Mr. Davis to your correspondent tod.iy. "The original presij report is absolutely false. What actually happened was that during October certain advance al¬ lowance was, given each immigration port, based on the number expected to apply. Contrary to expectations a dis- pr'oportionately late ! number a:pplied at Ellis Island. Secretary Davis on the day the press report originated, con¬ fronted with this congestion, ordered that air excess cases, on Ellis lijland be adtiiitted on parole, pending .careful check-up on other ports, upon the ex- pi-ess condition that these aliens he de¬ ported, if it. later appeared that unex¬ hausted number from other ports was insufficient to cover these parole cases. This check-up has now been made," he said, "and revealed sufficient quota for all paroled aliens, all of whom will therefore he permitted to remain per¬ manently." In view of accusations against Secre¬ tary Davis, an investigation has heen made to determine the status of the na¬ tionalities admitted. It shows five Jews admitted to every Englishman, the spokesman for Mr. Davis asserted. The check-up also revealed, however, that the Russian quota for the balance of tlie year is positively exhausted, and all aliens now detained at any port for exceeding quota will be deported. The present'delciy is intended only for tlie time necessary for the routine disposi¬ tion of appeals. Asked if any of these could be ad¬ mitted on humanitarian grounds, Mr. Davis' spokesman said, "No," as the Secretary possessed no discretion to do so, these aliens must be deported and ¦no hope, for them unless they come un¬ der specific exemptions or exceptions under law, 1 Louis Marshall in Annual Report Scores Imperial Wizard Evans of the Klan PILLORIES GERMANY FOR ITS POGROMS ON JEWS No Appreciable Decline Reported in Agitation Against Jews in European Countries AGAINST FURTHER RESTRICTION OF IMMIG. A TREMENDOUS PLACE ST. LOUIS, (J. T. A.).--"Jewish men and women' arc going to have a tremendous place when peace comes to the world," Carrie Chapman Catt, fa¬ mous woman ¦ suffrage' leader, speaking on the subject of ."War and Peace," told the 460 women gathered in the Tenth (Concluded on page 5.) Denies Responsibility For Jewish Pogroms In Land of Poland NEW YORK, (J. T. A.). —Re-af- lirmation of their confidence in the sense of justice and fairness of the American people to repudiate the un-American doctrines of the Ku Klux Klan and reference to the present intensified anti- Jewish -agitation in Germany were the main features of the Annual Report read by Mr. Louis Marshall, the Presi¬ dent, to the Seventeenth Annual Meet¬ ing of the American Jewish Committee which took place yesterday at the Hotel Astor. Referring to the recent statement of the Imperial Wizard of the Ku Klux Klan that the Jews are one of the un- blcndablc elements in our American populalion, Mr Marshall's report said: "The recorded history of the Jews is an hispiring narrative of unrivalled pa¬ triotism. He certainly, in common with all good citizens, reveres the Constitu¬ tion of tlie United States, and loves the institutions of this country, and feeU Jl, deep sense of gratitude for the rights which have been accorded to him here. The Imperial Wizard, however, prca6heS a violation of the Constitution." ' Against Immigration nestricliott ' The Committee's report also takl^S "A firm stand against any further atte'tiipjE^ to restrict immigration. It,,poin^sfi_.ottt that the present 3 per cent restriction law is unscientific and arbitrary aijd that it places upon immigrants thp bur¬ den of keeping informed of the quotas, allo.wed. to each country so as to avoid arriving here after the monthly or the' AtinuaUWPt^ .Mave. Jj^ep. exhatj^te.d '' ' (.Cd'ncTttdeS'^'on'^'paffe"^}" Three Jews Wounded, j Many Are Beaten In < Late Roumanian Riot iiU(.lfAl<E,ST. (J. T. A.). —Three J<;wi'ili stmletits were severely injured' afid many have gotten off with lighter wounds, in an attack on the Jewi.sh studtnl body by the anti-Semitic sec¬ tion of the School of Medicine at the Univcisity of Kiausenberg., Piofcssor Jiikoboyici, rector of the L^iiversity of Kiausenberg, has been f()rccd to resign his office because of his defense of the Jcwi.sli students. iProfcssor Jakobovici has publicly op¬ posed the "numcrus clausus," recently publishing a .series of articles oh the iupoitance of the Jew in the scientific apd economic life in Rournahia. This li&s made him the liutt of the anti- t ¦ Semitic agitation and during his lectures ni Professor of Surgery this semester has been, subjected to all manner of in¬ dignities. Vrhc agitation culminated in his lec- tnrc room recently when students shout- il|g, "Down' with Jakobovici, friend of the Jews," compelled the Rector to flee fj'oni tbe classroom. • , 5 Tho students later staged a dcmpii- Blration outside his house, one of them firing a shot through a windoVy.' ^» Professor Jakobovici declares he will sfettle in Bucharest as a private pi^acti- ilioncr. I. 5. Straus Declares Joint Distribution Co mini (te e's Efforts Will Soon Be Continued By Other Relief Agencies Acting Chairman of the Sub-Committee on Russia Reports That Famine Cause Has Been Eliminated by J. D. C.'s Envoy — ' J. D. C. Bore the. brunt of Feeding 2,000,000 Chil¬ dren and One Million Adults in the Ukraine — $7,000,000.00 Worth of Food Has Been Forwarded 300,000 JEWISH ORPHANS ARE STILL IN NEED IN ILL-FATED SECTIONS OF RUSSIA Gen. Haller Declares He Was in France When "Alleged Per¬ secutions Took Place" Immigration SURE TO , BE CONSIDERED BY CONGRESS VERY SOON j WASHINGTON, (J.; T.. A.) ~ A Congiess official in close touch with im¬ migration legislation denied today the report that the immigration question fi/\ll not bo considered at the next ses¬ sion of Congress. , j'Let no one make this mistake," it 'w'is stated. "The present immigration \fiVf expires on -June 30, 1924, and it is jjibsolutely certain that at least a resolu- ildn will be submitted and passed ex¬ tending the present law. / "It 19 even more probable, however, that some legislation will be enacted fChanging the existing law. It is true dhe Congressional calendar may be con- ¦j gcif^d but the immigration questioti is j^Si;'•jiinportant to be ignored next ses- I iion," this officiaf asserts.' NEW YORK, (J. T. A.). —The part the Jewish Jomt Distribu¬ tion Committee took in bringing relief to Russia ancl Russian Jews before, during and since the acute famine -was described by Lewis S. Straus, acting chairman of .the sub-committee on Russia in. an interview with the Jewish Telegraphic Agency. Mr. .Straus indi- cateid while the Committee's work in Russia, which surpassed all of its other activities, is to end soon, steps have been taken to insure the indefinite continuance of .the reconstruction work by foreign and local organization^ on the spot. "With the approaching termination of the work of the Joint Distribution Cpnjiriittee in Russia a chapter in international philan¬ thropy is about to close," said Mr. Straus. "The work has been done .under the inspired direction of Dr. Boris Bogen and Mr. Joseph Rosen and it surpasses, both in extent of territory covered and in the number of men, women and children who have been kept alive and later put back into the way of earning a living, all the activities which the Joint Distribution Committee has con¬ ducted to date. When One looks back to the short period that has elapsed since 1921, at which time Russia, and in particular the Ukraine, was practically a dark continent, the efficiency and rapidity with which this undertaking Was put through can be somewhat bet¬ ter appreciated. "Under the leadership of the greatest philanthropist of all time, Herbert Hoover, Russia was opened up in 1921 as a result of the Riga Agreement, and the Joint Distribution Committee was the first of several- organizations Mr. Hoover called upon to help him. From that time forward the Committee has taken a prominent part in the continuous fight against famine and disease, both in cooperation with the organization of Mr. Hoover and later, when the American Relief Administration finally withdrew from Russia, the Joint Distribution Committee operated on an independent basis. NEXT OPEN MEETING OF ZION LODGE TO TAKE PLACE MONDAY The next open fbruiA of Zion Lodge, No. 62, I. O. B. B., will lie held at "Woodmen's Hall, on Monday, November 2Sth, •* 8:(M P. M. The general public a> well a< all Ben BVith* ar« cordially invited. A r^al treat ia in atore for them. The fallowing gentlemen will lead th* diteuaaioo on "Are Hobrew Sehoola Necotaary to Judaiani in America?": Rabbi Jacob Tarahiah, Benjamin F. Levinaon, Joa. C. Goodman, and Louia W. ¦ Joaephaon. The queation wUl be open to thb entire aaaembly. Here ia a'fit¬ ting opportunity for every Jew and Jeweaa to familiarice them- aelvea witl^ American Jewry'a greateat problem at the preaent time — "J e w i a h Education." Make no other engagementa for Monday night. POLISH GENERAL PAYS VISIT TO HENRY FORD DETROIT, (J. T. A.). —General Joseph Hallcr, on a visit in Detroit, is¬ sued a statement this morning in which he denied responsibility for pogroms in Poland. General Haller's statement follows: "It has come to my attention that erroneous statements have been circu¬ lated throughout the United States to the effect that I conducted a campaign of persecution against the Jewish people in Poland since the armistice. I deny these charges categorically. "At no tune have I issued edicts, of¬ ficial -or unofficial, by sign, word of mouth or intimation, that tlie Jewish people should, be treated - diflferently from other nationalities residing in Po¬ land. I have sat side by side with Jewish people in'the Polish parliament. During the time that these,alleged per¬ secutions were said to have taken place I <vas in France with my army." ' Imposaible to Interview Him The American Legion representative travelling with General Haller and servT ing as publicity agent and manager, speaking in the name of ¦ the Polish general, told Jewish newspapermen and the representative of the Jewish Tele¬ graphic Agency that it would be .im¬ possible for them to interview Haller. A two hour interview with Jewish rep¬ resentatives of the ¦press convinced the General of the futility of such an inter¬ view, he said. This publicity man asked that his name be kept from the reports, and at the same time stated that what¬ ever he said was to be taken as a state¬ ment direct from Haller. In the name of Haller, 'this publicity maii admitted that Jewish beards were cut by the general'? soldiers, but that, he said, was done for '-'sanitary pur¬ poses," because Jews had "lice, not only in their hair but also in their beards," The typhiis epidemic raging at the time was given as the reason. Haller'a Statement General Haller's statement in denial of the pogroms was made here as the Polish party was starting out for a visit of the Ford Motor Co. plant as ¦ (Concluded in .cqtiimii (].) How to Conduct an Inquisition Instructions for: Detecting Jews and Other Heretics and Bringing Them to "Justice" and Salvation ^ent by Spanish Inquisition to Peru Faithful. One of the most .curious and at the same time trcmendoiisly significant fea¬ tures of the'Elkan Nathan Adler Li¬ brary, by the acquirement of which the Jewish Theological Seminary, has be¬ come the Jewish Cultural centre of the world, is a series of documents giving minutely detailed instructions for con¬ ducting an Inquisition. The title-page of the book which is made up of three documents, two printed and-one written bears this in¬ scription : "Instructionf, brought by Cereziiela; Inquisitor of Spain to those of Peru, where the Holy office of this Inquisition was 'received in the city of Los Reyes, in the 20tH day of the.rnbnth of January, of the year of the incarnation oif our Redeemer. MDLXX,.1570." These' instructions .were brought to Peru in 1570 by th'e"Licendiadb" Servan de Cerezuela whose authority to estab¬ lish the Inquisition was attested by a document signed"Yo El Rey" (King Phillip II) and countersigned by Geroni- nio de Zurita. This document states; "Whereas thy Very Reverend Father in Christ, Cardinal of Siguenza, Presi¬ dent of Our Council, Inquisitor General Apostolic in our Dominions and Seigh- ories, with the advice of our council of the. General Inquisition, and after con¬ sultation with ourselves deems it to be highly hecessary for the augmentation and conservation of our Sacred Catholic Faith and Christian Religion to establish and place the Holy Office of the In¬ quisition in the said province, Now we ordain and provide——." Complaint Againat Preaent or Abaent, Living or Dead But before going into these provisions and itistructions, it will be interesting to deal,with the Edicts addressed to the inhabitants of Peru issued by the Iti- quisitors of the land,' after complaint by the Fiscal o'f one of the districts into which the country had been divided "that for some time there had b^en neither ihquisiton nor general visitation in the district, whereby great damage had been caused to/"our holy Catholic faith'". An edict would then go forth so as to enable a report vo be made to the In¬ quisitors in case anybody "suspects, hears, sees or is told that any person or persons, living, present or absent or de¬ funct, have acted, spoken or believed any heretical, suspicious, erroneous, heretically blasphemous opinions ' or heretically basphemous opinions or words." Information was asked for as to the presence in the district of persons noto¬ riously "descendentes de generacion de Judios" . •. . But how were they to be known, how were they to be identi¬ fied? So many Jews had coivcealed their origin; or had abjured their faith due to the true light that had been shown theni by the beneficence of the Inquisi¬ tion, zealous to save hiiman souls from eternal damnation. But, some of these conversions' were mere. pretense. Many of the converts were practicing ' their ancient heathenism in secret, and .with others, conversion was so superficial that many of them continued most or some of heathenish habits and prac¬ tices whch they had abjured when they had been brought to Salvation. . So, for the guidance of these good soiils who would bring these criminals to justice, to help them to penetrate all of the clever disguises with which the "marranos" sought to conceal their stub¬ born, though secret, adherence to the follies of their ancestors, ' instructions for the detection of "descendentes de generacion de Judios", were solemnly set down. They are very inclusive—in¬ cluding many things of which the Jews of this generation are entirely ignorant. How to Detect a Jew Here they are in full detail: ''It beseems us to learn if you, know or'have heard tell that any person or persons have kept any Sabbaths so as to honor, keep and observe the law of Moses, by vvearing thereon clean shirts or other better and festive garments aiid placing clean cloths on the tables, and clean sheets on the beds in honor of the said Sabbath, and not having any light thereon and observing them from the Friday evening. Or (that they) have purged or. removed the fat from the meat before eating it, and kept it in water to rempve the blood, and cut away the sinew from the feet of the (Confinued on .pqge 9.) "In 1921 Dr. Rosen was selected by Mr. Felix M. Warburg, and was ap¬ pointed as the first representative of the Joint Distribution Committee with the American Relief Administration. With,, the excepton of several short visits to New York to report to the -Russian Committee or the Reconstruction Com¬ mittee, he has been steadily on the ground day and night. Continually awake to every opportunity for making permanent improvement in the condition of the Russian people, he has instituted a number of noteworthy reforms, sev¬ eral of which will forever change for the better the habits and mode of living of millions of Russians. Among his undertakings was the development of a program to substitute Indian corn for the small grains theretofore raised in the Ukraine. The reason for this being that the indigenous small grain crops were not infrequently destroyed by ex¬ cessive early rains and protracted sum¬ mer droughts while hardy Indian corn is adapted lo such climatic conditions. The cause of many famines in the past has thus been eliminated. During the first year in which this program was put into effect more than •2,.">(HU)00 acres of 'Russian farmland were planted with American corn. The immediate result was not only a saving of ¦mil¬ lions'of dollars but an object lesson which will multiply itself progressively in the succeeding crop years. ' The Rus¬ sian Government, realizing the value of Dr. Rosen's plan; has assisted by issu¬ ing hundreds of thousands of pamphlets on the subject to farmers. "In connection with the Joint Dis¬ tribution Committee the American Re¬ lief Administration organized its now historically famous Food Draft System for the remittance of food, packages from the people of the United States to relatives and friends in Russia. Through this. single agency the Joint Distribution Committee and its commit¬ tees throughout the United States for¬ warded upwards of 17,000,000 worth of food to Russia. . : "When relief Work in Russia proper had gotten under way, reports began to come through from the Ukraine, wrhich is the home of the largest Jewish popu¬ lation in Russia. These reports were full of the harrowing details of starva¬ tion and suffering as a result of pogroms, banditry and successive mili¬ tary campaigns over an exhausted and famine-stricken country. A survey was made which verified the worst of these conditions and the relief operations of the American Relief Administration and the Joint Distribution Committee were immediately extended to the Ukraine. "The cost of the wprk done by both organizations in the Ukraine was «ic^ frayed for the most part by the J. D. C. and rriany of the individuals who car¬ ried on the work were men who bad been trained by the J. D. C. Sn its work in other quarters of Europe. All feed¬ ing was carried on on a nonsectarian basis and the only requirement for ad¬ mission to a soup kitchen was an empty stomach. Within a short time cities and' villages in which death on the streets .froni'Starvatiotj ,yfas a__conurton occurrence, became normal once more. More than 2,000,000 children and 1,000,- 000 adults were thus fed during the period of the most acute famine. Af¬ ter the harvest of 1922 the J. D. C. con¬ tinued to contribute large sums for nonsectarian child-feeding and in dimin¬ ishing scale this work has since gone ahead. For many- months a cominon - sight in Russia has been the soup kitch¬ ens with their rows of hungry tots eating ,their one substantial daily meal t,inder a sign which read to tlie effect that th? kitchen was maintained out df funds pirovided by American Jews. The operations in the Ukraine were under the direct supervision of Col. William R. Grove and Dr. Bogen. It is entirely due to their great zeal, their ability and their team work, that the enterprise was successful. The mere funds alone could have been easily wasted' and lost by less zealous or uiexperienced men. ¦'In White Russia where the Qu.ikers were feeding some thousands of chil¬ dren in ihstitutions and soup kitchens, the J. D. C. was also interested. Sub¬ stantial grants of inoney were made to. the Quakers who distributed their sup¬ plies with the efficiency and broad- mindedness which has^ alwiiys charac¬ terized their work wherever it is done. ".A.nother phase of the work of the J. D. C. in Russia was conducted inde- the guests of Henry Ford, who later in- (Concluded on page 6) MENORAH TO DISCUSS "SPINOZA" SUNDAY Sunday, November 25th, will be obaerved by the Ohio State Menorah Society aa "Spinoza Day." At the meeting to be held at the Ohio Union Build¬ ing on that day at' two-thirty o'clock a report and diacuaaion on the "Life and Philoaophy of Spinoaa" will be given. The general public aa well aa all membera are urged to be preaent.. Denies ResponsibiGty (Concluded from ro/tjiuii 2.) timated that he was to buiki an auto¬ mobile, factory in Poland. 'General Haller's main point of de¬ fense was that it was a "physical im¬ possibility," for him to participate in the pogroms because he was in France at the time they occurred. His spokes¬ man quoted liberally from Henry Mor- gcnthau's report in denying any out¬ breaks against Jews in Poland, and the cutting of Jewish beards was the only admission made.
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Delegates Voice Unanimous En¬ dorsement of Miss Brenner's Leadership
Suffrage Leader in Address Al¬ lots Jews Big Place When Peace Comes
Sec. Davis Denies He Issued Order Favoring Englishmen
ST. LOUIS —At the corivcntioii of the Council of Jewish Women, Which met:'in St. Louis during the week of November llth. to 16th, Miss Rose : Brenner of Brooklyn, New York, who has served as president for the trien¬ nial period of 1920-3, w;as re-elected president for anotlier term of. three years. . Under the presidency of Miss Brenner, this organi-^ation has enjoyed its largest expansion, emerging as a world influence to a larger degree than ever before in its history.
As an indication of the Council's new worid-wide contact and power in the realm of World JewLsh Womanhood, there were present at the St. Louis con¬ vention Mme. Rose Pomerantz-Melzer, a'mcmber of the Polish Parliament, and Friu Sidonie Werner of Hambnrf?, Ger- matiy.
One of the Features
One of the features of the conven¬ tion was a special volume, prepared by Estclle M. Sternberger,'Executive Sec'y, commemorating 30 years'of Council Ac¬ tivity. The delegates voiced their unanimous endorsement of the leader¬ ship of Miss Brenner by a resolution, ordering a ' special reprint of her rc- poi't, for distribution arnong the dele¬ gate's and visitors at the convention, and among the Sections not represented. In thd absence of Miss Brenner,' who was unable to attend tnis triennial gathering, the various sessions were presided over by |Mrs.^ Israel Cowen of Chicago, First ¦.;*»v»3^ie^Prcsident; M/s.'-S. .-I^islco of Den-. - --ver, 'S
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2006 Annual Report
Table of Contents
Cover Page
Letter to Shareholders
SEC Form 10-K
Table of Contents
Part I
Item 1. Business
Item 1A. Risk Factors
Item 1B. Unresolved Staff Comments
Item 2. Properties
Item 3. Legal Proceedings
Item 4. Submission o Matters to A Vote of Security Holders
Supplementary Item. Executive Officers of the Company
Part II
Item 5. Market for the Company's Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of
Item 6. Selected Financial Data
Item 7. Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
Item 8. Consolidated Financial Statements And Supplementary Data
Item 9. Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure
Item 9A. Controls and Procedures
Item 9B. Other Information
Part III
Item 10. Directors and Executive Officers of the Company
Item 11. Executive Compensation
Item 12. Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder Matt
Item 13. Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director Independence
Item 14. Principal Accountant Fees and Services
Part IV
Item 15. Exhibits and Financial Statement Schedules
Index to Exhibits
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Hamentashen Jewish Cookies Fruit Filled
Hamentashen are triangle fruit cookies served and eaten during the Jewish holiday of Purim which falls this year on March 20th for two days this year. They are recognizable for their three-cornered shape, a symbol of "Hamen", a villain in the Purim. a colleague of mine requested these for her birthday, I was so excited to learn about this cultural tradition and now it will be a regular for me on my cookie tray. A delicious treat...wishing Maureen many more happy birthdays and thank you for introducing me to this wonderful cookie!
1-1/2 cups butter or margarine, softened
1 cup granulated sugar (I also tried using half brown sugar and they came out great!)
2 eggs
6 tablespoons fresh orange juice
1 tablespoon vanilla extract
2 teaspoons baking powder
4-1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon orange zest
several suggestions for jams would be apricot, blackberry, strawberry, raspberry, pineapple, blueberry, nutella, poppyseed filling or prune.
In a large bowl, cream together the butter and sugar until smooth. Beat in the eggs one at a time, then stir in the orange juice and vanilla. Mix in the baking powder, then gradually stir in the flour until the dough forms a ball. Cover and refrigerate at least 2 hours or overnight.
Preheat the oven to 375 F . Lightly grease cookie sheets and set aside.
On a lightly floured surface, roll the dough out to 1/4-inch thickness. Cut into 3-inch circles using a cookie cutter with a pretty edging or drinking glass. Place circles directly on a parchment papered cookie sheet. Spoon 1 teaspoon of filling onto the center of each circle.To fold into the shape of a hamentashen (a triangle) see below.
Slide two fingers from left hand under left side and two fingers from right hand under right side and two thumbs under the bottom of circle.
Bring all fingers (with dough) together to form a triangle and pinch to close. I didn't pinch hard enough!
Repeat this process with remaining circles and dough.
Note: The cookies may be refrigerated for an hour or for a quick 15 minutes frozen on the cookie sheets if desired to help retain their shape while cooking, oh by the way had I used this tip from a friend they would have kept their shape better!
Bake for 8 to 10 minutes in the preheated oven, until light golden brown. These are best undercooked slightly. Cool on the baking sheet for a few minutes before removing to wire racks to cool completely. These cookies are a wonderful Jewish tradition and very very delicious even though they aren't perfect triangles!


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March 11, 2011
Paul E. Sax, M.D., is director of the HIV Program and Division of Infectious Diseases at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston.
Since the publication of iPrEx, the hypothetical decision about whether to prescribe pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) has become a practical reality.
As a result, we've posted a case on the Journal Watch/AIDS Clinical Care site, describing someone who requests intermittent pre-exposure prophylaxis to prevent HIV.
It's a high-risk, HIV-negative man who's been treated several times with post-exposure prophylaxis. The case was adapted from someone seen recently in our practice, and it raised many questions about what to do in this newly minted area. As there are obviously no "right" answers, we had a broad range of responses within our group. We've asked experts in the field to weigh in as well and will publish those responses shortly.
In the meantime, what have you been doing with requests for PrEP? Have you found the "Guidance" (note that these are not yet "Guidelines") useful? Any helpful or just interesting anecdotes or opinions you wish to share?
Paul Sax is Clinical Director of Infectious Diseases at Brigham and Women's Hospital. His blog HIV and ID Observations is part of Journal Watch, where he is Editor-in-Chief of Journal Watch AIDS Clinical Care.
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Fondle my slab, baby: Inside the tactile world of Apple-fan iDating
'There are more boys than girls, but it's not a problem'
Even in the hearts of Apple fanboys, there's room to love another human being as well as machinery. But it's better if the human receiving that love also has an iPad, say those who are presumably experts in the matter.
Working on the basis that Apple fanbois/girls will be happier if they date other lovers of fruitchomp-branded hardware - rather than, say, the owners of a Dell Inspiron - the website Cupidtino has been helping Apple fans hook up with one another since 2010. The San Francisco-based developers behind the dating site set it up as a semi-joke after one of the guys' girlfriends accused him of spending too much time with his iPad. But it has found its market and and is still going two years later.
It's an Apple-only dating site and yes, of course, there's an iPhone and iPad app and you have to be using Safari on a Mac to register. If you only have a PC don't even bother.
With about 30,000 users, Cupidtino remains a niche interest: more mainstream dating sites such as OkayCupid post member figures of 3.5 million active users, and eHarmony claims to have about 33 million. It's free to sign up, but costs $4.79 a month to receive messages. But the users come back because they know what they're getting.
Assuming that you, gentle reader, aren't already a member of Cupidtino, let's pull aside the (smart) cover and stare deep into the dark yet shiny world of fanboi lusts and loves. It's that bloody time of year after all.
First things first, fandom is about much more than a preference for very expensive unibody hardware. It's a lifestyle choice. If you don't get that then go back to your soulless Dell box, kick open Windows and run down to Wetherspoons at closing time if you want some hope of physical interaction with the opposite sex. Only joking. But as the Cupidtino people put it, your computer choice defines who you are, and having a Mac says certain things about you.
These things specifically:
Diehard Mac & Apple fans often have a lot in common — personalities, creative professions, a similar sense of style and aesthetics, taste, and a love for technology.
And Cupidtino is where you can hang out with these slab-fondling innovators:
As Apple fans we love to hang out in cafés with our Macbooks and iPhones. Part of what we pay for is a chance to run into another geek who's just as much into photography, design, Netflix, hybrids, the BBC, HTML5, polar bears, Wired, Whole Foods, Coldplay and Angry Birds as we are. Cupidtino is like that neighborhood café where the people are hip, decor is classy, conversation is intelligent and prices are reasonable.
There you go. You love that hip neighbourhood cafe don't you. Taking for granted that you already work in graphic design and have a giant cuddly polar bear in your sitting room, one way to help yourself stand out as a real fan on the site is to get an Apple tattoo.
As far as fanboy stereotypes go, berets don't seem to be in evidence, I haven't seen any turtle-necks on the site and there are no Steve Jobs quotes ... But there are tattoos of the Apple logo. And well, what better way of showing your dedication to the the brand and flashing a tantalising bit of skin.
Cupidtino advisor Kintan Brahmbhatt says: "There are a lot of people with tattoos of apple gadgets, or apple logos or with Apple scarves or Apple logos on their cars."
Kintan was at pains to stress to the Reg that these tattooed creative types are not weirdos, they're regular types.
"Most of the people are regular people with a very defined taste. A lot of them are eco friendly, very liberal - these are the main stereotypes that we see coming up on the site. They live their lives normally."
Not enough girls? 'Well, there are more than there would be on a Linux dating site'
Thirdly, it will help to be a heterosexual woman. Though Apple may be the most female-friendly of all tech brands ever, the male-female balance tips clearly towards men.
But, as Kintan says, the women who ARE on there are really great.
"Yes we have more men than women, but there are thousands of females on the site, and they're designers and creatives."
And have Apple tattoos and like polar bears - you know the drill.
Still, not everyone is a hipster: these are geeks (of a sort) after all. A (male) user called AppleBoySteve lists out the specifications for his ideal partner in an almost Microsoft-like way:
"You like Apple products and know a bit about their history, have at least a college education, at least 5'6", not on drugs, and are physically healthy."
That drugs and college ed policy would cut no ice with the original Steve who famously had a great time on one and didn't do enough of the other.
A more typical profile entry - from a female user - reads:
There is probably never a moment when I'm without an Apple product. I build websites on two MacBooks, I sleep with my iPhone, and I'm having a menage [à] trois (non-sexual) with my iPad and Jon Stewart (The Daily Show). Help. ;)
Other users just like to list their most important credentials:
In my house, we have 1 MacBook Pro, 1 PowerBook, 3 iMacs (of various generations and shapes), 1 iBook, 3 iPod Touches, 2 iPod videos, 1 Apple TV, 4 iPhones, and a G4 Tower (I'm probably missing something).
It's no Shakespeare sonnet, but let's face it - could you see a dating site based around any other operating system or hardware brand working? We asked Kintan whether he thought there could be a dating site for Dell – or Linux, say:
No, we don't see that. Apple is more than a product, it's about celebrating an approach to a lifestyle. It's much more than a product… I don't see that happening with another brand.
Android definitely wouldn't work. Android users aren't really a thing, Kintan explained.
An Android user cannot be described… whereas an Apple user can be described, in many ways.
He added a final jibe:
If it were a Linux fan dating site I could swear there would be many more males than females.
And let's face it, the statistics are in the fanboi's favour: iPhone users are famously more generous with their sexual favours. A survey proved it.
Even if February doesn't bring a partner you can share your fondleslab with, at least there will be an iPad 3 in March (probably) so there's still some reason to live. ®


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|2011-01-14, 22:13
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And guys, Mio made a Dub-heavy mix for her birthday!
Check it out:
|2011-02-04, 18:10
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So I was watching episode 7 of season 2 last night, the one about Mio's fan club and it made me wonder. Do people in Japan actually do that? Form fan clubs dedicated to other students, teachers and what not? I've seen this kind of thing in several anime shows but K-On took it to a new level. It taste like diabetes. >.>
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|2011-02-13, 21:43
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They kinda did it at my school, the thing was it was a Facebook group, It was the "name of my friends little brother thats a freshmen, that EVERYONE loves" fan club, it has like 800 people from my school (including me) joined into it. So gauss the people fan club thing to me is no suprise lol
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As much as people worshiping me would be an honor, I also think the whole idea of having a lot of school mates follow me around, trying to find everything there is about me by any means possible, is terribly creepy. And since I'm not exactly an extrovert myself, I'd probably end up like Mio – all nervous and unable to truly say something useful when the moment calls for it.
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Like to the point where they are outside my house waiting for me to come outside in the morning and trying to look through my window, or like wanting to know what I do in my spare time and like what my favorite food and drinks are?
I dont think the Mio fan club literally follow her around everywhere and try to find out everything about her possible. Thats ground for prison, and if they do well thats just creepy o.O
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I just can't possibly imagine something like that happening in real life. Even if it is an all girl's school you'd think there would be rampant jealousy before there's enough love to host a huge tea party celebrating one person who isn't a celebrity. If Mio has that many admirers how come they can't get anyone else to join their club?
Still, that's one of the things I love about this show. Not only are the girls adorable the world they live in is too.
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oh abot the part where they can't get new members even though Mio has a fanclub thing, i guess the explanation is in episode 1 (or is it 2), of season 2. where it seems that the members of the Light Music Club are so close to each other that everyone thinks that there is no room for more, or they will feel out of place or something.
abut having a fanclub on your honor, setup by your adoring fans (even the ones that you don't know of), is i would say is pretty strange, (from where we live anyways). but then again, i don't see any problem in that, and there are so many members, so there....
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left-handed people Psychologists studys
I recently saw this article, and fond it quite interesting. I thought it was pretty funny even though I'm ambidextrous. Here is what the News Article said:
5 surprising facts about left-handed people
1. They're more affected by fear
In one recent experiment, lefties who watched an eight-minute clip from the film Silence of the Lambs exhibited more symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder than did their right-handed counterparts. That may be because the right side of the brain, which is dominant in lefties, is more involved in the fear response, according to Dr. Carolyn Choudhary of Queen Margaret University in Edinburgh, as quoted in The Telegraph. But more research is needed, Choudhary warns.
2. They're angrier
Left-handed and ambidextrous people are more susceptible to negative emotions, including anger. A small study published last year in the Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease found that the brains of lefties process emotions differently than those of righties, with more communication between the brain's two halves. As a result, the areas that produce negative emotions experience greater activity, according to the Daily Mail. Then again, maybe lefties are just "more angry because the world is designed for the right-handed majority," says John Cloud in TIME.
3. They're more inhibited
That emotional wiring also may explain why righties tend to charge ahead, while lefties "tend to dither," according to behavioral psychologist Lynn Wright, as quoted in NewScientist. A study performed by Wright at Abertay University in Scotland found that lefties were more restrained and more worried about making mistakes.
4. They associate "left" with good
Most people tend to have positive associations with the concept of "right" and bad associations with "left." Lefties are the opposite. In a recent study, Stanford researcher Daniel Casasanto asked participants to draw a zebra in a box that best represented good things, while depicting a panda in a box that would befit the bad. Right-handed people tended to position the zebra on the right side of a box, while lefties put it on the left. That shows that left-handed people "implicitly" believe "good stuff is on the left and bad stuff is on the right," Casasanto says, as quoted by the Stanford Report, despite so many signals from language and culture "telling them the exact opposite."
5. They may have an advantage in politics
Casasanto's conclusions could actually favor left-handed politicians, at least in televised events like debates, says Jocelyn Rousey in Mediaite. Casasanto found that politicians tend to accompany statements they see as positive by gesturing with their dominant hands. When a rightie uses his dominant hand to give a thumbs-up, television viewers — who see the image flipped — see him gesture on the left side of their screen. The left-handed, meanwhile, "appear to be putting things in a much more positive light for the 90 percent of viewers who are right-handed."
coincidence or not, its strange how the first 3 resemble Mio lol
Sources: Daily Mail, Mediaite, NewScientist, Science Daily, The Telegraph, TIME
"5 Surprising Facts about Left-handed People - The Week." The Week Magazine: Political News and Cartoons, Current Events and Entertainment Online. Web. 01 Oct. 2011. <http://theweek.com/article/index/214847/5-surprising-facts-about-left-handed-people>.
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