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This is a wonderful Horseman doll. She is vinyl and approximately 8" tall. She is still in the box. The box has some creases, and wear & tear from being stored. The doll is pristine however. WALT DISNEY EDITION FOR HORSMAN
20th Century Fox Marilyn Monroe "No Business Like Show Business) Doll-1982 #5019. 1982 20th Century Fox Corp. Tristar Marilyn Monroe movie collection. 17" All original doll, never removed from box. The doll is in mint condition, and never removed from the box, the box is also in pretty good condition, with some storage wear.
Marilyn Monroe How to Marry A Millionaire Doll The Twentieth Century Fox New This is a beautiful doll from Twentieth Century Fox "How to marry a millionaire". She is dressed in a red satin gown. The doll is approximately 11½ inches in height. The original box is not in mint condition but doll is new in the box and never removed. This item was made in 1982 by Tristar and a part of the Marilyn Monroe Movie Collection Series. Item number is #5014.
Endorsed by Graceland 1984 Elvis looks like he's ready to rock in his famous gold lame jumpsuit, with bold braid around the collar, down the front and down the sides of the pants. Gold buckle with gold belt. Signature scarf... His face sculpting has been designed to capture the image of "The 50's King of Rock ''n Roll," while his hairstyle conjures images of Elvis in his heyday. Stage-like Poseability. He comes with his signature gold guitar and microphone to complete his look....
A special keepsake of a child's 1st Communion. Christina is a 12" Blonde vinyl doll, dressed in a white Communion dress,and veil wearing a gold tone cross necklace. Excellent condition. These were personalized with embroidery names on the bottom hem of the dress. This one says Katherine, and has the original hang tags but no box. Nice and clean.
This vintage vinyl doll is Katie from the Dolls by Jerri Collection. This beauty was designed in the 90's and is part of a numbered limited edition of just 750 produced. She is number 246. She is dressed in a precious white and pink dress with lace & ribbon accents. The fine details of this doll include dark brown hair, gorgeous brown eyes and an adorable mouth that looks ready to speak. This lovely rare doll stands approx 20" and is in her original dress and box with paperwork...
This Ginny Vogue Doll has immaculate hair all original clothes and shoes and is as clean as the day she was new.She still has her original hair net and the crispy starch to her dress. Measures 11" tall, blonde hair, and sleepy eyes. Plastic body, jointed legs arms, and vinyl head with rooted hair. Marked 1975 and the number 1270 on her head and Vogue on her back.
Vintage Playmates doll measures 8 1/2" tall and has all original dress pantallons, socks and shoes. Sleepy eyes. Plastic body, vinyl head, & jointed. Blonde silky hair. Made in Hong Kong. Looks like it may be Heidi or an international doll representing a country. Good average condition with no damages. Her clothes could use a gentle washing to freshen her up.
Ideal's 16" Shirley Temple doll in original red polka dot dress, panties, black patent leather shoes and white socks. All original, but there could be a bow missing from her hair.SHIRLEY TEMPLE DOLL, STAND UP AND CHEER, by Ideal. No rips, stains on the dress. Doll has no marks or flaws that I can see either. On the back of her it says 1972, Ideal Toy Corp,5T-14-N-213. Body marked also.
Cute little vintage doll measures 7 1/2" tall. She has blonde rooted hair and rooted lashes. Eyes open and close. original dress and panties but no shoes. Marked made in Hong Kong with an odd logo mark on her back. She is in good condition with no marks or damages.


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Alcatel-Lucent today introduced the OpenTouch Customer Service solution, which expands customer care to include eReputation and brand management.
The solution is made of software components that can sell independently to meet enterprises needs for deployment flexibility. Full multimedia interactions are provided via open APIs, multichannel unified routing, and workflow management, and deliver a simplified system for businesses.
Key features of the Alcatel-Lucent OpenTouch Customer Service solution include the following:
OpenTouch Customer Service leverages a technology relationship between Alcatel-Lucent and Altitude Software, a major player in the contact center market. Alcatel-Lucent has worked closely with Altitude Software to bring to market the OpenTouch Customer Service solution for mid-market companies.
"The global strategic alliance with Alcatel-Lucent will expand our product offering, boost our sales and marketing strategy, expand our market reach, and strengthen our ability to support organizations," said Gastão Taveira, Altitude Software'ss CEO, in a statement. "Altitude Software has a great track record delivering outstanding business results in thousands of contact centers that require agile software solutions to unify agent desktop tools, achieve true multimedia blending and provide real-time analytics for businesses."
Michel Emelianoff, president of Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise, said, "The new OpenTouch Customer Service solution drives customer interaction deeper into the business process and reaches a broader range of enterprises with its simplified platform. OTCS speaks the customers' language and offers multimedia support from voice to social media. Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise can offer an underserved market a tool that will support their customer service needs today and into the future. The solution ensures operational efficiency and costs containments to any enterprise ranking from mid to large segments in all industries."

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Effective beginning with the 2015 crop year, the Risk Management Agency and the Corporation shall make available to producers of peanuts a revenue crop insurance program for peanuts.
Subject to subsection (c), for purposes of the revenue crop insurance program and the multiperil crop insurance program under this subchapter, the effective price for peanuts shall be equal to the Rotterdam price index for peanuts or other appropriate price as determined by the Secretary, as adjusted to reflect the farmer stock price of peanuts in the United States.
The effective price for peanuts established under subsection (b) may be adjusted by the Risk Management Agency and the Corporation to correct distortions.
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Employers can fire workers they find too sexy, court rulesReuters
December 21. 2012 10:29PM
The Iowa Supreme Court ruled on Friday that employers in the state can legally fire workers they find too attractive.
In a unanimous decision, the court held that a dentist did not violate the state's civil rights act when he terminated a female dental assistant whom his wife considered a threat to their marriage.
The dental assistant, Melissa Nelson, who worked for dentist James Knight for more than 10 years and had never flirted with him, according to the testimony of both parties, sued, saying she would not have been fired if she were a man.
At trial, Knight testified he had complained to Nelson on several occasions that her clothing was too tight, revealing and "distracting."
In early 2010, he fired her, saying their relationship had become a detriment to his family.
Nelson sued, saying that she had done nothing wrong, that she considered Knight a friend and father figure, and that she would not have been terminated but for her gender.
Knight argued that Nelson was terminated not because of her gender - all the employees of his practice are women - but because of the way their relationship had developed and the threat it posed to his marriage.
The seven justices, all men, said the basic question presented by the case was "whether an employee who has not engaged in flirtatious conduct may be lawfully terminated simply because the boss views the employee as an irresistible attraction."
The high court ruled that bosses can fire workers they find too attractive and that such actions do not amount to unlawful discrimination.
The case was Melissa Nelson v. James H. Knight DDS, PC and James Knight. (Reporting by James B. Kelleher in Chicago; Editing by Eric Beech)


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Words by Sean Moeller, Illustration by Johnnie Cluney, Recording engineered by Danny Reisch at Good Danny's, Austin, Texas
From everything that I've read, you can't just get right up to the Hollywood letters, those iconic nine propped up on that snarled brown/green hill. You can try, but you can only get so close. You just can't make out or have sex behind those Ls, even if you wanted to. If I'm not mistaken, those letters aren't in the best of shape either. They could use some tender loving care - a fresh coat of paint and a little tucking.
Even if I'm wrong about all of this, it feels right because those letters - while symbolic and cinematically appealing as hell - look about as lonely as can be, even though they're at home up there, looking down upon the dreams and the piles and piles of people and cars, moving about their time. Those letters have been looked upon and they've stared right back. They've watched millions and millions of people arrive and leave and just as many die before they ever got a chance to leave for somewhere else. They just sit out there, in all conditions, waiting for nothing.
It's the same kind of loneliness that feels as if it might be built into Los Angeles band NO's excellent song, "Stay With Me." It's a song of sullen worry. It's a song that has drooped eyes and a film of dried, salty sweat on it. It's filled with love that never ends in one way, and always ends in other, more heartbreaking ways. It's a song that sounds typically Hollywood, typically Midwestern and open and typically New York, as the darkest parts of the night encroach.
The night encroaches to the tune and the steps of these words:"I'm only human I'm full of mistakes I know you're looking out your window Think you'll be happier in some other place Well that's alright.. You know that dreaming is a horrible waste When you've got everything beside you Please don't let worry put those lines your face You'll be alright.. I've got this feeling You'll always be dreaming But where would you go Stay with me Wasn't there a place for me inside your heart Stay with me We were never meant to be apart."
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Simpson thrown out of local steakhouse
EmptyLOUISVILLE, Ky. -- The owner of an upscale steakhouse in Louisville said he asked O.J. Simpson to leave his restaurant the night before the Kentucky Derby because he is sickened by the attention Simpson still attracts.
"I didn't want to serve him because of my convictions of what he's done to those families," Jeff Ruby said in a telephone interview Tuesday. "The way he continues to torture the lives of those families ... with his behavior, attitude and conduct."
Simpson, an NFL Hall of Famer and Heisman Trophy winner, was found innocent in 1995 of killing his ex-wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and Ron Goldman but was found liable in a civil trial that followed.
Ruby -- who owns restaurants in Cincinnati, Louisville and Belterra, Ind. -- said Simpson, who was in town for the Derby on Saturday, came in with a group of about 12 Friday night and was seated at a table in the back. A customer came up to Ruby and was "giddy" about seeing Simpson, Ruby said.
"I didn't want that experience in my restaurant," Ruby said, later adding that seeing Simpson get so much attention "makes me sick to my stomach."
He said he went to Simpson's table and said, "I'm not serving you." Ruby said when Simpson didn't respond, he repeated himself and left the room.
Ruby said Simpson soon came up to him and said he understood and would gather the rest of his party to leave.
Simpson's lawyer, Yale Galanter, did not immediately return phone calls Tuesday night seeking comment.
"It was the first time since 1994 he has ever shown any class," Ruby said. "He showed it that night in the restaurant" by leaving quietly.
Ruby said after Simpson left, people in the restaurant started applauding him. He said he has received about 100 positive e-mails since the incident.
The walls of Ruby's restaurants are decorated with celebrity photos. A photo of Simpson and Ruby used to be on display, but Ruby said he took it down after the killings.


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NEW YORK (AP) — New York City police say they are searching for a woman who abandoned a baby at a Manhattan subway station.
According to WINS Radio (http://cbsloc.al/1jZW9e4), it happened around noon Monday.
Police say the woman pushed the baby's stroller onto the platform when the northbound No. 1 train arrived at the Columbus Circle station. Then she got back onto the train.
Authorities say the baby is 6 to 7 months old. She was examined at Roosevelt Hospital. Police say there were no apparent signs of trauma.
The woman who abandoned the baby is described as 20 to 30 years old with medium length black hair. She was last seen wearing a short sleeved yellow blouse.
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Northern California Jewish Holocaust Commemoration to Remember Gay Survivors of World War II
I know of no where else that this is happening. No where. I would love to be told differently. So, if you – a random reader – know where else within the realm of a non-LGBT-specific-Jewish synagogues annually led Holocaust commemoration is electing to discuss the Nazi persecution of the many people understood or identified as gay and lesbian: please share!
To remember the Holocaust and its lessons for society including the Nazi persecution of those understood to be gay or lesbian identified my colleague and organizer at the Jewish Community Federation & Foundation of the Greater East Bay Riva Gambert (email@example.com) has organized a free one hour-long Yom HaShoa commemoration at 5pm on May 1 at a mainstream Suburban Reform Temple.
Underwritten by the Tillie and Rene Molho Fund for Holocaust Remembrance at Temple Isaiah (3800 Mt. Diablo Boulevard Lafayette, CA) this program will present the story of one French gay survivor, Pierre Seel z"l told via a performance by Nick Lane, Kevin Copps and directed by Andrew Nance. Pierre Seel who passed away at the age of 82 in 2005 was arrested for homosexuality at 17 by the Gestapo in 1941 after German forces overran France.
The lives and experiences of homosexuals during World War II is rarely covered by the media, the organized Jewish community and the global arts community. It is our collective responsibility to retell these stories so they do not happen again.
A few exceptions to this are Rob Epstein and Jeffery Friedman's 2000 documentary film, Paragraph 175 (Paragraph 175, was then sodomy provision of the German penal code, dating back to 1871 that led to the arrest of 100,000 men between 1933 and 1945. Only 4,000 survived the imprisonment and concentration camps). Another film that is loosely based on Pierre Seel's story is 2005's Un amour à taire (A Love to Hide) which depicts homosexual deportation during World War II and of course, Bent, the 1979 play taking taking place during and after the Night of the Long Knives.
Riva Gambert wants the community-at-large to attend this program. As we collectively examine our shared histories and our contemporary lives she hopes that we can work together to move forward the problems that bullying can create.
I will be attending the program on May 1 but this blog post is one specific chance to say: thank you, Riva. For additional resources on the history of the Gay and Lesbian experience during World War II – I recommend a few of these sites:
- Telling Pictures Outreach Project including a Paragraph 175 Teachers Guide
- Pink Triangle
- San Francisco's Pink Triangle
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- Nazi Persecution of Homosexuals Exhibition at the US Holocaust Memorial Museum
- German Memorial to Homosexuals
- The Holocaust Center of Northern California at Jewish Family and Children's Services of San Francisco, the Peninsula, Marin and Sonoma Counties
- Association of Holocaust Organizations
- Advocacy group for Gay recognition at Yad Vashem
- Meir Garden Tel Aviv Monument
- UK's Gay and Lesbian Fund
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The great strength of "Fruitvale Station" is that it presents the shooting as a horrific tragedy on the part of real people, not a case of the system beating up on the powerless.
Before delving into the heart of what makes "Fruitvale Station" such an important and effective movie, we need to dispense with the political baggage surrounding it. This is a movie in which a black teenager in Oakland, Calif., is shot and killed by a white police officer at a train station. It's based on a true story; a jury convicted the officer of involuntary manslaughter, and he was sentenced to two years in prison, of which he served about eight months before being granted parole.
In terms of the movie, however, the politics of what happened are secondary. The great strength of "Fruitvale Station" is that it presents the shooting as a horrific tragedy on the part of real people, not a case of the system beating up on the powerless. It's impossible to come away from the movie without the feeling that Oscar Grant should still be alive and that the officer absolutely deserved his sentence, but "Fruitvale Station" is not out to sell a "message" or start a revolution. What it wants, what it demands, is conversation and introspection.
"Fruitvale Station" is shot primarily in the format of a documentary. With the exception of cellphone footage of the shooting at the beginning (the footage is extremely disturbing, all the more so for the lack of the blood and guts most movie violence entails) and some documentary shots at the end depicting a rally a few years after the shooting, the movie takes place almost entirely on the last day of Grant's life. We see him take his young daughter to preschool, plead for his old job back, go to New Year's Eve dinner with his family ... all ordinary, humdrum activities.
This is not to say "Fruitvale Station" makes Grant out to be a saint. A brief flashback details his earlier stay in prison on drug charges, and in desperation Grant comes very close to making another drug deal before having a last-minute attack of conscience. Furthermore, we see several instances where Grant lashes out in anger at figures in authority, which likely played a role in his death.
What makes "Fruitvale Station" work is that writer/director Ryan Coogler (an Oakland native) and his cast show how normal Grant is, how he could've been anyone. A lot of this comes from the frankly extraordinary performance of Michael B. Jordan as Grant. Jordan has been flitting around the periphery of TV for a while now with roles on "The Wire" and "Friday Night Lights," but here he makes a superstar leap straight into the realm of Oscar contention. It's equally mesmerizing to watch Jordan as Grant smile and play with his daughter as it is when his eyes go dark and you can see the rage coiling within before it erupts.
His standout scene comes during the prison flashback. His mother Wanda (Octavia Spencer) is there to visit him, and Oscar is all warmth and smiles. As soon as she brings up his girlfriend and daughter, you see the first flicker of anger cross his face, but he controls it. As the scene escalates, you can feel his anger grow even as he struggles to keep it under control, until suddenly he can't and is wrestled to the ground by the guards.
To their credit, Jordan's co-stars play off his performance with aplomb. Melonie Diaz, playing Grant's put-upon girlfriend, has what could've easily been a clich� screeching harpy role, but she convincingly sells how hard it is to love someone who keeps screwing up their own life. That goes double for Spencer as Grant's mother, who knows it doesn't take much for young black men to end up in jail. Spencer does a fantastic job balancing the love Wanda has for her son and the sternness she feels she has to exert to keep him on right path, and the scene where she first sees her dead son in the hospital will rip your heart out.
If there's one significant flaw with the movie, it's the overly heavy foreshadowing. We already know what's going to happen, but Coogler for some reason feels the need to up the tension anyway by dropping a few foreboding hints along the way; it's just unnecessary. There are also a couple subplots that don't really go anywhere, which distracts from the thrust of the narrative. In the aftermath of the Trayvon Martin case, however, "Fruitvale Station" does what none of the stories surrounding the case did: put a face to the name of those who die every day due to hasty, tragic decisions.


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The long battle to end the state's practice of sending drug addicts to MCI-Framingham scored a major victory this week, after the Senate passed a budget amendment banning civil commitments at the state's only women's prison.
But it may not be the victory advocates had been hoping for.
Unlike a couple of bills filed by local lawmakers last year, the measure doesn't completely prohibit what are known as "Section 35s," a procedure that allows for substance abusers to be temporarily kept at a state correctional facility even when they haven't committed a crime. The amendment allows for several scenarios where women and men struggling with addiction could still be sent to prison, including if they have a history of violence toward treatment staff and patients or fleeing from treatment centers.
The revision also would allow a civil commitment to MCI-Framingham or, in the case of men, to the state's Bridgewater correctional facility, if the individual "exhibits an imminent risk of severe, life-threatening withdrawal symptoms or a co-occurring medical or mental health condition that preclude safe detoxification in a less intensive setting."
State Sen. Karen Spilka, the author of one of the original bills calling for a ban on civil commitments to prisons and filer of the budget bill amendment, said those exceptions were inserted at the suggestion of the Senate Ways and Means Committee.
"The administration did have some concerns there would be some times it would be appropriate" to send substance abusers to a correctional facility, the Ashland Democrat said. "But for the most part, civil commitments will go to treatment facilities instead," where they will receive better care and not be housed with criminally charged individuals.
Over the past few years, the number of Section 35s at MCI-Framingham has hovered around 200, although the number spiked to 359 in 2012 and 303 last year, according to the Department of Correction's records. There have been 86 though April this year.
Spilka also said she believes the provisos in the amendment "are pretty limiting," and should be understood as such by medical professionals.
But some proponents for changing the state's civil commitment laws aren't convinced. Robert Fleischner, a lawyer at the Center for Public Representation in Northampton, said the state Department of Public Health's main treatment center for female substance abusers in New Bedford "can handle virtually anyone."
"It's not clear why (the amendment) needs to have those exceptions," he said.
Erika Kates, a research scientist at the Wellesley Centers for Women at Wellesley College, said the overall amendment doesn't seem "much different at all from what we have now, which is very problematic."
She also pointed out none of the measure's stipulations refer to any kind of criminal history, which would still leave the dilemma of housing someone facing no actual criminal charges at a prison.
"The conditions mentioned here are all mental health and substance abuse issues," she said, which are better off being dealt with at a health facility.
But Flesichner said the amendment, should it stick in the upcoming conference committee that will finalize the budget, "would be a step in the right direction."
Spilka said it has taken years of pushing the issue just to get to this point, and that several other measures passed this year increasing resources for addiction and mental health treatment point to a promising overall move in the state to address those issues. The Senate budget, for instance, includes funding to add more treatment beds at state treatment facilities, which would be in addition to the 280 beds the health department added already this year at its male and female treatment centers.
"I think in general, people are talking more and being more open about mental illness and addiction," Spilka said, adding lawmakers have channeled that interest into a "more holistic approach" to the problems. "We've come so far over the last few decades. We have a ways to go, but I think the critical mass is really building."
Scott O'Connell can be reached at 508-626-4449 or email@example.com. Follow him on Twitter: @ScottOConnellMW
Move to end civil commitments at MCI
The long battle to end the state's practice of sending drug addicts to MCI-Framingham scored a major victory this week, after the Senate passed a budget amendment banning civil commitments at the state's only women's prison.


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Hey All,
I've compiled a number of public domain writings from the Apostolic fathers into a handy PDF I have, the Didache, number of epistles from Ignatius, Barnabas, Clement, Shephard of Hermas and others in greek. I've formatted them into a document for the purpose of printing a 9 x 6 book (I work at a printshop and my boss lets me run personal jobs from time to time). I will be finishing the table of contents tonight.
The text has been taken from Lake Kirsopp's publication from the "Christian Ethereal Library" which originated from Loeb Classical Library, which was first published in 1913. This work is in the public domain so there are no copyright laws being broken.
Anyway, the reason I'm posting this, is because I'd like to offer it up to whoever wants it. I think too, it'd make a great edition to the library here at text kit.
Also, there are likely going to be some errors from the conversion to Unicode PDF. If anyone wants to help me look for them, that'd be great too. I'm not making money or selling this at all, I just wanted a hardcopy of these for my own library and figured everyone else could benefit from it.
Let me know what you think.


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It was the Clippers' second day of training camp in La Jolla and assistant coach Tyronn Lue was demonstrating one of the team's new defensive techniques, telling the guards to "bump" opposing big men when they set a screen, then to hurry back on defense.
Once Lue finished, Clippers Coach Doc Rivers moved his 6-foot-4 frame across the court and with his booming voice, in the now silent UC San Diego gym, Rivers immediately had the attention of his players. The new coach wanted to emphasize the importance of what Lue had said.
Every player looked directly at Rivers as he spoke, listening intently. His guards must land the "first blow" against the opposing center or forward setting a screen, Rivers said, then hustle back out to defend their own man. After two days of practice, Rivers had begun to impose his will on a new team.
Many Clippers talked about the imposing presence of their new coach.
"It's a respect factor," Chris Paul said.
"He commands a lot of respect and he deserves the amount of respects he gets," Blake Griffin said. "That's our job, really, is to just listen and trust and buy into it."
New Clippers guard J.J. Redick recalled at a recent dinner with his teammates how they all spoke glowingly about what Rivers had said in the locker room and team meetings.
Redick said he'd played for "two great coaches" who were exceptional motivators: former Orlando Magic coach Stan Van Gundy and Duke Coach Mike Krzyzewski. Redick said Van Gundy and Krzyzewski excel at what they do because they "are original" with their messages.
He has added Rivers to the list.
"You get like goose bumps sometimes," Redick said about Rivers' speeches. "It's refreshing to play for a guy like that."
During training camp, Paul and Griffin have been careful in public not to compare Rivers with his predecessor, Vinny Del Negro. But the All-Stars made some subtle comparisons between the two coaches.
Both players said there is a purpose to everything they do in this camp. In one practice, after Griffin went up for a layup, Rivers told his star forward to dunk the ball next time. It was Rivers' way of telling Griffin to practice the way you play in a game.
"Doc is really good at pointing out those really small things," Griffin said. "There's really no wasted time in practice."
"If we're doing a drill, we won't go to the next one until we do it right," Paul said. "That's one of the things about our team this year, there are no shortcuts."
Since arriving, Rivers has talked about creating a defense-oriented team. Much of his attention has been on DeAndre Jordan. The coach wants his 6-foot-11 center to be a defensive force, not only blocking shots, but altering others.
"No practice goes by without us working on improving our defense," Jordan said.
Rivers not only tries to control what goes on with his players, but also with his staff. Rivers won't allow his assistant coaches to be interviewed by the media, saying he wants "one voice" speaking for the organization. He often listens to his players' interviews with the media before practices, telling them to hurry up so they can get to work.
Rivers has set a serious tone.
"His presence is what makes him such a great coach," said Steve Kerr, TNT analyst. "He's got an amazing way with people. He's an incredible communicator. He's fun to be around. But he's also forceful in a good way. There's no doubt who's in charge."
Rivers, 52, won an NBA championship in 2008 coaching the Boston Celtics, who also reached the NBA Finals in 2010. But he didn't want to be a part of rebuilding project in Boston, so he bolted to the Clippers.
The Clippers gave Boston an unprotected first-round draft pick in 2015 as compensation for Rivers, who also was named L.A.'s senior vice president of basketball operations, as part of a three-year deal for $7 million a season.
Rivers has a 587-473 coaching record over 14 seasons, five in Orlando before he was fired during the 2003-04 season, then nine in Boston. His Boston teams missed the playoffs just twice, but Celtics fans were chanting for him to be fired during the 2006-07 season when his team was 24-58.
Last season under Del Negro, the Clippers had a franchise-best 56-26 record and a team-record 17-game winning streak, and won their first Pacific Division title. But they lost in the first round of the playoffs, so Del Negro was out and Rivers was hired.
"Doc is a very good coach," TNT analyst Charles Barkley said. "But if Blake Griffin and DeAndre haven't gotten better, it doesn't matter."
Still, expectations are high for the Clippers.
"I think with Doc and his experience and their respect for him, they've got a chance to get to the Western Conference finals," said former NBA coach Byron Scott, who interviewed for the Clippers' coaching job. "It just Doc's know-how, his experience being there, winning a championship. I think that's going to help them tremendously."
Rivers said he was drawn to the Clippers because of a "really talented" roster, with Paul, Griffin, Jordan and Jamal Crawford.
He noted the Clippers are different from his Boston teams because L.A. doesn't have experienced, tough-minded players like Kevin Garnett, Paul Pierce and Ray Allen. But, Rivers pointed out, "you coach people, you don't coach teams."
So far, this Clippers team hangs on his every word.
"I'd rather for them to listen to me than not," Rivers said. "But at the end of the day, it always comes from them. We've got to get them to do what we need them to do and they've got to believe in it. And if they believe in it, then you've got a chance. If they don't, then you don't have a chance. "
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A sysadmin who worked in the nuclear reactor department of a US warship used his privileged access to hack Navy databases before boasting of the exploits on Twitter, US Government prosecutors have alleged.
In a case that will draw some comparisons with Edward Snowden's breaching of US secrets, court filings allege that 27-year-old Nicholas Knight, now arrested, exploited his Navy sysadmin position to steal employee and customer data as the head of the self-styled 'Team Digi7al' anti-government hacking group.
For a year, Knight is said to have fed sensitive data to a second accused, college student Daniel Trenton Krueger, who posted the information on Twitter under a number of aliases including 'Thor', 'Orunu', Gambit, and 'uChronus'.
Along with a clutch of college-age helpers who made up the remainder of the group, Team Digi7al also attacked a range of websites by exploiting SQL vulnerabilities, always in search of personal data, passwords and account logins that could be disclosed as part of the group's political campaign.
Alarmingly, Knight is said to have attacked a Navy database while working onboard the USS Harry S. Truman aircraft carrier during active duties, which is the point at which at which he was caught and discharged from the service.
It's not clear what inspired the group but the period the hacks are said to have occurred - between April 2012 and June 2013 - could be significant because it was not long after the heyday of the now largely declawed Anonymous group. Attacks by the group attracted widespread attention and could have inspired copycat behaviour.
At the time, the MO was always the same in these attacks; hack high-profile sites, releasing data as proof of success on public channels such as Twitter.
The charge sheet alleges a series of attacks were carried out and it is here that the political intentions of the group probably most reveal themselves. Most of the sites mentioned are Government-related although AT&T was another target.
Superficially, the case has echoes of Edward Snowden because like the exiled campaigner-cum-traitor Knight was an insider abusing trusted access. However, judging from the prosecution papers, a better comparison might be British hacktivists lite, LulzSec, who conducted a mischievous campaign around the same time.
The naivety of the attacks is one giveaway, starting with the fact that Knight was eventually caught after boasting of his Navy hack exploits using the group's Twitter account where he said the group had hacked "my own boat" as well as revealing other data that would have alerted investigators to an inside job.
Accomplice Krueger was also said to have used three-pass wiping to delete data from his PCs despite separately keeping records of hacking exploits and future targets in an unsecured state.
Whatever Team Digi7al was it was not a major threat to US national security.
"The industry must acknowledges what is so painfully obvious - privileged account security is a critical layer of security that enables organisations to respond to malicious activity and mitigate potential damage, far more effectively than focusing on the perimeter alone," commented Udi Mokady, CEO of security firm Cyber Ark.
"As Symantec recently stated, the perimeter is dead - the threats are occurring on the inside of businesses. It only makes sense that this is where preventative security measures should start as well."
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"I knew when I married Jack that our life wouldn't be easy," said Maureen, 34, whose husband of 15 years is a lieutenant colonel in the U.S. Army. "Still, I accepted the fact that we'd have to move a lot and that he might go to war. This became a virtual certainty after 9/11. Back then, Jack was an operations officer for a combat battalion in Germany, and we assumed he would go to Afghanistan. Instead, in April 2003, a month after the Iraq war began, Jack's unit was sent to Baghdad. I stayed in Germany, where I had good friends.
"After finishing his 14-month deployment, Jack was assigned to a desk job at an Army base in Virginia. We've been here five months, and my husband is a changed man. The fun-loving, upbeat guy I married is now dark, defensive, and short-tempered. He scolds fast-food workers, swears at other drivers, and picks fights with me. He has started smoking again, has lost his sex drive, and is constantly telling me he needs 'space.' I feel like I've lost my best friend."
"I met Jack in 1989, when I was a senior in high school. I went to a fraternity party with my friend Meg, who was a freshman at a local college in our South Carolina town. In a room filled with hippie types in unwashed jeans, Jack stood out in his blue oxford shirt, pressed khakis, and loafers. His black hair was cut military short, and he carried himself with confidence. Meg introduced us, and we spent the rest of the party talking. A senior in the Army ROTC, Jack was smart, friendly, and courteous — the perfect Southern gentleman, with a soft drawl that exuded charm and sophistication. I really liked him but assumed his age — he was 22 to my 18 — put him out of my league. I said goodbye and told Meg to give him my phone number if he wanted it. He called three days later.
"We were a couple from our first date. After Jack graduated that spring, he reported for active duty in Georgia. I started community college, and we maintained our relationship through phone calls, letters, and occasional visits. Soon we were discussing marriage. Jack was up-front about the stresses of Army life: We would have to relocate often and he would be stationed overseas on a "hardship tour" for at least a year without me. But we were deeply in love, and I liked the idea of living in different places. Jack and I got married 18 months after we met. He was 23; I was 19.
"Three months after the wedding, my father died of a massive heart attack. The loss staggered me. My dad and I had always had a good relationship, but I was consumed with regret over not having told him just how much I loved him. Jack listened to my venting for a few weeks, then copped a 'get over it' attitude. Eventually, I worked through my grief and our marriage proceeded smoothly. We lived on the base, socialized with other military couples, and enjoyed hiking and camping."
"In 1992, Jack fulfilled his hardship tour in South Korea; afterward, he was sent to Colorado, where we spent four wonderful years. Jack thrived in his job, I finished school, and we traveled throughout the West. We had hoped to have kids, but after two years of trying, our doctor determined that Jack had a low sperm count. We considered in vitro but didn't want to undergo the stress and expense of a procedure with no guarantees. Our lives were happy enough that we chose not to pursue adoption, either.
"Colorado was followed by a one-year stint in Virginia and a three-year assignment in Kentucky. By the spring of 2001, when Jack received orders to join a combat battalion in Germany, we couldn't pack our bags fast enough. We had always dreamed of living overseas, and Jack and I immediately immersed ourselves in the German culture. We went on romantic getaways every weekend, and over an 18-month period, we visited 16 European countries.
"We were happy until the fall of 2002, when the buildup to war began and the Army imposed travel restrictions, requiring Jack to stay near the base. We lived in perpetual stress for five months, wondering whether the United States would invade Iraq and Jack's unit would be deployed. Our views on Iraq were a sore point: I opposed the war and he supported it. But he didn't want to argue. 'I don't have time to debate politics,' he'd fume whenever I raised the subject. Ultimately, we agreed to disagree and to stop discussing Iraq. Neither of us was going to change the other's mind."
"Days after the war started, Jack learned that his unit would be going to Baghdad. After he left, I relied on three close friends for companionship and support. I was cordial with the other Army wives but in their eyes I was the boss's wife. It would have been awkward for me to share my personal feelings about anything with them, let alone the war in Iraq. After Jack left, I avoided most social situations. The other wives' concerns heightened mine; I would leave a group dinner feeling worse than when I arrived. I felt isolated in both the military community and in Germany, a country that was staunchly anti-war. I also missed Jack terribly and worried constantly about his safety. Unfortunately, we had limited contact. When he first arrived in Iraq, it was hard for him to call, and when he did, the line would often go dead in the middle of our conversation. He had no e-mail for the first few months, either, which meant it was impossible to schedule calls. We wrote letters, but they are no substitute for someone's voice.
"Halfway through his deployment, Jack got a two-week leave. I imagined a romantic reunion, but he was distracted and depressed, and our lovemaking was perfunctory. He wouldn't talk about the war or the shooting death of a close friend. Our short vacation in Sweden was a fiasco. The old Jack was a great travel partner, but the new Jack set our daily agenda and walked two feet ahead of me. We argued constantly. When he left again for Iraq, I feared that the war might permanently change his personality.
"We've been together in Virginia for five months now and his attitude has yet to improve. His road rage is getting worse, so I now insist on driving us everywhere. I can't remember the last time we made love or even held hands. I decided to go back to work to stem my loneliness, but the prospect is frightening and Jack gives me no support. The other night, I started to cry as I struggled to write my resume for a sales job. 'Stop feeling sorry for yourself,' Jack yelled, looking at me with disdain. 'You don't have it so bad. You don't even know what bad is.'
"I realize that Jack needs time to adjust after the battlefield, but I can't take much more of his insensitivity and anger. This is not the man I married. I still love my husband, but I don't like him anymore. And I can't stay in a marriage where my emotional needs aren't met and I feel so hopelessly alone."
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"I don't blame Maureen for disliking me," admitted Jack, 38, a tall, handsome man who looks very inch the high-ranking military officer he is. "I don't like the fact that I'm constantly irritable and I've taken up smoking again, or that I yell at Maureen and swear in anger. And it kills me that my sex drive seems to have disappeared.
"I'm still living in a state of heightened sensitivity — a 'combat mode' that probably saved my life in Baghdad but doesn't work at all on the home front. The other night I saw a helicopter turn on its landing lights as I drove across a bridge and I had a flashback. Thinking I was under fire, I felt an adrenaline rush and started screaming and pounding the steering wheel. Another time I heard a garbage truck drop a trash bin as I drove off the base. It sounded like a rocket, so I panicked and almost crashed into a light post. Even the smell of burning leaves reminds me of Baghdad, where fires raged day and night. I have nightmares about being lost in a combat zone, caught in a firefight without my gear or sent back to Iraq. I'm proud of the work I did there, and I'll go back if the Army asks me to, which is highly likely. But I'd rather not."
"Since my return I've become super-impatient. If I order a hamburger, I don't want to hear from the cashiers about the combination meals. 'Listen to me,' I snap when they launch into their spiel. 'I ordered a hamburger. A hamburger.' I never raise my voice, but I know my stern tone is withering. Even worse, I feel disillusioned. I'm haunted by the brutality I witnessed in Iraq, such as a revenge killing where some Iraqi soldiers gunned down a family of seven in their home because they were suspected of being loyal to Saddam Hussein's Baathist Party. I'll never understand that kind of cruelty.
"After seeing the conditions the Iraqis have had to live with — the open sewage, the stench of rotting bodies, the oil spills, the lack of electricity — I despise the way people back home sweat the small stuff. I'm sorry, but I just can't sympathize when Maureen mopes and whines about being unemployed and lonely. There's no financial need for her to get a job immediately, and she'll make new friends in due time. The Army counselors who met with my unit explained that our readjustment period would likely last for as long as we were deployed — for me, 14 months. By that benchmark, I've got another nine months to go. Why won't she cut me some slack?
"I grew up in the rural South. My dad, an engineer, and my mom, a nurse, raised me to mind my manners and love my country. I'm a fifth-generation soldier — my ancestors fought in the Civil War and the Spanish-American War — but the first member of our family to be an officer. As a member of Junior Army ROTC in high school, I discovered that I'm a born leader and natural problem solver, two skills essential to a successful military career. Another selling point was the travel required by the Army. When my sister and I were kids, our parents took us all over, and we loved those trips."
"The night I met Maureen I couldn't take my eyes off her. She's tall and muscular, with long brown hair, brown eyes, and a sexy smile. And her sharp humor and candor distinguished her from the demure Southern belles I'd dated. We fell in love fast and four months into our relationship, I knew I wanted to marry her. She and I have fundamental personality differences: She's spontaneous, easygoing, and gregarious — a happy person who wakes up smiling, eager to embrace the day. She depends emotionally on family and friends. I'm organized, stoic, and independent emotionally. But instead of letting those differences divide us, we've drawn strength from them throughout our marriage.
"As Maureen mentioned, our marriage did get off to a rocky start when her dad suddenly died. I didn't know how to help my wife grieve, and I failed to give her adequate emotional support, something I'll always regret. But beyond that, the biggest crisis in our marriage was when we found out we couldn't get pregnant. In time, we came to terms with that and concluded that we could be happy without children. If it weren't for the Iraq war, we'd still be getting along great.
"As soon as we knew I might be deployed, my emotions were all over the map. I was terrified I might be killed but never mentioned my fears to Maureen, because I didn't want to increase her anxiety — or mine. I also felt frustrated by her pestering me to discuss the politics behind the war. I repeatedly explained that I had to remain neutral in order to stay focused on my job, which was preparing my soldiers for battle. Finally, we agreed to stop discussing it. That helped ease the tension somewhat."
"In Baghdad I was overwhelmed by the stench of fires burning and the sight of dead bodies in the streets. Our mission was to handle 'cleanup' in the aftermath of the invading forces, so 75 percent of our time was spent on duties like restoring electricity and 25 percent on fighting the bad guys. I never fired my weapon but I sent my soldiers to chase down the enemy. My closest call came when we provided security for another unit conducting a raid in a village where Baathists still operated. A man with two small children drove up in a donkey cart and kept approaching, despite my soldiers' repeated shouts of 'Stop! Stop!' in Arabic. Assuming he was dangerous, I aimed my gun and tightened my pull on the trigger. Then, in the glow of the moonlight, I saw that the man was unarmed. In another blink of an eye, I could have killed three innocent people. I'll live for the rest of my life with the image of their terrified expressions.
"Then, to add to my stress, I had a conflict with a superior, who relied on me to make the tough decisions about combat operations — and took credit when things went right and blamed me when they didn't. He played politics behind my back, so for several months, my name was mud with some Army leaders. There was no longterm fallout, but I worried my career could be damaged.
"I missed Maureen and worried incessantly about her, but I couldn't express those feelings. In the beginning, I tried to call every week, but as Maureen said, the phone system was unreliable. After I got Internet access, we e-mailed each other. Our phone conversations were strained, in part because Maureen was mad at me for dodging her questions. I didn't like being so guarded, but I couldn't tell her about the challenges of my work, my problems with my superior, or about how I nearly killed three innocent people. I didn't want to upset her or let her know how much danger I was in.
"My two-week leave was awful. Maureen longed for romance, while I wanted only rest, and we expressed our disappointment by arguing. I was struggling with a million different emotions. I felt guilty about leaving my troops behind in Iraq, I was depressed about life in general and I was annoyed that Maureen pushed me to discuss topics I wanted to avoid, including how I felt when one of my buddies was killed. Why couldn't she give me some space?
"Maureen is the love of my life and I'm heartbroken that she might leave me. I am determined to do whatever it takes to feel normal again."
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"I have treated several military couples whose marriages are at risk in the aftermath of war," the counselor said. "The stress of being in a life-threatening situation for months on end cannot help but affect a serviceperson's attitude and behavior. Similarly, it's difficult for military spouses to know their partner is in harm's way — and not know whether they'll ever be reunited. As a result, both parties suffer significant emotional trauma.
"After listening to Maureen lament Jack's changed personality and lack of support, and hearing Jack describe his adjustment and impatience over her neediness, I told them their issues were serious, but not unique. 'You are experiencing a crisis connected to the war, and your responses are appropriate,' I reassured them. "I had no doubt that this couple's marriage could be repaired. Maureen and Jack were in love, and they were brutally honest with each other in the first session — always a good sign. Each accepted responsibility for his or her behavior, avoiding the blame game that often masks the real problem. There were no lingering childhood issues, and both were motivated to change. As Jack put it, 'Tell me how to fix what's wrong.'
"Our work began by discussing Jack's service in Iraq and then examining its effect on him. Until then Jack had been tight-lipped about his anguish at losing his friend, his despair over nearly killing an innocent farmer, and his bitterness toward a superior who'd bad-mouthed him up the Army's chain of command. He had suppressed his emotions while operating in survival mode in Iraq, hence his need for emotional distance and impatience with everyone, including Maureen. Jack's reports of nightmares and flashbacks suggested that he was suffering from a mild case of post-traumatic stress disorder. 'You need to discharge the trauma you've been carrying around,' I explained. 'The sooner you open up and release your anger, the sooner you will be able to reconnect with Maureen.'"
"Ever the good soldier, Jack complied, and as he disclosed the emotions and fears he'd long kept buried, he broke down in tears. Men rarely cry in session, but when they do, it suggests that they've become emotionally available to their partners. 'This was the only time I wept about my service in Iraq,' Jack acknowledged. 'I left that therapy session feeling cleansed.' Maureen was moved by her husband's vulnerability: 'For the first time, I understood how the war really affected him.'
"Jack was still seething about his former superior, so I gave him an exercise. I told him to write a 'grudge letter,' never to be sent, in which he put down on paper everything he wanted to tell the man. I asked him to read the letter aloud in session, then I encouraged him to burn it. 'This helped me realize that my superior was unqualified for his job and that I was angry over my inability to do anything about it,' he said. 'With that insight, I let go of my anger.'
"Jack also needed to be more sympathetic to his wife. I validated his assessment that Maureen was emotionally high maintenance but also pointed out that his failure to support her during this transition was akin to his lack of sympathy when her father died. 'If you continue to be dismissive and condescending,' I explained, 'your marital conflicts will escalate.'
"As for Maureen, she was justifiably traumatized by Jack's deployment, the possibility that he could have died in Iraq, his changed personality, and the loss of her social network after they moved from Germany to Virginia. For people mired in crisis, simply being heard in the safety of therapy can spur the healing process. That's what happened with Maureen after she described everything that had been bothering her since the buildup to war."
"Our next step was to explore Maureen's apprehension about the job search. I helped her create a schedule for answering ads and making cold calls. Within months, she accepted an offer for a sales position at a telecommunications company. I also believed Maureen would fare better if she were less isolated, so I encouraged her to seek out people with similar interests. She joined the art museum and took up yoga. 'I still don't have any close friends,' she said, 'but I look forward to seeing acquaintances at work and at events.'
"Finally, I recommended that Maureen and Jack change their antagonistic communication style. Jack had to become less critical and blaming; Maureen had to use 'I' statements, so that Jack wouldn't misunderstand her. 'Now, if I want Jack's support, I say, "I need a hug," and he delivers.' Also, I urged Maureen to give her husband the 'space' he kept requesting.
"Gradually Jack began to feel like his old self again: His libido returned, he stopped smoking, and his nightmares, road rage, and impatience subsided. As they felt more loving, their sex life not only resumed but improved.
"Toward the end of our therapy, we discussed the possibility that Jack would return to Iraq. They accept that this might happen and believe they will be better prepared to handle a second deployment. 'If Jack goes back, I'll stay in Virginia and continue working,' Maureen said. 'If necessary, I'll get therapy to help me work through it.'
"'I was skeptical about therapy, but it has been one of the best experiences of my life,' Jack said. 'I'm a better husband for it.'
"'Jack is back to being the wonderful man I married,' Maureen agreed, 'and I love him more than ever.'"
Originally Published in Ladies Home Journal magazine, February, 2006.


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Just a follow up to my story. I saw a doctor last week and requested an active B12 test. I was refused outright. Thank goodness I can buy B12 and self-administer. I dread to think where I might be otherwise.
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In a sign of how doubtful it is that the Boston Bruins will have either center Marc Savard or winger Milan Lucic available for tomorrow's game against Washington, the club this evening recalled Vladimir Sobotka from Providence (AHL).
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State Sen. George Maziarz, a member of the Niagara University Class of 1976, was presented with the St. Vincent de Paul Award from his alma mater during commencement services this past weekend.
In presenting the award, the Rev. Joseph Levesque, C.M., Niagara University president, highlighted Maziarz' exemplification of Vincentian ideals. He remarked, "Today, we recognize the ability of one man to inspire so much positive change in the Western New York community."
The award cited several of Maziarz' legislative accomplishments, including helping to develop a sex offender registry under Megan's Law, protecting senior citizens through the Assisted Living Reform Act, and facilitating Nik Wallenda's high-wire walk across Niagara Falls in the summer of 2012, which put the Niagara Region in the international spotlight. The award also referenced Maziarz' active involvement in community affairs, particularly his past role in organizing the Canal Fest of the Tonawandas and leading the board of directors of the Chamber of Commerce of the Tonawandas.
"I am truly humbled and surprised to receive this award," Maziarz said. "I have always worked hard to serve the public and make Niagara University proud. It's a great college and it gave me a great foundation for my career. I sincerely thank Father Levesque, whom I have known for many years, and the college for this tremendous honor."
Niagara University's St. Vincent de Paul Award is conferred upon individuals "whose vision, accomplishments, and good works reflect the life and ministry of St. Vincent de Paul."
Vincentian priests founded Niagara University in 1856.


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The ballet announced the dancers Wednesday as additions to the roster for the 2012-2013 season. The company now has 45 dancers.
The new dancers are Yoshihisa Arai from Japan, Guillaume Basso of France and Cara Marie Gary of Belton, S.C. They will start rehearsing with the company on July 30. All of Joffrey's dancers from last season are returning to the company.Joffrey Executive Director Christopher Clinton Conway says the company is continuing to grow in "size and world-class reputation" with an international roster.
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Help us protect Louisiana's children. Report Child Abuse & Neglect: 1-855-4LA-KIDS (1-855-452-5437) toll-free, 24 hours a day, seven days a week
DSS to Make Key Investments to Ensure Child Safety
"Over the past three years, an average of 36 children in Louisiana died as a result of child abuse and currently nearly 5,000 children are living in foster care," said Secretary Nichols. "We believe that even one child abuse case is too many, and in order to improve our outcomes relating to child safety, it is imperative that we work to provide training based on evidence-based practices and updated technology and tools that our staff need to protect children from abuse, cruelty and neglect."
In ensuring the safety of children, DSS will maximize existing resources, rely on partnerships with national advocacy groups and use one time federal funds. As a first step, DSS will work collaboratively with OCS workers, law enforcement, and judicial and community partners to develop and implement a child welfare practice model that serves as the overall guidelines child welfare workers will use in ensuring the safety of children. The model will be a family-centered approach focusing on four principal outcomes: Children are safe; Families are strengthened; Communities are engaged; and Children and youth have permanence.
DSS also will implement evidence-based Structured Decision Making in child protective cases. Currently that process, which guides caseworkers through questions and critical risk factors, is utilized by DSS in foster care and family service cases.
Additionally, the department will continue to work to improve the safety of children in out-of-home placements by developing new licensing standards and regulations for child residential facilities.
One major challenge facing the Office of Community Services is staff training and retention. Statewide, 16 percent of all OCS staff that work directly with clients on the frontline have been on the job for less than one year, with six years being the average amount of experience among all frontline staff. For Fiscal Year 2008 alone, more than 16 percent of child welfare workers left OCS.
Those numbers are higher in Calcasieu Parish, where OCS offices have faced high staff turnover since the 2005 storms, with 32 of 38 caseworkers having one year of experience or less, and six of eight supervisors having one year or less of supervisory experience.
To combat that problem, DSS will invest in training and workforce retention that will include expanding the Lake Charles peer-to-peer mentoring initiative, coaching and mentoring of field supervisors and on-line training for critical skills such as court preparation and structured decision making.
"Staff retention is critical to providing consistent interventions for children and families over time, providing mentoring by experienced caseworkers and supervisors, and fostering peer-to-peer learning for new staff," said Nichols. "Training and modernizing processes and equipment will make caseload management less of a burden and allow caseworkers to do the work they are trained for and passionate about, which is working to protect children and help families, not spending a majority of their time completing and filing paperwork manually."
DSS is receiving assistance from the Children's Research Center, a national nonprofit that assists child welfare agencies reduce child abuse and neglect and improve service delivery to children and families by focusing on four areas -- safety, risk, assessment of family functioning and case planning. CRC will train OCS workers to use proven evidence-based tools to aid in critical decision making and in moving families toward a safer level of functioning. These tools will help caseworkers assess whether a family is ready for reunification or if reunification should continue to be the case goal.
Training and workforce investments also will include the development of a Child Welfare Training Academy with Louisiana universities to provide common undergraduate and graduate child welfare curricula to provide students the opportunity to specialize and develop child welfare expertise.
"Training based on national level expertise and child welfare curricula offered at our universities will increase the pool of qualified welfare workers, improve staff retention and give caseworkers the skills they need to manage the unique needs of Louisiana's children and families," Nichols said.
DSS also plans to invest in new technology including secure laptops for caseworkers, electronic case records, Safe Measure performance-based management software and a centralized intake for child protection investigations.
Nichols said that in meeting with caseworkers across the state, she has heard widespread frustration caused by a lack of technology available to workers, which causes delays in filing the required case documentation because it has to be completed at an office. This reduces the time caseworkers have to dedicate to working with children and families in the field.
In addition, intake of child abuse reports is handled by caseworkers and other staff on a parish level, which disrupts the management work of OCS field staff and does not ensure consistent intake procedures.
"By centralizing intake, providing one number for residents to call to report cases of child abuse and staffing it with well-trained staff equipped to handle calls in a consistent manner, caseworkers in the field will be better able to focus on protecting children," Nichols said.
Nichols said that staff should begin to see activities related to these investments immediately and with their commitment and that of our community partners, we will see improved outcomes for the children and families we serve.


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Breakfast At Tiffany's
Famed actress Audrey Hepburn once remarked, "As you grow older, you will discover that you have two hands – one for helping yourself, the other for helping others." In a "Breakfast at Tiffany's" themed reception held March 6, Rick Rackers Auxiliary of Assistance League of Long Beach captured the quotation in its strong philanthropic-minded membership and equally benevolent past chairmen.
At the creative hands of Rick Rackers Social Chairman Kerry Santoro and committee, the League's Philanthropic Center became a vision in Tiffany blue.
Rick Rackers members, dressed in homage to Miss Hepburn in black dresses and pearls, paid tribute to their honored guests, past Rick Rackers Woman of the Year recipients and past Rick Rackers chairmen, introducing prospective new members to Rick Rackers as a whole. As past chairmen fondly recalled their years of service, Nancy Smith, Rick Rackers membership chairwoman, encouraged all in attendance to always remember what is most important – helping others, and "enjoying each other while we do it").
FYI: Upcoming Events: Membership Mixer at Joe Jost's in Long Beach, at 5 p.m. March 23; Woman of the Year 2012 Luncheon, Oct. 12. Rick Rackers is a nonprofit volunteer organization, chartered in 1942, whose purpose is to carry on a program of philanthropic work to improve the lives of children in the community.
Seen at the Scene: Rick Racker Chair Melissa Murchison; Past Women of the Year: Linda McCullough, Shirlee Bouch, Mary Alice Braly, Mari Hooper, Mary Klingensmith, Melva Miller, Liz Minor and Shirley Wild. Assistance League President Cindy Summers, President-
Elect Kathy Wade, Las Hermanas Chair Pam Kehret, and past Rick Racker Chairmen Barbara Newton, Jocelyn Stanton, Vicki Vaught, Shelly Barbre, Karen Sprague, Cindy Gillis.
Interfaith/Intercultural Breakfast
The California Conference for Equality and Justice held its 21st Interfaith/Intercultural Breakfast on Feb. 23 at the Long Beach Convention Center.
As the 850 guests arrived, they were greeted by the LBCC Woodwind Quintet before entering a beautiful room decked out in balloons and large floral cupcake centerpieces. Breakfast co-chairs, Temple Israel Rabbi Steven Moskowitz and Eloy Oakley, Long Beach City College president, welcomed the throng that turned out to celebrate Long Beach's Human Relations Icon, Gene Lentzner, as he celebrated his 90th Birthday.
The Breakfast opened with the Pledge of Allegiance by the Burcham K8 Girl Scout Troop 4163 and Erma Varnado sang a beautiful rendition of "Reach Out and Touch Somebody's Hand." A multi-faith opening led by Rabbi Howard Laibson of Temple Shir Chadash; Gretchen Krutz, Baha'i Community; the Rev. Danny Bradfield of Bixby Knolls Christian Church and Milia Islam-
Majeed from the South Coast Interfaith Council began a morning filled with warmth and inspiration.
The California Conference for Equality and Justice, formerly known as The National Conference of Christians and Jews, is a social justice and human relations organization dedicated to eliminating bias, bigotry and racism in America. CCEJ breaks down the distance between people by promoting understanding and respect among all races, religions, and cultures through education, conflict resolution and advocacy.
Seen at the scene: U.S. Rep. Laura Richardson, Vice Mayor Suja Lowenthal, Linda and Stephen Gordon, Barbara and Ray Alpert, Susan and Mort Stuhlbarg, Amy and Rich Lipeles, Robert Stemler, Steven Goodling,
Beverly O'Neill, John Wagner, Suzanne Nosworthy, Braden Phillips, Judy and Gordon Lentzner, Jay Lentzner and Nancy Schindler, Alan Lentzner, Gloria and Gov. George Deukmejian, Felton Williams, Councilmembers Gerri Schipske and Steven Neal, Signal Hill Mayor Larry Forester, Arcadia Mayor Gary Kovacic, and Susan Wise, president of the Long Beach Board of Harbor Commissioners.
News of social events may be sent to Shirley Wild at email@example.com or by fax to 562-594-9668. Please include a contact phone number. Send high-resolution jpeg photos, by attachment, to email@example.com and include group name and identification of individuals from left. Call Shirley at 562-594-9468 for more information. Please check the website for coverage of additional events: wwwpresstelegram.com/social.


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#1 Today in History september 15 201209-15-2012, 09:46 PM
Today in History
September 15
1588 The Spanish Armada, which attempted to invade England, is destroyed by a British fleet.
1776 The British occupy Manhattan.
1788 An alliance between Britain, Prussia and the Netherlands is ratified at the Hague.
1858 The Butterfield Overland Mail Company begins delivering mail from St. Louis to San Francisco. The company's motto is: "Remember, boys, nothing on God's earth must stop the United States mail!"
1862 Confederates capture Harpers Ferry, securing the rear of Robert E. Lee's forces in Maryland.
1891 The Dalton gang holds up a train and takes $2,500 at Wagoner, Oklahoma.
1914 President Woodrow Wilson orders the Punitive Expedition out of Mexico. The Expedition, headed by General John Pershing, had been searching for Pancho Villa, a Mexican revolutionary.
1916 Armored tanks are introduced by the British during the Battle of the Somme.
1928 Scottish bacteriologist Alexander Fleming discovers, by accident, that the mold penicillin has an antibiotic effect.
1935 In Berlin, the Reich under Adolf Hitler adopts the swastika as the national flag.
1937 Prime Minister of England Neville Chamberlain flies to Germany to discuss the future of Czechoslovakia with Adolf Hitler.
1939 The Polish submarine Orzel arrives in Tallinn, Estonia, after escaping the German invasion of Poland.
1950 U.N. Forces, lead by the U.S. Marine Corps, invade occupied Korea at the port of Inchon. Considered the greatest amphibious attack in history, it is the zenith of General Douglas MacArthur's career.
1963 Four young African-American girls are killed by the bombing of a church in Montgomery, Alabama.
1971 The environmental group Greenpeace is founded.
Born on September 15
1789 James Fenimore Cooper, novelist whose works include The Pioneers and Last of the Mohicans.
1857 William Howard Taft, 26th president of the United States (1909-1913).
1889 Robert Benchley, humorist.
1890 Agatha Christie, English writer of mystery novels.
1890 Claude McKay, poet and novelist, part of the Harlem Renaissance.
1894 Jean Renoir, French film director (Grand Illusion, The Rules of the Game).
1901 Sir Howard Bailey, British engineer who gave his name to a prefabricated bridge used extensively during World War II.
1926 Bobby Short, singer and pianist.
1945 Jesse Norman, soprano.
1946 Oliver Stone, film director and screenwriter (Platoon, JFK).
http://www.historynet.com/today-in-historyWoe to those who call evil good, and good evil;
Who substitute darkness for light and light for darkness;
Who substitute bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter!
21 Woe to those who are wise in their own eyes
And clever in their own sight! Isaiah 5:20-21 NASB
1829 - Mexican President Vicente R. Guerrero issued the Guerrero Decree. The act abolished slavery throughout the Republic of Mexico except the Isthmus of Tehuantepec.
1858 - The southern route of the Butterfield Overland Mail crossed Texas on its way between St. Louis, MO, and the West Coast. Service was discontinued in March 1861 when the contract was modified to move the route northward out of the state.
1883 - The University of Texas opened and held its first orientation for new students.
1896 - About 15 miles north of Waco, a publicity stunt by the Katy Railroad resulted in the death of three people. The stunt involved deliberately crashing two trains.
1999 - A gunman killed 7 people and himself after opening fire at the Wedgewood Baptist Church in Fort Worth, TX.
2011 - It was announced that the Dallas Stars had signed an agreement to sell the team to Vancouver businessman Tom Gaglardi. To facilitate the sale the Dallas Stars commenced a voluntary chapter 11 bankruptcy case.It's not how old you are, it's how you got here.
It's been a long road and not all of it was paved.
. If you ain't havin' fun, it's your own damn fault
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In 1896, as a publicity stunt set up by William George Crush, the Katy crashed two locomotives, pulling loaded trains, at a site that came to be known thereafter as Crush, Texas. The collision occurred before over 40 thousand spectators, three of whom died (and there were several injuries) when the exploding boilers sent debris flying. Ragtime composer Scott Joplin, who was performing in the area at the time, commemorated the event in "The Great Crush Collision March" (which he dedicated to the Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railway).
The next day, I am sure, arose on a wiser Texas. Hua.
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Ten years ago this month, a beaming Ted Kennedy and John Boehner stood behind President George W. Bush as he signed into law No Child Left Behind.
NCLB was a well-intentioned effort to provide educational consistency across the states. Its fundamental goal was to ensure that all kids (50 million of them) would become proficient in reading and math.
NCLB forced states to develop content standards in order to quantify measureable outcomes. At this endeavor, Georgia excelled by producing the Georgia Performance Standards, which became a national model.
In fact, Georgia teachers are in excellent position to transfer to the newly-developed Common Core State Standards, since some GPS content standards are better than the CCSS.
Another positive outcome was that all states began giving the National Assessment of Educational Progress in reading and math. This allowed comparison across states on a valid assessment that came to be known as the Nation's Report Card.
States created their own assessments and these provided district-by-district and school-by-school comparisons. This element alone created a heightened awareness from parents to legislators as to what was happening in schools. In Georgia, increased awareness led to more school choice through charter options and a landmark Georgia Supreme Court case.
The teeth to NCLB came in the form of the Reading First Act that funneled a billion dollars a year into a stringent scientific approach to teaching reading.
And there were consequences for bad behavior. Schools that could not trace improvement through annual yearly progress could be reorganized and students provided the "opportunity" to seek their educational fortunes elsewhere. This meant teacher and administrative firings.
Turnaround reform occurred across the state and in several Chatham County schools among them Spencer Elementary, Bartlett Middle School and Beach High School, though some of the reforms were district initiated.
Before lighting decennial celebration candles on the NCLB birthday cake, let's examine its legacy.
The Reading First Act was discontinued after eight years, based on research conducted by the U.S. Department of Education that failed to show reading improvement nationally. The intense focus on reading and math came at the expense of music, art and other deemed non-essential subjects. Test mania swept the nation, forcing teachers and administrators at best to teach to the test, and at worse, to take the test themselves for their students. (Looking at you Atlanta and Dougherty County.)
Current national estimates are that nearly half of the nation's schools will not make AYP. Those students deemed proficient in math are probably wondering where all those other kids are going to go to school if NCLB-mandated reorganization shutters every other school.
This has grim repercussions for Georgia where our state school superintendent is anxiously waiting to find out if Georgia will receive a federal waiver from the punitive restrictions from NCLB. The irony here is that if a year ago certain school personnel had known we would get a waiver, it is doubtful that there would ever have been a widespread cheating scandal.
What started out as a noble experiment has degenerated into a morass of teacher-bashing, finger pointing and name calling at every level. As long as poorly constructed state tests continue to have the high stakes role in our states and schools, these problems unfortunately will persist.
Our Georgia tests tell us nothing about how kids are performing or how well teachers are teaching. But every pendulum must swing the other way. Former Senator and U.S. Secretary of Education Lamar Alexander recently wrote, "The lesson of the last 10 years is that it is time to move most decisions about whether teachers and schools are succeeding or failing out of Washington and back to states and communities."
Michael Moore is a professor of literacy education at Georgia Southern University. email@example.com.


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November is Pet Cancer Awareness Month
Below you can be entertained by Dogs "singing" a "We Are the World"-esque power ballad in this ad for Pet Trust, a Canadian organization that's trying to end animal cancer.
Early Pet Cancer Warning Signs, As Identified By
The Veterinary Cancer Society.
- Persistent, abnormal swelling
- Sores that do not heal
- Loss of weight
- Loss of appetite
- Bleeding or discharge from any body opening
- Offensive odor
- Difficulty eating or swallowing
- Hesitation to exercise or loss of stamina
- Persistent lameness or stiffness
- Difficulty breathing, urinating or defecating
- If your pet has any of these early warning signs, visit your veterinarian as soon as possible for a complete examination.
Please contact a veterinarian if you pet suffers from any of the above.
Due to improper breeding practices certain breeds of dogs are genetically prone to canine cancer including:
- Golden Retrievers
- Labrador Retrievers
- Rottweilers
- Bernese Mountain Dogs
- Boxers


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How Can I Deal With My Asthma?
Please Note: By clicking a link to any resource listed on this page, you will be leaving the TeensHealth site.
American Lung Association
The American Lung Association is the leading organization working to save lives by improving lung health and preventing lung disease, through research, education and advocacy.
A cross-agency U.S. government website, AIRNow provides useful air quality information, including daily Air Quality Index forecasts and details on conditions in more than 300 U.S. cities.
American Academy of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology
The American Academy of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology offers up-to-date information and a find-an-allergist search tool.


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Version: 1.0
Platforms: Series 60, Series 80, Series 90, Symbian OS, UIQ
Developer: Michael Saenz
Distribution Type: Freeware
Downloads: 28
File Size: 10 Kb
Prayer Request Database for HanDBase - A file that has been brought over form MS Access as a CSV file. The app tracks prayer request types, person, answers to, sources of, data of entry, final date, and critical date. There is a definite shortage of such little applets for Christians. Especially useful if sorted on date of entry or request type to group request or weed out outdated requests or give priority to persisting challenges in a person's life.


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Privatization: The Motor City's Renaissance Engine
MPR2000-04: Winter 2001
Published on Dec. 1, 2000
- Privatization: The Motor City's Renaissance Engine
- Motor City Needs Budget Boost: Privatizing Detroit City Services
- Asset Sales: Accounting for Privatization
- The Conventions of Privatization: Selling Cobo Center
- Detroit Could Collect Savings from Privatized Garbage Pickup
- For Whom the Private "Belle" Tolls
- Water Privatization Can Help Detroit Avoid Drowning in Debt
- Privatization Should Drive Detroit Transportation
- Nine Steps to Successful Outsourcing
- The Power to Privatize
- Looking Over Private Inspections
- Don't Waste Water Treatment Privatization Opportunities
- Privatization: A Cure for What Ails Detroit's Emergency Medical Services?
- Private Group Offers to Manage Westwood Schools
- Detroit Quietly Outsources Police Oil Changes
- Detroit Schools Hungry for Food Privatization?
- Flint Gives Privatized Arena Management a Sporting Chance
- State Charts Course for Privatization of Boat Inspections
- Hamtramck Avoids State Receivership
- State Mental Health Plan May Not Meet Federal Competition Requirements
- Critics Say Private Prison Company Has a Record
- Federal, State Governments Squabble over Michigan Public Broadcasting
- States Do Business with Firm Banned from Federal Contracts
- New Detroit Computer Costs Twice As Much, Fails to Solve Problems
- Probe Finds Metro Airport Financial Irregularities Worse Than Expected
- Life Better at Youth Prison Since Privatization, Warden Says
- Will Edison Run Detroit's Worst Schools?