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What is a library catalog?
A listing of the latest and greatest in library equipment? No, library catalogs list and provide locations for the scholarly books and other materials available in libraries.
Why should I use one?
Library catalogs help you locate books, videos, government documents, journals, and all of the other terrific resources libraries make available to you.
Why are books important when I'm beginning my research?
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ROLLINSFORD - A Somersworth man was charged with negligent homicide, felony driving under the influence and conduct after an accident following a fatal near head on collision on Route 4 Saturday afternoon.
According to New Hampshire State Police, Matthew Tsopas, 43, of Somersworth was traveling west on Route 4 in the area of Old Mill Road about 4:27 p.m. when the 2008 Infinity G35sx he was operating drifted into the oncoming lane. The Infinity struck a 2008 Kia Spectra headed west operated by Brian Preiss, 30, of Saint Paul, Minn. Also in the Preiss vehicle was Leah Fonda, 30, of Saint Paul.
"Tsopas fled the scene but was located a short time later and transported to Wentworth Douglas Hospital in Dover," said state police.
Fonda and Preiss also were taken to Wentworth Douglas where Fonda succumbed to her injuries shortly after arrival. Preiss was transportated to Massachusetts General Hospital with serious injuries.
"It appears that speed and driver impairment are factors in this crash however the crash still remains under investigation," state police said. "Tsopas was arrested at the hosptial and charged with negligent homicide, felony driving under the Influence of alcohol and felony conduct after an accident. "
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WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. � Jordan Rodgers threw for 229 yards and two touchdowns, and Zac Stacy ran for a season-high 180 yards and two scores as Vanderbilt defeated Wake Forest 55-21 on Saturday.
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. � Jordan Rodgers threw for 229 yards and two touchdowns, and Zac Stacy ran for a season-high 180 yards and two scores as Vanderbilt defeated Wake Forest 55-21 on Saturday.
It was Vanderbilt�s sixth straight victory, the school�s longest winning streak since 1955.
Vanderbilt (8-4) scored touchdowns on four of its first five possessions to take a 28-7 lead at halftime and never looked back. Wesley Tate added two scores, and Jordan Matthews had 10 catches for 144 yards in the first half, including a 64-yard touchdown reception from Rodgers.
Wake Forest (5-7) needed a win to become bowl eligible for the second straight season but struggled slowing down the stretch, losing to North Carolina State, Notre Dame and Vanderbilt.
Tanner Price threw for 182 yards in the loss.
Wake Forest�s Michael Campanaro caught eight passes for 98 yards before leaving in the fourth quarter with a left ankle injury.
Vanderbilt looked dominant from the start.
Picking up where it left off in last week�s 41-18 win over Tennessee, Vanderbilt took the opening kickoff and marched 85 yards on 11 plays and take a 7-0 lead. Using a handful of direct snaps to Stacy, Vanderbilt easily converted a pair of fourth downs along the way before Rodgers hit a wide-open Tate along the right sideline for a 25-yard touchdown.
Wake Forest bounced back, driving 71 yards on 16 plays to tie the game at 7 on fullback Tommy Bohanon�s fourth-down touchdown run from the 1.
But the rest of the half belonged to Vanderbilt.
After Tate made it 14-7 on a 14-yard run, Rodgers hooked up with Matthews on a 64-yard scoring play that seemed to take the life out of the Demon Deacons. Rodgers� throw appeared intended for a receiver Chris Boyd, who was double covered on a fly route down the middle. Matthews, sensing the ball was underthrown, broke off his route and came across the field to make a leaping grab and race final the 25 yards to the end zone untouched.
Then Vanderbilt�s defense got into the act as linebacker Colt Nichter forced a Sherman Ragland fumble at the Wake Forest 37.
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Matthews was nearly unstoppable in the first half.
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Things only got worse in the second half for Wake Forest.
After their first drive ended in a three-and-out, Andrew Williamson blocked Alexander Kinal�s punt, and Casey Hughes recovered in the end zone for a touchdown to make it 35-7.
Casey Spear added field goals of 52 and 50 yards for Vanderbilt in the second half, and Jonathan Krause returned a punt 83 yards for another score. Stacy went over 1,000 yards season for the season with a 90-yard run midway through the fourth quarter to put Vanderbilt up 55-14.


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This post originally appeared on phdinparenting.com on May 6, 2013. The site crashed a few hours later during the ensuing twitter storm so Phdinparenting.com gave us permission to reprint it here.
Old news, new victims?
We've heard it all before. Corporations want to tell us that they get us. They know what we are thinking, what we are feeling, what we need. And, of course, they have the solution. This year, with its StrongMoms Empower campaign and StrongMoms Empower Summit (happening tomorrow in New York City), Similac (an infant formula brand) is trying to position itself as a leader in creating a more supportive and less judgmental environment for moms.
Do you think you've heard this before? Possibly, you've heard it from other moms in the social media community who have been preaching it and practicing it for years. Possibly, you've heard it from Best for Babes. Their credo, which they wrote about on their site in 2009 (yes, 4 years before Similac decided to co-opt it) is:
Our Credo:
ALL moms deserve to make a truly informed feeding decision and to be cheered on, coached and celebrated without pressure, judgment or guilt.
ALL breastfeeding moms deserve to achieve their personal breastfeeding goals without being undermined by cultural & institutional "Booby Traps".
You'll notice Similac co-opted the first part of this, while ignoring the second part. Why is that? It is because they are a big part of the cultural and institutional "booby traps" that Best for Babes wrote about and that I've written about numerous times on this site (see societal barriers to breastfeedingor why do moms quit breastfeeding?). Of course formula companies don't want the moms who use their products to be subject to pressure, judgment or guilt (especially if that makes people afraid to use their products), because they only want there to be warm fuzzy feelings as it relates to their product. But make no mistake, they are not here to support your breastfeeding goals. They are here to slowly undermine your breastfeeding goals with deceptive advertising and unsolicited samples sent to the homes of breastfeeding moms.
It's Just More 'Mompaganda'
Similac doesn't really care about supporting moms. They want moms to think that they care about them. They want moms to feel good about using their product, not guilty. They want moms to get 'warm fuzzies' when they think about Similac, instead of having negative feelings of shame, guilt, or judgment. That isn't horrible, except that their true motivation is to increase sales, not to support moms.
In her guest post on my blog, Carly Stasko wrote about Mompaganda. She wrote:
The logic behind the motherhood brand is simple. Most moms care about the health, happiness and future of their children, and so a "mom-approved" company appears to embrace the same parental values by association. Mothers are seen to be discerning and cautious and safety-oriented. So by extension we conclude, even unconsciously, that a product advocated by other moms must have undergone some kind of vetting.
I've learned from my early days as a mom that the best guidance comes from parents on the same learning curve as me. Marketing that activates the "mom-brand" to sell products exploit the sense of trust and solidarity that arises naturally between parents.
Similac empowers moms. Moms speak positively about Similac to other moms who trust them. Other moms buy into it. It is a simple concept.
Writing today on the Broad Side about the Similac campaign, Kimberly Seals Allers (who writesMocha Manual) wrote that When Big Pharma 'Strong' Arms Moms, We All Lose:
Please forgive me for being suspect. It is certainly true that there is way too much pressure on mothers today, and we all could take a proverbial "chill pill" on the mommy-bashing. But when a multi-million dollar pharmaceutical giant (Similac is owned by Abbott Laboratories) plows millions of dollars into telling mothers to be "strong" and "non-judgmental," I think I'm rightfully engaged in a side-eye glance.
Selling women messages that sound good on the surface but actually undermine them has been a corporate tactic since at least the 1950s. We aren't really being supported to be strong moms–whatever that means anyway — we are being sold the idea of "strong" as a marketing tool for corporate interests. There's a big difference and all parents should take note of the dangerous undercurrents.
What I typically find most insulting is that these corporations are counting on moms not knowing better. That we are so weary from the pressures of motherhood, that we will hang on to any messaging that appears to be a "release valve" without delving one centimeter beneath the surface to find the real facts.
Apparently "strong" does not mean savvy.
But a lot of moms won't see it that way. Instead of being insulted by the way that corporations are trying to co-opt them to do marketing for free, they'll be insulted by the fact that someone objects to the campaign. They'll side with the corporation instead of siding with their fellow moms. How's that for coming full circle on the supportive environment?
Support That Isn't Trying to Profit From You
Struck by the similarities between what Similac is trying to say in its campaign and what Best for Babes has been saying for years, I asked Bettina Forbes and Danielle Rigg, the founders of Best for Babes, to comment on it. They told me:
"The problem with the StrongMoms Empower campaign is that it continues to throw mothers to the wolves when it comes to overcoming the Booby Traps(R) that undermine them every day. It keeps the onus on isolated mothers to jump the barbed wire, instead of putting pressure on the 360 degree world around them to demand that mothers get the support and care they need and deserve. Moms already know what is best for themselves and their families; what moms don't have are enough hospitals, pediatricians, ob-gyns, family members, friends, health professionals, employers and welcoming public spaces to help them succeed without pressure, judgment or guilt.
The C.A.R.E.-WHO Alliance is the first alliance of businesses that have pledged to truly protect healthy infant feeding by (C) cheering on moms, (A) accepting them without judgment, pressure and guilt, (R) referring them to independently certified and qualified feeding specialists, providing (E) evidence-based information, and upholding the WHO-CODE. The Alliance does not give lip service to supporting and "empowering" moms while undermining their decisions and efforts at the same time. The C.A.R.E.-WHO Alliance rewards businesses and professionals who step up to the plate to help moms make informed feeding decisions and to help them achieve their personal goals, whatever those are.
The C.A.R.E.-WHO Alliance supports ALL moms. While an estimated 85% (CDC) of expecting moms want to breastfeed, not all moms want to or can breastfeed, and should be respected for their decision. Sometimes the barriers to breastfeeding are so overwhelming that it is simply not a feasible option. Mothers who cannot or choose not to breastfeed deserve better access to donor milk from an HMBANA human milk bank (currently cost is prohibitive for all but the most fragile infants), they deserve information on informal milk sharing, and they deserve information on the proper preparation of infant formula.
Expecting and new moms need the C.A.R.E.-WHO Alliance in the same way that they need to know which car seats are safe, who are the best pediatricians, and which blogs are trustworthy. What they don't need is a sham badge or pat on the back from the very companies who are largely responsible for, and profiting from, their misery; companies that have systematically spread misinformation and set up a gauntlet of Booby Traps(R) everywhere mothers turn. If you believe that ALL parents deserve the best information on infant feeding, and deserve to be cheered on, coached and celebrated without pressure, judgment or guilt, make your voice heard! If you believe that every parent deserves to achieve their personal feeding goals without being Booby-Trapped(R), whether that goal is to breastfeed for 2 days, 2 months, or 2 years; and/or pump breastmilk, feed donor milk, or feed infant formula, then join us to grow the C.A.R.E.-WHO alliance! We don't have millions in marketing budgets, but we are a core of compassionate and passionate mom-advocates who believe in mothers and babies' rights to health and happiness."
Where will you stand? With a company with a huge marketing budget and shareholders who are highly vested in getting you on board? Or with a nonprofit that truly wants to help moms meet their own goals? I know which one will make me stronger.
When the phdinparenting.com website is back up this post will be replaced with a link to the original.


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Research support for this article was provided by the Investigative Fund at The Nation Institute.
In Napoleon Bonaparte's day an army may have marched on its belly, as the French emperor famously quipped, but the modern-day American military campaign in Afghanistan needs not just food but also fuel. Diesel for the MRAPs and Humvees, aviation fuel for the planes and helicopters–that's the fodder for the military surge under way in Afghanistan. Fuel is precious there–they call it liquid gold–and the effort to keep it flowing has created an array of bizarre monopolies, strange alliances and allegations of corruption entangling the US government.
This is the story of two interlinked and secretive offshore companies run by a former Army intelligence officer. The firms run a specialized monopoly of massive proportions. Their niche: supplying aviation fuel for US military operations in Afghanistan–enough to fill two Olympic-size swimming pools each and every day of the year.
The companies' names are Red Star Enterprises and Mina Corp. In Afghanistan, Red Star Enterprises has a sole source contract worth more than $1 billion, won without competition, to deliver fuel to Bagram Air Base, that central hub of the war effort. The Nation has obtained an unusual "memorandum of agreement" between Red Star and the US military authorities, giving the firm exclusive ownership of a fuel pipeline that feeds directly into the base.
Similarly, in nearby Kyrgyzstan, a staging ground for the Afghan war, Mina has another sole source contract, awarded without any announcement, to provide fuel to a huge and controversial base. The contract has been at the center of corruption and kickback allegations, and the companies have been accused of enriching the families of two successive heads of state, both of whom presided over kleptocratic and repressive regimes–an arrangement that fostered great resentment in the country. Violence exploded on the streets in early April, leaving eighty protesters dead, and President Kurmanbek Bakiyev was forced to flee. The new, provisional government sees Red Star and Mina in a very specific light. The chief of staff, Edil Baisalov, tells The Nation that the firms have served as "an indirect way for the Pentagon to bribe the ruling families of Kyrgyzstan." (These allegations are the subject of a Congressional hearing tomorrow, convened by the House Subcommittee on National Security and Foreign Affairs.)
Baisalov's charge is a serious one but not new, nor as outlandish as it may seem, although the companies deny it. The eight-year saga of high-stakes contracts and secretive deals raises serious questions about how the Afghan campaign has been run, not only by the Bush administration but also under President Barack Obama. Sole source contracts have continued under the current administration, and if the Kyrgyz authorities are correct, the Pentagon contractors are still doing what they did under Bush. After all, the thirst for oil and fuel can only grow as President Obama's Afghan surge ramps up.


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YANGA email@example.com_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2003-09-05 published
A life cut short by severe acute respiratory syndrome
The only doctor to have died from the virus in North America, he was a caring professional and a loving family man
By Bill GLADSTONE Special to The Globe and Mail Friday, September 5, 2003 - Page R13
As the only doctor in North America to die of severe acute respiratory syndrome, Toronto physician Nestor YANGA may have gained more prominence in death than by anything he had accomplished in life.
He was a dedicated general practitioner, church volunteer and family man who was passionate about everything he did, according to Friends. A former president of the Canadian Filipino Medical Association, he loved dancing, gardening and spending time with his wife and two sons.
In the early days of the city's outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome, as doctors were still scrambling to identify and contain the alarming new disease, a patient turned up at Dr. YANGA's east-Toronto clinic who was a family member of one of the first carriers in Canada; two more family members came to see him two days later. In medical parlance, all would be known as "super-secretors" for the highly virulent and infectious strains they carried.
"He saw them in the waiting room and told them they'd better go to the hospital," said his friend, Dr. Bina COMENDADOR, a Richmond Hill, Ontario, psychiatrist.
Shortly afterwards Dr. YANGA came down with a slight fever, then a dry cough. When the symptoms worsened, he visited a newly instituted screening centre for severe acute respiratory syndrome and was told to get to Sunnybrook Hospital right away. "Being the doctor he was, he drove himself to the hospital and he never came out," Dr. COMENDADOR said.
He died after a four-month struggle with the disease on August 13 at the age of 54. He was the 44th severe acute respiratory syndrome victim in the Toronto area.
An estimated 2,000 people, including many provincial dignitaries, medical professionals and members of the city's Filipino community, paid their last respects to Dr. YANGA at a funeral in Toronto's St. Michael's Cathedral. In eulogies, he was depicted as a hero who had fallen on the front lines of medicine's unrelenting battle against illness of every kind.
"He contracted the disease while caring for one of his patients," said Dr. Larry ERLICK, president of the Ontario Medical Association. "It's a risk that physicians face every day."
As if to underscore that risk, two of the three doctors who worked with Dr. YANGA in the Lapsley Family Doctors Clinic were also infected with severe acute respiratory syndrome last April; one remains hospitalized while the other is still too weak to resume his medical duties; the fourth recently reopened the clinic and is struggling with a fourfold increase in patient load. As well, two nurses in the Toronto area have died of the virus after caring for severe acute respiratory syndrome-stricken patients.
Born in Malabon, the Philipines, on October 8, 1948, Nestor YANGA studied medicine at the University of Santo Tomas in Manila he specialized in surgery and graduated in 1975. He emigrated to Canada in 1981 and was married the same year in Toronto, having met his prospective bride, Remy, during a visit two years earlier.
Passing a rigorous set of medical exams in Canada, Dr. YANGA interned at a Newfoundland hospital for two months, then at two hospitals in Toronto. Intending to become a psychiatrist, he studied at McMaster University and at the University of Toronto, but withdrew in his third year, telling Friends he preferred to practise family medicine.
Toronto psychiatrist Dr. Dulce BISMONTE recalled that Dr. YANGA had inspired her to enter psychiatry and that she was very saddened when he told her he was leaving that field. "He was so compassionate and caring, he would have made an excellent psychiatrist," she said.
As a general practitioner, Dr. YANGA got to know many of his patients as people and often spent more time with them than strictly necessary, to the occasional consternation of patients in his waiting room. Any annoyance would invariably melt away, however, as the meticulous but easygoing doctor would bestow a similar level of care and warmth upon each waiting patient in turn.
"He was the kind of person you could respect and really care about, and I think his patients felt that too," Dr. COMENDADOR said. "He would make you feel that you were special and that you were the most important patient."
Dr. YANGA sometimes assisted with surgeries at Centenary Hospital and worked as a volunteer at the sexual assault clinic at Grace Hospital. He and his wife were also dedicated members of the Filipino-dominated charismatic Catholic group Bukas Loob Sa Diyos.
Having performed in his youth with a dance group, which toured all over Southeast Asia, Dr. YANGA retained a passion for ballroom dancing, which he did with his wife, and line dancing, which he did apart from her, with others. "Nestor loved to dance," Dr. BISMONTE observed. "He might have been on the chubby side, but he was a very graceful dancer."
He was, above all, a consummate family man who always reserved plenty of time to be with his family and usually took them with him to medical conferences at resorts. "His loss is a tragedy to his family as well as to all of his patients, and I don't know how we're going to overcome it," Dr. ERLICK said. "He had a huge following and it's hard to replace a physician like that."
Nestor YANGA leaves his wife Remy, sons Nelson, 20, and Ronald, 16, brother Emmanuel and father Lauro, all of Toronto.
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Term One Final Jury 2016-12-12
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Don't miss INTER.ONE's Sistene Tent at the AA projects review. Each student has purposely designed ornamental motifs that frame a selection of images and drawings in each section of the tent.
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FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — About 200 people have gathered for a ceremony marking the site of a 1956 airliner crash over the Grand Canyon as a national landmark.
Two commercial airplanes collided over the canyon in June 1956, killing all 128 people aboard in the deadliest aviation disaster of the time. The crash helped spawn major changes to improve air traffic control and radar systems and to create a federal agency to regulate it.
Grand Canyon National Park marked the designation of the crash site Tuesday as a National Historic Landmark in a ceremony overlooking the gorge where the wreckage was scattered over 1.5 square miles.
Park Rangers set up binoculars so that people could get a closer look at the buttes where the planes came crashing down. They also unveiled a plaque commemorating the crash.


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Just Ask the Expert: Are intact dogs less likely to get cancer?
Dr. Fan welcome oncology questions from veterinarians and veterinary technicians.
Q. I've heard about studies linking neutered dogs with an increased cancer risk. Should I take this into consideration before performing routine spays and castrations?
Specifically, gonadal sterilization significantly increased life expectancy in both male and female dogs by 13.8% and 26.8%, respectively, in comparison to sexually intact individuals. Importantly, the study findings identified a substantial effect of gonadal sterilization on the cause of death, with sterilization of dogs being significantly protective for fatality associated with various categorical pathologic processes including infectious, traumatic, vascular, and degenerative disease processes.
In contrast, sterilized dogs were significantly more likely to experience fatality associated with select neoplastic and immune-mediated processes. The identified association between increased fatalities of sterilized dogs from either neoplastic or immune-mediated diseases has the potential to direct future hypothesis-driven experiments that specifically address the participatory roles of chronic gonadal hormone exposure on tumorigenesis and immune surveillance.
In the context of cancer, sterilized dogs had a significantly increased risk of death, independent of age, associated with transitional cell carcinoma, osteosarcoma, lymphoma, and mast cell tumors; however, the increased death risk from cancer was not preserved across all tumor histologies, as sterilization status did not significantly influence the incidence of mortality in dogs with other common cancers such as prostate carcinoma, squamous cell carcinoma, and melanoma.
More research needed
Based on these initial epidemiologic study observations, prospective investigations addressing the putative and mechanistic roles of chronic gonadal hormone exposure and specific cancer-related death risks are well-justified. However, at this point before additional hypothesis-driven experiments can be conducted, it would be premature and imprudent to recommend the avoidance of elective gonadal sterilization because of concerns of increased death risk from cancer in companion dogs. Future rigorous and definitive cause-and-effect scientific studies are required before changes in sterilization practices should be considered.
Timothy M. Fan, DVM, PhD, DACVIM (internal medicine, oncology)
1. Hoffman JM, Creevy KE, Promislow DE. Reproductive capability is associated with lifespan and cause of death in companion dogs. PLoS One 2013;8(4):e61082.


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Wouldn't taxing the churches go a long way toward balancing the federal budget? Shouldn't we atheists be pushing for this?
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I am not sure what the point of this question is.
The tax--including the "employer's share" that you never even see, but is a cost to your employer of having you work for them, and which therefore ought to be considered part of your compensation--is not enough to pay for the program, and this disparity is only going to get worse with time unless something is changed.
Social security does not actually put your money into a savings account with your name on it; rather, it promptly sends it out the door to someone who is already retired, somewhere. By about 2050 there will only be two people working for each retiree, and you can imagine what it will be liked to be taxed half of what his or her benefit check is, plus the overhead of the program itself (the people running social security themselves need to be paid). If this money is not somehow taxed, it will have to be borrowed (resulting in bankruptcy) or created from nothing (resulting in inflation, which will only result in larger COLAs for people on social security, so it's not even a short term solution). So at some point--without severe benefit reductions or some sort of phaseout plan the program will collapse. It's not a matter of IF but rather of WHEN.
SteveInCO, we think alike.
When you retire, your kids (or your neighbors) cook and eat you.
(Or when you can no longer afford health care.)
How is pointing out the *fact* that the system is going to go bankrupt if nothing is changed somehow tantamount to wanting to eat seniors?
You don't offer a solution, you don't attempt to refute my arguments, you just impugn my motives.
Easy. When your kids have eaten you, you're no longer a financial burden on them.
Properly seasoned and cooked, as Jonathon Swift suggested in his Modest Proposal, you might be a tasty dish.
There's another benefit too, part of you will always be with your offspring.
Taxes will have to go up if the US wishes to be a (social) welfare state. The problem in the US is that people are scared shitless of taxes, but are (apparently) willing to pay shitloads of money for private healthcare....
The deficit needs to be solved by higher taxes, especially on the higher incomes.
A church tax is a tax imposed on members of some religious congregations in Austria, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Iceland, Italy, Sweden, some parts of Switzerland and several other countries. The Austrian tax is an interesting one.
The Yearly Cost of Religious Tax Exemptions in America: $71,000,000,000
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Church_tax The Yearly Cost of Religious Tax Exemptions: $71,000,000,000 http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2012/06/16/the-yearly-...
Just think of the businesses that some of these religions have - the mormons with their knickers and tops
Beehive Clothing is listed on manta.com as having revenue between $100 - $500 million dollars. Even though manta.com won't show you the revenue data if you don't subscribe, you can see this info without signing up by simply by going to their "clergymen's vestments" category and checking "filter by 100 - 500 million" in the sidebar and there it is!
Any other business that cannot pay its taxes, is put out of business. Why would a church not be in the same position? If these are tiny churches with tiny congregations, their taxes would no doubt be tiny too. Why should they have a special status that "John and Jane's family bakery" shouldn't enjoy?. If you tax the churches, you are simply aligning them with the rest of society.
And I'm pretty sure that John and Jane, my fictional bakers, would agree.
If you want to add other things to this, do so by all means. But treating churches as exempt is not right. Business is business, whether you are giving people their daily bread literally or spiritually.
Business is taxed. Taxes go to the benefit of all, not just to the benefit of those who paid them. I think we should look long and hard at all tax exemptions. And then instead of exempting, you could do tax rebates when and where you felt it was economically and socially viable.
The cuts that Romney and Ryan proposed were so savage that even the crackpots at the US Conference of Catholic Bishops said it was immoral.
You said it quite well here.
Still laughing....
Sarah, is your reasoning ideological or rational?
If you will identify your monetary interest in this matter, we will know whether to take your view seriously. Are you self-employed, providing for your retirement? Are you an employer wanting to reduce payroll costs?
Surely you know that before FDR and the Social Security Act, generations of Americans failed to properly plan their retirements.
BTW, does your reality include women in politics? "NEITHER party, democrat or republican has enough balls [or ovaries] to say that out loud and be truthful with the American people."
Gallup's Mirror, the GOP (the Party) has not pushed hard for Creationism.
Evangelical xians, who Reagan invited into the GOP and who now control most state GOPs, are pushing hard and creatively. Their most recent legislative efforts are prose art forms.
Blocked by courts from mandating "design" or "the controversy" in science classrooms, their legislation now permits local school boards to add these to their curricula but leaves school districts (the taxpayers) to pay the legal fees when they lose in court.
America has not spent into oblivion. Starting with Reagan and continuing with both Bushes, the GOP has borrowed us into oblivion.
Clinton, who joined the GOP in repealing Glass-Stegal (sp?), left a surplus. Bush Two spent that surplus.
Wall Street gambling addicts crashed the economy, leaving a mess for Obama to clean up.
You know who are making out like bandits, but you are so loudly shouting the GOP myth that you hear no one else.
Exactly Tom. When the Wall Street criminals were rubbing their hands together over how much money they made, but then were found out - it put the world into a spin, and dragged so many other countries down with it. And the same thing would have happened again, had Romney become - shudder - president. I feel sorry for Obama, having to deal with so many fronts, that George W. left in his wake, while Romney continues on, making millions, while sending his money to safe tax havens.
So, churches shouldn't be taxed, because it wouldn't be enough to cover the deficit - or as Erin said, either be taxed or shut up.


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The large bowl of candy in her office should be a tipoff: Danielle Dube likes her sugar.
The assistant professor of chemistry and biochemistry likes it so much, in fact, that she has built her entire lab around it.
Dube, who joined the Bowdoin faculty in 2007, is studying a unique sugar found on bacteria that can cause gastric ulcers and cancer in humans. Through her work with undergraduate researchers, she hopes to develop novel therapeutic approaches to stop the culprit, Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori), which is developing marked resistance to some antibiotics.
"For anyone who is trying to develop an antibiotic, it's a constant war because these bacteria are always developing resistance," notes Dube. "Chemists are battling to come up with new, smarter ways to kill off bacteria or other pathogens. I like thinking about how I could outsmart the bacteria. In my lab, we are developing a method that may be useful for generating many types of antibiotics."
All living organisms have sugars that reside on cell surfaces. However, elevated levels of certain sugars can be indicators of malignant cells, such as breast cancer tissue.
In the case of H. pylori, its unique sugar is not only a biomarker of disease, it's directly tied to H. pylori's ability to be a pathogen—to infect human stomachs and survive. That's because the sugar helps the bacteria to form hair-like structures, called flagella, which let H. pylori swim so that they can colonize the stomach wall.
Dube and her student research assistants are working on developing a synthetic compound that would disrupt the formation of flagella. The H. pylori cells would then be unable to colonize the stomach and would slough away.
"What we do in my lab is a very interesting mix of chemistry and biology," notes Dube. "There is a niche for many types of students in the lab. Some of them are synthetic chemists: They work in a hood with flasks and different reagents to develop synthetic molecules that could be therapeutics.
"Students working on the biology side grow H. pylori under lab conditions that simulate those found in the human stomach. Then they take the compounds that the synthetic chemistry students make, feed them to the bacteria, and follow their metabolic fate."
It's too early for Dube to have any definitive data, but she is hopeful that her work will ultimately become part of an effective therapy for ulcers, and even stomach cancer.
"Academic labs play an important role in therapeutic development," Dube says. "In the early stages, academic labs ask the questions: Is this a good target? Is this a possible approach to curing an ailment? Whatever we do in my lab is not likely to be "The Drug" that is marketed by a pharmaceutical industry—that process takes 15-20 years—but we might be able to put out an idea in the literature that spurs the development of those new antibiotics."
Dube says the applied aspect of her work has strong appeal for students considering a pre-med career. "Students understand why what we're doing in the lab is important and how they personally can have an impact on something in the world. They say, 'Wow! It's amazing that the research here at Bowdoin is addressing such an interesting problem and that I can be part of it.' "
Dube plans to publish preliminary data from her research next year, with several Bowdoin students as co-authors.
Before I went to college, I thought everything in science was known. When you read science books you learn about what people already know. When I conducted research as an undergraduate, I found out that there are a million questions still out there: in chemistry, biology, physics. I had a fantastic undergraduate research experience at Cornell and realized that when I was doing research, I was discovering answers to questions. That's what excites me about science, and that thrill of discovery is what I strive to instill in students at Bowdoin. The quality of science that occurs here is impressive and I think that undergraduates are far more likely to undertake a research project of their own because of close interactions with professors. — Danielle H. Dube
I like thinking about how I could outsmart the bacteria.
— Danielle Dube


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Lockeford, CA
Kathleen Marie Klein Lipelt
March 30, 1952 - January 1, 2013
Kathleen "Kathy" Marie Klein Lipelt, beloved wife, mother, sister, grandmother, and friend, passed
away in Modesto, CA on January 1, 2013. She is
survived by her
husband, Don Lipelt, her sister, Sharon Nelson, her brother Joe Klein, her stepchildren, Lisa Castellanos, Laurie Rishwain, and Jack Lipelt, niece Danielle Nelson, nephews Aaron Wright, Joe,
Clayton, and Cory Klein and her four grandchildren, Michael
Wood, Zachary Castellanos,
and Jake and Ryan Lipelt.
Kathy was born in Stockton, CA where she attended school, graduating from Lincoln High School,
Delta College, and the University of the Pacific with a degree in Education. Kathy was an avid sports fan and coached the girl's softball
team at Franklin High School for many years. She was also a substitute teacher in Stockton and Lodi, worked in several school offices, and worked for her father in the office at his machine shop before finally retiring in 1995.
Kathy loved to fish and after her retirement, she and Don spent a great deal of time in Bodega Bay, at New Melones Reservoir, and on
their houseboats in the Delta. They also enjoyed traveling (mostly in search of new boats to buy!) and spending time at their home
on Clearlake. Kathy loved the Giants, the 49ers, her home on Mokelumne River, her pets, and most of all her family and close friends. She was a friend to many people, always quick to help out in
any way she could. We will miss her warmth, her wonderful personality, her crazy enthusiasm for the Giants, and all the love she gave to all of us. She was a truly loving, caring, and wonderful person, and we will miss her everyday.
A memorial service and celebration of Kathy's life will take place on her birthday, March 30th at a location to be announced. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to the youth sports organization of your choice.


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March 11, 2013
Last week's "scientific report on the 'functional cure' of a HIV-infected infant has set the world's media ablaze with discussion and speculation," Randal Kuhn, director of the Global Health Affairs Program at the University of Denver's Josef Korbel School of International Studies, and Benjamin Young, chief medical officer of the International Association of Providers of AIDS Care, write in a GlobalPost opinion piece. "While we wait for scientific confirmation of the treatment, this little girl's case crystallizes the continued challenges of delivering interventions already proven to prevent pediatric HIV/AIDS," they continue. "Of the four million children born each year in the United States, just 100 are born with HIV/AIDS," they write, adding, "This impressively low number is thanks to a combination of widespread antenatal care, regular HIV/AIDS testing of high-risk mothers, and pharmacological advances in combination therapies for preventing mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT) in utero, before the virus has a chance to take hold in the fetal immune system."
"Although this package of interventions is incredibly low-cost, about 330,000 babies will be born with HIV/AIDS in less developed countries, primarily in sub-Saharan Africa," Kuhn and Young continue, adding, "This is due to stigma and discrimination, but most of all due to the lack of resources for these interventions." "[T]he costs of standard three-drug treatments for children infected with HIV can be out of reach in many countries," they note, adding, "At the same time, in many populations non-adherence is accompanied by malnutrition, exposure to other infectious diseases, and poverty, all factors that may make the pathway to recovery quite different." They state, "These issues won't be solved with new medicines, but rather a critical reassessment of community beliefs about HIV/AIDS and some deeply held prejudices," and conclude, "[T]he promise of curing the 300,000 babies born with HIV each year cannot be achieved unless babies are delivered in a health care facility with the necessary funds, diagnostic tools, medications and well-trained health care providers" (3/10).
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SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — Chile's government is criticizing one of its top generals for discriminating against gays and religious groups in his orders to military recruiters.
Army Commander Cristian Chateau had signed a document asking recruiters to be "especially concerned" about finding soldiers who are "morally and intellectually prepared" for military service. He said they should exclude people with physical, mental or socioeconomic problems, criminal behavior, drug use, homosexuals, conscientious objectors and Jehovah's Witnesses."
Defense Minister Andres Allemand said Friday that such ideas are completely opposed to government policy, and said he's asked for a full military review of the matter to eliminate any such guidance.
Gay rights leader Rolando Jimenez isn't satisfied and he wants the general to be forcibly retired.


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Alfalfa hay and seed collected from an eastern Washington grower showed a low level of Roundup Ready genetic trait in the seed, the state Department of Agriculture said late Friday afternoon. In a brief statement, the department said the level detected was "well within ranges acceptable to much of the marketplace."
The testing did not indicate the exact percentage of genetically engineered material present in the seed, the department said. The plant material itself tested negative for Roundup Ready traits, but that test is considered less sensitive than the procedure done on seed, department spokesman Mike Louisell said.
While some hay buyers such as organic dairies don't want any trace of GM material, others accept trace amounts. Roundup Ready alfalfa has been approved by the U.S. Department of Agriculture since 2011, but some overseas markets reject it.
The Washington agriculture department is discussing the test results with the USDA to determine if further action is necessary, according to the news release.
The investigation began in late August when an eastern Washington grower reported that hay he intended to export was rejected after a broker's test showed it had traits of Roundup Ready alfalfa. The grower, who was not identified, intended to grow conventional alfalfa and bought seed for that purpose. One of the unanswered questions is whether the seed was mis-labeled or mis-represented in some way.
Opponents of genetically engineered food and forage crops have long contended that organic or conventional crops could be contaminated by cross-pollination or mingled seeds. The Center for Food Safety, which has offices in San Francisco and Portland, linked the Washington hay case to the still-unexplained discovery of Roundup Ready wheat found growing in an eastern Oregon field this past spring.
Although it is legal to grow and sell genetically-engineered alfalfa in the U.S., Roundup Ready wheat has never been approved for commercial production. At the center of each case is Monsanto Co., which produces seed engineered to withstand its widely sold Roundup herbicide.
Hay is a valuable crop, increasingly exported to Asia and the Middle East to feed dairy cattle or other livestock. Baled hay exports from California alone increased 23 percent in 2012 over the previous year, with increased shipments to China primarily responsible, hay market analyst Seth Hoyt said in a presentation to growers earlier this year. He predicted sales to China would increase significantly again this year.
In Oregon, hay of all kind was the third most valuable crop in 2012, after nursery products and cattle, with sales of $638 million. Washington's hay crop was valued at $681 million and Idaho's was valued at $880 million, according to U.S. Department of Agriculture statistics. Premium alfalfa hay ranges in price from $200 to $230 per ton.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture approved Roundup Ready alfalfa in 2011 after a back-and-forth court fight involving environmental groups, individual farmers, and Monsanto and Forage Genetics International, an alfalfa seed company that co-developed and sells the seed. Forage Genetics, which has an office in Nampa, Idaho, is owned by the Land O' Lakes Inc., a Minnesota-based farming and dairy cooperative.
The Roundup resistant trait allows farmers to spray for weeds without hurting the crop, improving quality, boosting yield per acres and increasing the price it will command.
The Center for Food Safety opposes genetically engineered food and forage crops, and led the fight against Roundup Ready alfalfa.
Senior Attorney George Kimbrell called the Washington state test result "unfortunate."
"They're saying it's contaminated," he said. "They agree the shipment was properly rejected."
"We told them this was going to happen," he said.
He said for some consumers, any amount of GM contamination is too much.
The group maintains that biotech crops are unsafe. Contamination could cause organic dairies to lose a source of organic feed, and possibly lose certification for their products, according to the center.
Industry researchers dispute that, although a Forage Genetics official acknowledged in a 2003 presentation to alfalfa seed growers that management of transgenetic movement through pollen would be "critical to the success of biotechnology applied to improvement of alfalfa."
Researcher Mark McCaslin told growers that improved fiber digestibility and increased protein utilization would "result in significant increases in milk and beef production from animals fed the transgenic forage."
A 2009 court document posted on Forage Genetics' website says the chances of cross-pollination are "infinitesimal."


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So, how should we deal with our energy needs? By aggressively seeking new sources of energy, including domestic petroleum reserves that would have been accessed already but for Congressional bans, or by inflating our tires, turning down our air conditioning, staying home instead of going on vacation, and generally accepting a less prosperous future?
This question has been posed to the American people at least once before. In 1980, they decisively rejected Jimmy Carter's prescription of sweaters and lowered expectations in favor of Ronald Reagan's pro-growth policies, which included rescinding the "windfall" profits tax on oil companies and the price controls that discouraged domestic oil production. This Rasmussen survey indicates that Americans will answer the question the same way in 2008. By a blowout 81 percent to 9 percent margin, respondents say that finding new sources of energy is an urgent national priority. By 65 percent to 28 percent, Americans say that finding new energy sources is more important than reducing energy consumption.
The Democrats are on the wrong side of the biggest issue of the day, and still haven't figured out what to do about it.
One more comment on tire inflation–hopefully the last–and the broader issue of energy conservation.
There is a fundamental difference between developing new energy resources and using less energy, whether through tire inflation, canceled vacation plans, or whatever. I don't need the government to tell me to maintain my car. I'm already doing that. As John McCain said yesterday, Obama's obsession with tire inflation isn't an energy policy, it's a public service announcement. Likewise, I don't need the government to tell me that if I want to save money I should drive less, buy a smaller car, turn off my air conditioning, or whatever. These are basic facts of life that everyone knows. We do, however, need the government to increase energy supply–not because the government should go into the energy business, but because various statutes and regulations are now blocking private industry from developing energy reserves. Government action is necessary because past, ill-advised government action is the problem.
For politicians to hector us to reduce our energy consumption in the face of rising prices is both unnecessary and condescending. Out of necessity, most of us will do that. But a lowered standard of living isn't the solution to the problem of high energy costs, it is the problem. If the Democrats haven't figured that out by November, they could be in big trouble.
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If chemistry - the harmonious interaction, not the science - came with a soundtrack, it would be supplied by Wild Moccasins.
The Houston band, one of the city's most vibrant, makes irresistible indie-pop anthems built on mutual respect, trust and admiration. All five members - Zahira Gutierrez (vocals/keyboards), Cody Swann (guitar/vocals), Andrew Lee (guitar), Nicholas Cody (bass) and John Baldwin (drums) - seem to genuinely like each other.
"I think there is just a natural chemistry between all of us. I really look forward to playing with everybody every night," Swann says. "Sometimes we get in a moody vibe together, but that still works. We feed off each other, and it makes it fun to perform with them.
"Just being a band for six years now, naturally, we're gonna learn how to work with each other better and be in the moment together."
Onstage, the songs seem to ebb and flow continuously from member to member, led by Gutierrez's beguiling vocals and quirky presence.
"I think we all got pretty lucky. We met through shows and through music," she says. "We're fortunate in that we keep evolving together because we're around each other so much. We tour a lot of the year, and I think that helps us with our chemistry. Even though we don't agree all the time, it definitely helps that we really do like being around each other."
That energy is funneled into new album "88 92," released this week on New West Records (home to fellow Houston acts Robert Ellis, Buxton and Grandfather Child along with Rodney Crowell, Dwight Yoakam, Patty Griffin and Steve Earle). It's a uniformly terrific listen, drawing on everything from disco to New Wave to rock.
"88 92" was recorded at SugarHill Recording Studios and produced by local Beatles expert Kevin Ryan.
Longtime couple Gutierrez and Swann effortlessly play off each other on several songs.
"I really wanted to try to capture what we have going on live. I think there's a spirit to that, an energy," Swann says. "You have to find little ways to capture that. One thing we did was we tried to be very spontaneous in the studio. Rather than trying to beat something to death and keep trying again to get a perfect take, once we felt a good one, we kept that."
Indeed, some of the album's best tracks capture a raw kind of energy and zippy moments of personality, including simmering opener "Open Sesames," Blondie-influenced "Eye Makeup" and "Painless Mouth," jangly Gutierrez-Swann duet "Emergency Broadcast" and the Spanish-language "Real."
"While we were writing all the material for the record, I was kind of going through an obsessive, early-disco phase," Baldwin says. "I feel like Nick and I made a conscious effort to make a lot of the songs more dance oriented and give them a little bit of a different groove that maybe hasn't been there before."
Despite a considerable amount of sunshine, some songs focus on darker themes. The ominous title track describes Swann's visits to his mother at a mental institution. The numbers "88 92" were the passwords to enter her room. ("Go see my mother on the seventh floor/Another night in psychiatric ward/Visiting hours from six to eight/Never thought it'd turn into a date.")
"Zahira and I, lyrically on this album, compared to the last record, made more of an effort to write songs about our reactions, how other people affect us, rather than an introspective take on things," Swann says. "That song best summed it up. It's the most reactionary song out of all of them."
Early indicators suggest that "88 92," and 2014 in general, will be breakout numbers for Wild Moccasins. The band spent January on the road with trippy rock band Of Montreal, and the album occupies prime space at Cactus Music via a mammoth window display. Saturday's free show at Numbers should draw a capacity crowd.
"I think the key to our momentum is just being open to trying new things and being open to everybody's suggestions," Swann says. "I think in doing that, we open ourselves up to learning from each other. Everybody's voice is heard, and I think that makes a big difference.
"It certainly keeps it fun for everybody. And if you're not making it fun for everybody, what would be the reason to stay in a band?"
Editor's note: A previous version of this story identified Kevin Ryan has having worked with Dolly Parton and Kenny Rogers. That was a different Kevin Ryan.
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Touring with Of Montreal: "I've learned more about being a better band, just watching them from the side of the stage and seeing how well they perform," Nicholas Cody says. "I don't know if it's chemistry or if they're just that good."
Missing Mexican food: What I miss on the road … is Taqueria Del Sol off (interstate) 45 and Broadway," Swann says. "I miss the museums, too … I go to the Menil four to five times a week. I miss having that tranquility."
Unique road challenges: "Trying to get one cheap hotel room with two beds and then sneaking six people past the cameras into one room," Swann says. "We have a whole script just completely down. 'We're just a two-piece Christian band comin' through, spreading the good news, ma'am.' "
Messiest van passenger: "I tend to buy a lot of stuff on tour," Zahira Gutierrez says. "I have one set corner in the van where I sit the whole time. The floor kind of starts building up - clothes, makeup, books, knick-knacks."


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CALIFORNIA CITY, CA--(Marketwire - November 28, 2012) - Mobile Mex Media Group is changing from not only the biggest lunch truck marketing and promotions company, but we are becoming more like a full service marketing agency. But that's not the only thing that's about to change. The team started Project Change -- a series of actions to bring positive change in the world. The first thing the team noticed was how miserable people were commuting to work. After some research, they found that 87% of Californians are unhappy commuting. It's time to spread some change.
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09.13.13BASF was again included in the global Dow Jones Sustainability Index (DJSI World). The company has been recognized for its engagement in risk and crisis management, human capital management and plant biotechnology. The DJSI World is one of the most renowned sustainability indices and represents the top 10 percent of the largest 2,500 companies included in the Dow Jones Global Index.
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According to CDP, an international organization that compiles environmental information from companies, BASF is among the leading companies in climate protection reporting worldwide. The company is listed in the CDP Global 500 Climate Disclosure Leadership Index (CDLI) for the ninth time.
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LEAN launched a new website today as a multi-media platform to educate, inspire and connect people around the many facets of the environment in South Louisiana. An article in the advocate does a great job of explaining this new online resource:
LEAN launched a new website today as a multi-media platform to educate, inspire and connect people around the many facets of the environment in South Louisiana. An article in the advocate does a great job of explaining this new online resource:
Website discusses La. environment
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The Advocate
January 25, 2013
From the coral reefs off the coast of Louisiana to the historical struggle for environmental justice, a new website shows Louisiana residents about the multifaceted nature of the state.
The website, http://www.sola2050.org, launched Friday as a production of the Louisiana Environmental Action Network, provides a different way for people to tell their story of the state's environment, good and bad.
"The main reason was we noticed that during big disasters, like BP (oil rig explosion of 2010), a lot of people were made aware of big events," said Paul Orr, LEAN member and one of the organizers of the website. "But they didn't have an understanding of what's happened in the past."
In addition, he said, there was a realization that there needed to be a place to tell positive stories of the state in terms of environment in the past, now and into the future.
"There's a huge knowledge gap with young people," said Marylee Orr, executive director of LEAN.
There are years of environmental history in Louisiana, but people forget about those struggles and the people involved, she said.
"A lot of people's stories were being lost," she said.
With the help of Jon Bowermaster, a documentary filmmaker who made "SoLa: Louisiana Water Stories" looking at south Louisiana's environmental issues, brothers Michael and Paul Orr put together a long list of people they want to include on the website.
Each video on the website now includes a film about six minutes long on topics ranging from hazardous waste near the community of Alsen to the great variety of coral and marine life that can be found around the thousands of oil rigs in the Gulf of Mexico.
Included on the same page are maps, related links, documents and other resources that allow people to explore each topic.
"It's a different way to present these perspectives to people," said Michael Orr, LEAN member and one of the organizers of the website. "It's personalizing these lessons and going around the stigma of 'what an environmentalist thinks you should know.'"
Over time, the website will expand to have all kinds of perspectives that will show the linkage from a person who has spent years teaching about native plants to hiking to bird watching to fighting pollution.
"But it's really all the same knowledge," Michael Orr said. "It brings it all together."
In preparing the website material, LEAN staff tried to find anything similar on the Internet and found that there wasn't, Marylee Orr said.
"This is something that meets a need," she said. "It's a very broad-based look at Louisiana."
The current videos include a link to Bowermaster's "SoLa: Louisiana Water Stories," as well as original interviews and stories about Louisiana residents.
One page highlights Greg Guirard, a photographer, writer and crawfisherman, who talks about his experience and love of the Atchafalaya River basin.
Another features Florence Robinson, a retired biology professor, and her work in raising awareness about the hazards of Devil's Swamp, which was contaminated by hazardous waste and the impacts to the community of Alsen.
A third video focuses on Scott Porter, a staff scientist at the Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium in Cocodrie, and his work in researching the coral reef ecosystems that have sprung up on the thousands of oil and gas rigs in the Gulf of Mexico.
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Long-term unemployed workers in Manhattan struggling to find a job just got a new ally in their search: the city. New York City lawmakers passed new provisions this week barring employers from discriminating against out-of-work job applicants.
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Despite a veto from Mayor Michael Bloomberg, the laws will take effect in three months and makes New York City among a handful of other cities in the U.S. with similar protections in place. New Jersey was the first state to enact a similar law, offering tax breaks for businesses who hire long-term unemployed workers. Fifteen other states have similar bills under consideration.
Discrimination does exist against those who have been out of work for an extended period of time, claims Ross Eisenbrey, vice president of the Economic Policy Institute, but he says the law will not be easy to enact.
"This will prohibit advertisements that say 'We are not hiring the unemployed…[but] there are lots of reasons for employers picking one applicant over another."
The state of the current labor market gives hiring managers the upper hand in terms of hiring workers because the candidate pool is so large, Eisenbrey says.
"A lot of employers are looking for the perfect candidate, and to them, that may not be someone who was long-term unemployed. Because they are unsure of where the economy is going they are holding back on hiring."
Career coach and author of The Wall Street Professional's Survivor Guide Roy Cohen isn't so quick to blame employers for not hiring out-of-work people pointing out that they might not have kept current with updates in their industries or lack relevant skills. For example, if a long-term unemployed candidate applies for a sales position and is asked to show his/her book of business for the past two-to-three years and can't, they may not be hired.
"This is difficult to enforce, because if the employer can demonstrate that you don't have what they need, it's not discrimination," Cohen says.
If the law is effectively enforced, Eisenbrey argues it will help boost local jobless numbers.
"I don't think it will make a huge difference, but I think it definitely will spread [to other cities]. There are a lot of people out there who want to work and are qualified and who aren't getting hired. What will make a big difference are macroeconomic decisions, like shrinking the federal budget or spending on infrastructure— that will put people back to work."
For people who have been out of work for an extended period of time, experts offer the following advice to bolster their resume and increase their hiring chances:
Stay relevant. Volunteer or work with companies to help keep skills up to date and relevant, Cohen recommends. But be sure to align the volunteering, or consulting with the sought-after industry.
"Working in a soup kitchen handing out meals is nice, but its different than helping a nonprofit with their food purchasing," he says.
Don't hide. Unemployed workers should be honest with hiring manager about their time out of the workforce, but should be able to show that the time was used to increase or enhance skills. "Show that you were occupied and speak with passion," he says.


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The state revamped its twin tunnels plan Thursday, making changes that will spare Delta residents some of the effects of construction but will also route the tunnels directly beneath sensitive sandhill crane wintering grounds.
The state revamped its twin tunnels plan Thursday, making changes that will spare Delta residents some of the effects of construction but will also route the tunnels directly beneath sensitive sandhill crane wintering grounds.
The fundamentals of the controversial $24.5 billion project remain the same: Water would be taken from the Sacramento River near Hood and placed into 40-foot-wide tunnels to bypass the Delta on the way to cities and farms as far south as San Diego.
The changes announced Thursday primarily reduce the footprint of the project. A reservoir at the north end of the tunnels would be downsized dramatically and moved; the tunnels themselves would be shortened to 30 miles, rather than 35 miles, and would bend farther east to avoid Sacramento River communities.
The amount of private land affected by the project would decrease from about 5,965 acres under the old proposal to 5,557 acres under the latest plan. And the number of buildings that would have to be demolished or relocated would shrink from 151 to 81.
"Clearly, people in the Delta will be impacted by this project, but we'll take every legally allowable step to mitigate the impacts," said John Laird, secretary of the state's Natural Resources Agency.
The tunnels themselves remain the same size and capable of delivering the same large volumes of water, making it unlikely that the changes announced Thursday would significantly soften the position of opponents who fear the Delta will be drained.
"While the changes that they announced today are certainly improvements in the location of some of the construction activities, unfortunately they don't do anything to address all of the impacts," said Melinda Terry, manager of the North Delta Water Agency, which represents landowners in the area.
The tunnels are now slated to dive beneath Staten Island, which during the winter months is home to about 15 percent of the Central Valley's population of greater sandhill cranes. The cranes are a threatened species under California law.
Unlike other Delta islands, Staten Island is owned by a nonprofit environmental group, The Nature Conservancy. The conservancy purchased the land in 2001 with $30 million in public grants for the purpose of protecting cranes and other wildlife.
Now, 12 years later, the state is proposing a project that some say could thwart those publicly funded conservation efforts.
Construction of the tunnels across the 9,000-acre island could last five years.
Tunnel "muck" unearthed by the tunnel-boring machines would be piled across 1,274 acres of crane fields, although state officials say they're hopeful most of that material could be taken away and used to strengthen levees or restore Delta habitat.
Wendy Pulling, director of conservation programs for the conservancy, said her greatest fear is there will be less room on the island to grow the corn upon which the cranes feed.
"Every acre matters," Pulling said. "I would think the impacts would be very significant, both in terms of noise and food availability, in terms of construction equipment and people being around."
Even though the migratory cranes don't breed during the winter, it's an important time for them, San Joaquin County birder David Yee said. Many cranes have returned to the same Delta fields for years; there, they build relationships with their mates and eat to gain strength for the long journey home.
"They are deeply traditional birds," Yee said. "They don't like being pushed, and they don't like disturbances."
State officials said they're working on ways to protect the cranes during construction. That could include limiting work near roosting areas when birds are present and placing barriers to protect cranes from the noise.
The tunnel plan is, actually, a wildlife conservation plan that aims to protect and even restore no fewer than 57 species, including the sandhill cranes, officials said.
"It is our goal we will recover sandhill cranes and that there will not be significant impacts to their population," Laird said.
The welfare of the birds aside, the Staten Island route also raises legal questions.
While the conservancy owns the land, the state Department of Water Resources owns a conservation easement on the property.
In a statement Thursday, the conservancy said that it "will not voluntarily agree" to the tunnels being constructed there but adds that Water Resources has the legal authority to condemn the property under eminent domain law.
If that happens, Pulling said, the question becomes what the state will do with the easement, which requires the land be conserved for wildlife.
"It's not a straightforward situation at all," Pulling said.
The state has attempted for years to gain access to other private Delta lands to conduct studies needed to build the tunnels.
The fact that the state has an easement on Staten Island gives officials certain rights of access there.
Thomas Keeling, a Stockton attorney who represents Delta landowners, said he doesn't know if easier access was a factor in the state shifting the tunnels beneath Staten Island.
"I can't tell you what's in their minds, but the record shows they have been unsuccessful (accessing private lands), despite repeated insistence that they must get that information to move forward with the tunnels," Keeling said.
Water Resources engineer Gordon Enas said moving the tunnels beneath Staten Island avoids Delta communities, protects private property and sidesteps underground gas wells in the central Delta.
Other changes announced Thursday:
� A less disruptive realignment of Highway 160, the levee road that runs past the proposed Sacramento River pumps, is proposed.
� The height of the pumping plants themselves would be reduced from about 60 feet to about 30 feet.
� Pipes connecting the river pumps to the tunnels will be buried instead of running above ground.
� Some construction infrastructure that would have been built on islands in the central and south Delta, west of Stockton, has been removed from the plans.
� Clifton Court Forebay, near the existing south Delta pumps, would be enlarged and divided into two sections.
Contact reporter Alex Breitler at (209) 546-8295 or email@example.com. Visit his blog at recordnet.com/breitlerblog.