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Chip Yannone chafes at the public perception of his business as a den of drug use, crime and violence – as Mayor Bill Carpenter described it during the campaign.
BROCKTON – When it comes to running a business in downtown Brockton, Chip Yannone has a simple outlook.
"I've been here all my life, nothing surprises me," said Yannone, 49.
Yannone was 7 when his father purchased the Elmcourt Hotel in 1971. At 33 West Elm St., the hotel is in the heart of downtown.
Yannone played there as a child, worked there as a young man and spent his entire adult life managing the family business.
He's seen other businesses come and go and has heard all the various complaints about doing business downtown, but he's never considered leaving, he said.
That's partly because Yannone's business is uniquely tethered to downtown. The four-story brick structure taking up about a quarter of the block between Clinton Avenue and Main Street is the Elmcourt. The building is the business.
Besides, downtown has been good to his family, Yannone explained on a recent evening sitting in Skeeter's Tavern, the bar and restaurant on the Elmcourt's first floor.
The hotel has supported Yannone, his siblings and his family for decades.
He loves working there but it hasn't always been easy, especially during the recession, and Yannone has poured his heart into keeping the hotel running, he said.
That's why he chafes at the public perception of his business as a den of drug use, crime and violence – as Mayor Bill Carpenter described it during the campaign.
There are numbers to back up that perception.
Police received 274 emergency calls as of Nov. 27, 2013, leading to at least 26 arrests and 12 reported overdoses, according to figures from the Brockton Police Department. Police made two arrests as recently as Friday.
The numbers for the Quality Inn, on Belmont Street, and the Super 8 Motel on Westgate Drive are significantly lower. Between the two, there were only 186 emergency calls.
Yannone said those hotels aren't a fair comparison to the Elmcourt, because the vast majority of his tenants rent long-term. The totality of their lives, the good and the bad, takes place at the Elmcourt, whereas most stays at national chain hotels are brief, he argued.
The Elmcourt is more a rooming house than hotel, Yannone said.
But another downtown rooming house, the Academy Inn, had 51 emergency calls leading to five arrests and three reported overdoses.
The Academy Inn is smaller with only one-third the rooms and no tavern, Yannone said, which accounts for its lower numbers.
With 63 rooms typically housing more than 100 people, it follows that some drug activity and violent crime taking place in Brockton will happen at the Elmcourt, Yannone said.
"It's just a result of the law-of-averages," he explained.
He can't be sure, but Yannone thinks another reason more arrests happen at his hotel is because he readily cooperates with authorities to tamp down on illegal activity.
In several recent drug raids at the Elmcourt, including Friday's, police noted management's cooperation.
Brockton police Lt. Paul Bonanca was hesitant to compare Yannone's level of cooperation with that of other hotel managers, but he did describe Yannone as aggressive in targeting illegal activity.
"I hope (the raids) continue because that helps me weed out the few bad apples from the majority of my tenants who are good people," he said.
For the most part, his tenants are "working Joes" who pay their rent on time and keep to themselves. Still, bad things inevitably happen, Yannone said.
"Obviously I feel bad for anyone who gets hurt, but I'm also concerned about the public perception, because (the public) is only getting these isolated snippets," he said.
For the most part, he's willing to take the lumps because they haven't noticeably slowed his business, but he said he worries about how that affects his family – he has two adult children who have worked or spent significant time at the Elmcourt – his long-time staffers and the majority of his tenants who don't cause any trouble.
"If I didn't think it was safe, I wouldn't let my kids come around here," he said.
Longtime Elmcourt resident Brendah Thornton agreed. The 61-year-old North Carolina native settled at the Elmcourt when she moved to the Northeast. For several years she stayed there with her kids. She's been at the hotel for nine years now.
"I feel safe here. I wouldn't be living here if I didn't," she said. "Crime is anywhere you go. The overdoses and other things that happen, they don't effect me."
She appreciates the steps Yannone takes to protect his tenants, including security cameras in the hallways and a buzzer system to admit visitors, Thornton said.
Earlier this month, Yannone had motion censors installed in the back stairwell because of concerns that non-tenants up to no good were coming in through the back entrance.
Asked if the violence and drug activity wear on him, Yannone shrugged.
"That's just business," Yannone said. "You've got to change and adapt. I don't care what business it is or what you're doing. If your cupcakes aren't selling, make cookies."
He added that the police logs don't capture life at the Elmcourt, which he described as it's own micro-community with Christmas events for families that stay at the hotel and a fairly consistent cast of regulars, the majority of whom stay out of trouble, he said.
In addition, the Elmcourt's contribution to downtown is largely overshadowed by the crime, Yannone said. His tenants shop at the convenience stores on Legion Parkway and eat meals at downtown restaurants.
That's true for Thornton, an elder care nurse, who frequents nearby businesses, and said she loves living downtown because of the proximity to public transportation.
City officials continue to tout new residential projects coming to downtown, such as the Station Lofts condominiums and the planned redevelopment of the old Enterprise Block, for many of the same reasons. Those projects are praised for the foot traffic they're expected to bring and the cumulative effect that will have on downtown businesses.
For 40 years, Elmcourt residents have given downtown a subtle, and Yannone said, unappreciated boost.


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Player Name: SiereisCharacter Name: Ms. Elaine AshfordPosition: ProfessorAge: 32Gender: FemaleSexual Orientation: Bi, leans straightAppearance: Given her relatively young age, it is not surprising that Ms. Ashford tends to dress less conservatively than some of her older associates. She prefers wearing well fit blouses with open collars, thin black skirts, and tall high heels; she can also be seen sometimes wearing tall stockings. She almost always wears her hair loose around her shoulders but when active tends to put it up into a ponytail. Her build tends to be slender for the most part, though quite curvy where it counts.Personality: Usually quite warm and helpful, Ms. Ashford prefers to have students look up to her instead of fear her. She tries to provide a guiding hand in all of her student's lives in academic, professional, and religious ways. Sometimes coming across as the caring mother she tries to be 'friends' with most of the students. She gets along well with the other faculty, often preferring to offer her services or help when needed. Outside of the classroom she is friendly and open. However, do not mistake her nice nature, because she can scold and punish when the time calls for it! Rarely are her scoldings meant to scare but instead she tries to teach life lessons. She does not punish for the sake of punishing. Some rumors persist that her methods of teaching can be a bit...odd, but by the end of the semester most students think highly of her. Elaine considers herself a 'new age' teacher and does not enjoy giving boring lectures nor traditional tests where students forget what they learned a few days afterwards. Instead she almost always has students participate in her classes and she assigns many class projects. While some would consider this more fun than traditional classes, her classes are not easy! In fact, her final exam (the only test in the semester) consists of a single blank piece of paper where students are left to try and convince her of their grade by showing as much as possible.History: Elaine grew up a single child in London with her conservative and religious parents. Her family visited church weekly and were highly involved in the community, which might explain why she herself tends to be so willing to be helpful today. As she grew up, the young Elaine maintained positive relations with the priests and parishioners of the church, living a rather fun yet uneventful childhood. At college though this all changed as life as a young adult tended to be more liberal. While she never was one to get into drugs, commit crimes, or party too much, the life as a student away from home did open her mind to teaching creatively...not the traditional sermon of the church. She graduated with a degree in English Literature and moved on to teaching young adults soon afterwards.Ms. Ashford has only been teaching for about ten years, but already her more open and creative teaching style has earned her many praises. In particular parents of her students are always so amazed at how their students come back seemingly more mature, and open minded. Her teaching methods though remain her own secret, for now. Regardless, the praises earned her the attention of St. Jude's Academy and she has now been brought on as a new professor. With this being her first year teaching, Ms. Ashford will be teaching history.
Hope that floats.
Color me interested as well. I quite like the Teacher/Student relationship but can't decide on whether to be a Teacher or a Student!
Player Name: SpookyCharacter Name: Nico MaxwellPosition: StudentAge: 17Gender: MaleSexual Orientation: StraightPersonality: Nico is a very bold and confident young man, prone to a mildly aloof view on many things. He has a very cool demeanor and tends to attract more attention than he is wants. He sits in the back of class and tries to stay out of the teachers eyesight. In most situations Nico is very direct, he's not one to argue, and not very patient with idle talk. Nico would rather solve any situation in front of him directly and quickly, often with his fists. Nico is only ever excited in a physical confrontation, which is why he took up boxing. Otherwise he will simply shrug off anything you say and walk away. Anything worth debating, is normally just as well argued with your fists.History: Nico grew up in a simple family, upper middle class but very dull. He went through a rather uneventful childhood, church, school and playing outside. He always had a pretty short fuse as a kid, and got into a fair share of schoolyard/playground scuffles. When he reached about 10 years old his father thought it best to have him take boxing classes to help him become more civil. How his father found Nico becoming a boxer would aid his civility but it did help stopper his need to fight. After a few years of boxing and scrounging up just above mediocre grades in school, Nico got himself in trouble with a few students. His naturally aloof nature caused people to think he was looking down on him, and instead of rebuffing these accusations he simply ignored them. A few of the more aggressive males in his class picked a fight with him, and were trounced in due course. This combative cycle of confrontations became frequent in his sophomore year and he was thus expelled from his school. He was sent around to schools in his local area and found that his reputation spanned through all of the thugs and miscreants he met, and the violent altercations continued.Nico ended up getting hurt pretty bad in an ugly scrape in his sophomore year of high school and was hospitalized. He had a few broken bones and a concussion, which kept him out of school for a few months and had him set back a grade. His father took this as a cry for help and found Nico a more appropriate place to mold his son into a proper gentleman. Nico got all healed up and ready for school, and his father had him enrolled in St. Jude's to be shaped and educated away from all the riffraff.
Here is my CS. Hope everything looks alright and I apologize for the shortness of her History. I would love to hear any and all feedback for her, if anyone has any.- Rainbow ♥Player Name: x SnorkleRainbowCharacter Name: Katherine Lilly Ashworth.Nickname: Kitty.Position: Student.Age: 16 years.Gender: Female.Sexual Orientation: Straight // Bi-curious.Appearance: All through Katherine's childhood she was very ill and had to be kept home or hospitalized often. Because of her illness, she had trouble growing properly and currently stands at only 4'10". As it mentions below, she struggles with her height and finds it quiet embarrassing. Personality: Katherine can often be quite quiet and keeps to mostly keeps to herself. This isn't because she dislikes other people but because she finds it hard to communicate with others and can be a little awkward at times. She's hard working and tries her best at everything she does, including her school work. She also tries her best to abide by any rules set for her as was drilled into her by her parents from a very young age. She hasn't found much that distracts her and isn't particularly interested in other hobbies while at school, though its more to say she hasn't found anything she particularly enjoys. The idea of being surrounded by a group of friends is somewhat of a big dream of hers and she tries to converse with people when she can work up the courage. If it weren't for her readable expressions and body language, her 'beat-around-the-bush' personality could sometimes offer complications into reading her. She can be very indirect and emotional over the smallest of things and because of her old health issues struggles with her height and Katherine actually finds it quite embarrassing.History: Katherine was brought up to a strict, Catholic household and as an only child. Her birth was different from the norm and her parents had to have her via a surrogate due to her mothers health problems. They two hoped it wouldn't transfer over to their child, but sadly it did. Since birth, Katherine had been very ill and was often hospitalized for treatment and monitoring. This didn't stop her parents from pushing her and wanting her to be their 'perfect' little girl. They hired a tutor who would visit the hospital on her better days and teach her, so that she didn't fall behind in her education; it wasn't something she enjoyed, but she was happy to be as normal as possible. Katherine had a good relationship with her tutor, a better one than she even kept with her parents. At present, Katherine isn't as ill as she was before and her sickness doesn't seem to effect her as much. She is often fussed about because of her history which she finds embarrassing and unnecessary. Her parents decided to enroll her into St.Jude's because of her lack of education and feels confident she would be fine away from home; they were also confident in the school's reputation. She hasn't attend any school before St.Jude's, so she feels a little behind and the whole school life is very intimidating to her, yet the prospect of being involved in something as normal as school also excites her.
Well, well, a perfectly innocent young lady. I wonder what will happen to her? The innocent ones always have some of the greatest potential for character development. Don't worry about your history, everything seems fine :) Accepted.
I would very much like to join this roleplay! I'd like to take the English teacher slot, if it isn't already called by someone else... and I may make a student as well. I'll also take phys. ed or riding, if I can't have english teacher. But I gotta know what's open before I can make a character to fit it.
Player Name: MagicalPenCharacter Name: Andrew NailorNickname: Andy or DrewPosition: PrefectAge: 17Gender: MaleSexual Orientation: StraightAppearance: Scar on knee from surgeryPersonality: Andrew appears to be the model student. He plays by the rules and is outstanding academically and athletically, not only being a Prefect but also being the Captain of the Soccer team. As such, he can come across as quite strict and almost unfriendly since he doesn't like to bend the rules at all. Teachers also seem to love him as well.History: Despite all appearances, Andrew comes from a poor family. His parents are perfectly happy and always taught him right from wrong, to always excel at everything he did - whether or not he liked it - as it would reward him in the end. As such, Andrew has always been focused on school and is on scholarship at St. Judes for both Academics and Sports. He's certainly established himself as a Natural Born Leader and has made his parents extremely proud. They see in him a future that will far exceed their own, in terms of wealth and comfort. Andrew always thinks of what his father would do in most situations. He tries to be reasonable while sticking to the rules that govern St. Judes and isn't afraid to make enemies because he is the one enforcing such rules among the students. He knows that having a good relationship with his peers, the teachers, will help him out in the long run. Following the rules helps him maintain a level of discipline and order that he needs in his life. He is looking to graduate with full honors and is deciding on which school to attend (for college) due to the scholarships he has been offered.I hope this is acceptable. I can add more to it as needed.
Oops. Did not realize it was so large. I resized it in my post above as well.
I figured a prefect was needed.My character would also be open to some sort of pre-existing relationship(s) with some of the existing teachers.
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'Staycation' Tips
Jun 30, 2014
With many families still struggling to make ends meet, a staycation may have more appeal than ever. A staycation is a vacation you spend at home, or near your home, while creating the environment and excitement of a traditional vacation.
Staycations are great options when you're on a budget and have mobility issues, such as elderly family members or young children, notes Matt Wixon, author of The Great American Staycation: How to Make a Vacation at Home Fun for the Whole Family (and Your Wallet!). "When we'd get on planes with our young sons, we could feel the other passengers trying to telepathically direct us toward seats far from theirs," he says. "To keep things simpler, we've been taking vacations in our hometown and nearby for several years."
Staycations also boost local economies, he notes.
No Bags Required
If a staycation sounds appealing, Wixon suggests visiting your local library or searching the Internet to plan a few outings within 100-150 miles of your home.
To get your creative juices flowing, here are some popular ideas:
- Camp in your backyard or a local park. Consider inviting relatives or neighbors to make it more of an event.
- Take a behind-the-scenes tour at a local business like the post office, fire station, movie theater or bowling alley—most kids will enjoy seeing how their favorite pizza is made or how mail is sorted.
- Visit a museum, art gallery, or theme park. Some offer kids activities and sleepovers.
- Ride a train. Trips ranging from 30 minutes to a few hours make the trip part of the fun, especially trains that feature "train robberies" or other shows.
- Swim at a water park or public pool to get that relaxed "beach" feeling without traveling too far or having to stay overnight.
- Explore aquariums, zoos, or animal parks. Be sure to check for any special orientations, tours, or extras, suggests Wixon.
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Whatever options you choose, Consumer Reports offers two recommendations to make your staycation feel like a real vacation.
- Fight the urge to call the office, make yourself available to the boss, or check email and phone messages, activities that can turn your respite into an extension of work.
- Escape your daily routine and don't try to include chores like cleaning out the garage or getting the car repaired.
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The bottom line, says Wixon, is to keep your staycation simple, relaxing and fun. "I took my kids to a nearby indoor aquatic center so they could try out the slides, spray water on me and show me their swimming moves. Afterward, we stopped at a store to get some cookies. We sat down to eat them, and between bites of cookie, my son asked: 'Dad, don't you think this is the best special day ever?'
"That was a reminder of how great a staycation can be. It might not be the vacation of a lifetime, but it's the right vacation for this time in my life," he adds.


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Saudi Arabia's acting health minister has told the BBC his country will do more to tackle the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (Mers) virus.
Adel bin Muhammad Fakeih, who has only been in the job for a month, has promised greater transparency in the country's handling of the outbreak.
Nearly 200 people have died since the flu-like virus emerged there two years ago. The vast majority of them have been from Saudi Arabia.
The BBC's global health reporter Tulip Mazumdar spoke to the minister at the World Health Assembly in Geneva.


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I will be ordering personalized dog tags for whoever commits to this long time group (WW2 replica dog tags, like the movie, characters info will be stamped into the metal) . This isnt just for these two cons, I'd like to have it going for more than two conventions :3 But I understand you know, if you have to miss a con or two.
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Scott volunteers at the dog shelter and spends weekends pulling babies out of fires…. okay, maybe that's a little much, but he does do all the laundry and vacuums, too. VERY HOT!! ;)
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Wedding :: Brooke and Craig :: Sun Valley, Idaho
As a commercial pilot, Craig studies weather reports with a passion. So, when Craig and Brooke, who live in Alaska, chose "Sun" Valley for their wedding location–he didn't think he'd have to be checking NOAA every few hours to see if they would be having their ceremony inside or out! This was a bit ironic because they had just left sunny and seventy degree Anchorage for a week of mixed snow and rain here in Idaho. I was impressed with Craig's determination to have his ceremony outside and on the lawn at Trail Creek Cabin–even when a squall was visible and heading our way ten minutes prior to their start time! In the end, Sun Valley's amazing wedding coordinators, Fanny and Nicole, convinced everyone that inside was the better option and during the ceremony, between the words of Brooke's uncle and Pastor, the pitter-patter of drops could be heard falling upon the tent.
In the end, as with all weddings, the weather is something you simply have and work with and talk about afterward. It had no bearing on Craig and Brooke's amazing wedding. Their ceremony was filled with emotion, the toasts were fantastic, the dancing entertaining, and the day will be remembered as beautiful!


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Screening tests for cognitive impairment can successfully identify patients with early-stage dementia, but the benefits of doing so remain unproven, according to a review for the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF).
"There is no empirical evidence on whether interventions affect clinician, patient, or family decision making," wrote Jennifer S. Lin, MD, MCR, of Kaiser Permanente Center for Health Research Northwest, in Portland, Ore., and colleagues online in Annals of Internal Medicine, after reviewing more than 300 studies.
The USPSTF last addressed the question of cognitive screening in 2003, finding then that there was insufficient evidence for or against it. The review by Lin and colleagues seems unlikely to change that recommendation.
Although their meta-analysis of FDA-approved symptomatic anti-dementia drugs showed that these agents -- donepezil (Aricept), galantamine (Razadyne), rivastigmine (Exelon), and memantine (Namenda) -- do improve cognitive performance, Lin and colleagues were dismissive of the clinical significance.
"The average effects of changes in cognitive functioning observed in trials are small and the clinical importance of population benefits is probably negligible when commonly accepted thresholds are used," they wrote. Pooled data from 33 trials of these agents indicated improvements of 1.36 to 3.06 points in scores on the 70-point Alzheimer's' Disease Assessment Scale-Cognition (ADAS-Cog) test.
In other areas, such as caregiver burden, interventions at the stage of mild impairment also appear to be of minimal benefit, Lin and colleagues argued. Pooled data from two dozen studies of group, individual, and telephone-based interventions pointed to a statistically significant but clinically questionable benefit, the researchers said.
And, they wrote, studies of nonpharmacological interventions for patients such as physical or mental exercises have yielded inconsistent results.
Some studies had demonstrated improved scores on the ADAS-Cog or Mini-Mental State Examination with cognitive training or physical exercise interventions, relative to controls, they noted. "However, the limited number of trials, the clinical and statistical heterogeneity, and the wide confidence intervals (ranging from not clinically meaningful to a large effect) limited our ability to determine the consistency of this benefit."
On the other hand, they identified eight instruments that appeared to be effective for identifying mild impairments in the primary care setting:
- Clock Drawing Test
- Informant Questionnaire on Cognitive Decline in the Elderly
- Memory Impairment Screen
- Mini-Cog
- Abbreviated Mental Test
- Short Portable Mental Status Questionnaire
- Free and Cued Selective Reminding Test
- 7-Minute Screen
Others may also be effective, but haven't been studied enough in English to permit a judgment, Lin and colleagues wrote.
In short, they concluded, primary care instruments for detecting early-stage dementia are available, but it remains unclear whether they should be used routinely.
"There is no empirical evidence that screening for or early diagnosis of cognitive impairment improves decision-making or important patient, caregiver, or societal outcomes," Lin and colleagues wrote.
Mark Mapstone, PhD, a neurologist at the University of Rochester in N.Y., told MedPage Today in an email that the lack of clear benefit reflects "primary failure of the interventions themselves."
"Until we have effective, disease-modifying interventions at our disposal, the utility of cognitive screening in the primary care setting will remain low," he added.
Other Alzheimer's disease specialists contacted by MedPage Today agreed that the evidence for benefit of early diagnosis may be sparse, but they urged primary care physicians not to neglect the possibility in their patients.
Alan Lerner, MD, of University Hospitals Case Medical Center in Cleveland, pointed out that "life planning" is an important aspect of seniors' lives that "may not be captured" in the intervention studies conducted to date. "Awareness of impairment by patients and their families may be of some value," he said.
David Knopman, MD, of the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn., noted that such awareness is especially valuable for patients undergoing surgery, as it may increase the risk of suffering postoperative delirium.
In principle, he added, having an early diagnosis may also bring "financial scrutiny by families, scrutiny of driving, scrutiny of medication taking" that may prevent problems for the patient later on.
Knopman said it would be unfortunate if the Annals review leaves primary care physicians with the impression that there is no benefit to recognizing the onset of cognitive impairment in their patients.
He said that primary care physicians shouldn't take the time to administer a formal screening test to patients when there is no reason other than their age to suspect cognitive impairment. "On the other hand, if they detect that a person is making mistakes with medications, the person isn't following their directions, the person is having more auto accidents than can be accounted for by chance, [the physician] should consider that the person may be cognitively impaired."
"The distinction between screening and diagnosis is fundamentally important," Knopman continued. "Physicians must recognize that when a person brought to them ... complaining about cognitive impairment, or the physician detects the cognitive impairment, or the family detects the cognitive impairment, it can't be ignored."
The review was funded by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ).
Authors reported grant funding from AHRQ but no other relevant financial interests.
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Hair Club for Boys
Nine months ago I wrote an article about how all the Hollywood boys were styling themselves the same way. Click here for a refresher.
2010 appears to be all about short and clean where the Hair Club for Boys is concerned. Perhaps they're all trying to distance themselves from Justin Bieber. The alternative to Bieber's fever then is to keep it tidy. I like it.
So here's Ed Westwick at the CFDAs last night not unlike Hayden Christensen who was also there, and Zac Efron at the Movie Awards who's working it like Robert Pattinson but not as well as Xavier Dolan in Cannes. Next up? Probably Chace Crawford. His mug shot from his pot arrest last week was embarrassing unkempt. Nothing like a hair cut to shake off the scandal. Jacek is actually wearing his hair like the Hair Club for Boys right now too after more than a year of Bradley Cooper-ing but since he was too lazy to style it, it ended up being John Mayer old school. SO MUCH BETTER now. I'm getting mine cut tonight. At least 3 inches.
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Ever since my first read of Jane Eyre, which opens with her seeking solitude by curling up with a book on a window seat, I've dreamed of having a similar spot in my home. A reading nook is an accessible escape.
You can create a reading nook even without a deep window: designate one under stairs, in a closet, against a bare wall, or in a regular ol' corner (the latter is what I have now). Picking a special chair (Image 5) or using curtains (Image 4) dedicates a secluded place for reading. For a unique option, there's even a reading teepee here for your consideration (Image 3).
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An excerpt from Laurence Freeman OSB, "Letter Eleven," WEB OF SILENCE
(London: Darton, Longman, Todd, 1996), pp. 116-118.
From time to time, by grace and faith and the simplicity of the mantra, we can be led into deep peace and equanimity.
Our conscious existence becomes harmonious, reflecting from deep in our being the calm and joy of Christ's risen life. Body and mind and spirit are married in peace, like a couple who after much arguing return to the basic goodness and love of their relationship. As far as it is concerned, the mind sees its interminable
internal monologues and self-dramatizing anxieties suddenly drop away, wonderfully calmed. It becomes silent, amazed at its own capacity to be still (perhaps not aware that by thinking it is not yet wholly still!) and at its capacity to let go of its compulsive desires and fears. [. . . .]
Then there are times--perhaps fleeting moments—when we are led entirely out of ourselves. We are not asleep. But neither are we awake in the usual sense. Indeed, compared with this, our usual waking state is more like a dream than waking. The clarity of consciousness we enjoy is because the I who wants to enjoy it has disappeared.
"I live no longer but Christ lives in me." Is St Paul who describes this trans-personal, ego-transcendent state a Buddhist or a pantheist? Who was the I who lived no longer? Who is the me in whom only Christ, the perfect image of the invisible God, lives? These are important, endless questions. But their importance only takes effect after the event. In the duration of the simple state of union these questions, like all thoughts, are consumed
by the sheer presence of the "One who truly is." We return to the ordinary reality and remember the last thought we had before the experience happened—our thirst, our bank overdraft, the troubles our children are facing. Before long we are engrossed in our familiar thought-worlds. God becomes a goal we are trying to achieve or understand, or a memory we feel nostalgic for, rather than the I AM of love who floods our inmost being.
The early Christian monks well understood these passing states of the spiritual life. Cassian wrote of the "lethal sleep' of prayer when the mind enjoys a lulled activity and dulled feelings. It is a form of the "Gethsemani sleep" of the apostles. Cassian also described the "pernicious peace," a strong phrase referring to the emotional and mental calm we try to cling to as soon as we become aware of it. None of these states, of ecstasy,
sleep or consolation, are the goal of prayer. However attractive they may be, or painful their loss, there is another goal. A condition of complete simplicity requiring not less than everything, as Dame Julian put it.
Poverty of spirit, purity of heart. The combined state of the Beatitudes. Life in Christ. [I]t is the state where the mind is merged with the heart, not just for a few timeless moments but permanently and unwaveringly. Like a candle burning in a windless space. Like the man who built his house on the rock of the true Self rather than on the sands of the ego.
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UK chancellor George Osborne will later today announce that mobile games giant GREE will open a UK studio in London
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Re: "Hospice of Saint John is a casualty of gridlock," July 10 Vincent Carroll column.
While I grieve the loss of the Hospice of Saint John in-patient facility, it has not been adequately explained that hospice is not a place, but a way of caring for folks at the end of life. The vast majority of hospice patients in the U.S. are cared for at home, mainly because that is where they want to be. Home, of course, for many, may be a care facility. As a former hospice physician and hospice medical director, I must emphasize that home hospice is not only feasible, it is desirable. A hospice in central Texas, with which I was associated, cared for more than 100 patients every day at home. An in-patient facility is a luxury that we may not be able to afford.
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'The township trustees said if it was declared a public nuisance, they could apply for funding for sewers," Pearce said. "This more or less set in motion an official process to get that ball rolling." That official process is outlined in a letter, signed by Lorain County sa nitary engineer Ken Carney, Amherst mayor John Higgins, and Amherst Township trustee Neil Lynch, dated May 10. The resolution of necessity will be forwarded to the county commissioners with a request from the health department to direct Carney to solicit engineering plans for sewers. Pearce said the need for sewers arises from the fact that the homes in the neighborhood are 30 or more years old. He said the septic systems for those homes are inadequately sized by today's standards. "Forty or 50 years ago we used less water in homes, and these were probably supplied by well water," Pearce said. "Then along comes city water, and people are using more, but they still have these small septic tanks and leach fields that can't handle that volume." He said the clay soil in the area also has a very slow percolation rate, the rate at which waste water is absorbed into the ground. As a result, raw sewage frequently surfaces and goes into roadside drainage CONTINUED on page 2 Community learning Harris school 2nd graders pose, at left and above, during a presentation by a Junior Achievement volunteer about communities. They created their own community newspaper. Champ relaxes after final round in spelling bee • The jury began hearing les timony last week in a gruesome case involving the alleged abuse of teenaged and younger girls in AmhersL It's been 11 months since the Amherst Township man accused of sexually abusing girls in his home and office was arrested and, the girls, some of whom are adults now, finally told Common Pleas Judge Kosma Glavas last week what allegedly happened to them at Richard Armstrong's hands. Armstrong has pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity to U counts of rape, six counts of pandering obscenity involving a minor, four counts of illegal use of a minor in nudity oriented material or performance and one count each of attempted rape and gross sexual imposition. Armstrong's attorney, James Burge, has not denied that Armstrong committed any of the acts he's been accused of, only that he did not know the difference between right and wrong, the legal definition of insanity. 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After facing battle with 37 competitors, Mellen became one of two finalists going neck and neck for the title. Andrew Carl, a sixth grader from South Amherst Middle School, and Mellen went back and forth spelling words such as "virtues," "galaxies," and "exclusive." When Carl misspelled "glacial," Mellen spelled it correctly and then also spelled "migrate" correctly to win first place in the county. When the spelling bee was over, the two boys discovered that they had both been busy over the weekend camping with their Boy New cop auxiliary on the street by AMY PERSINQER News-Time* reporter The Amhersl police department used its auxiliary officers for the first time last week when the two officers were able to join regular police on their shifts. Ken Bring and Rich Wolf graduated from the sheriff's auxiliary mining school held yearly at Lorain County Community College on April 30 after 112 hours of class time. The class lasted about three and a half months. 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Design Spotting: 10 Office Chairs from our Tech Tours
Chances are the most essential and most used piece of furniture in your home is the office or task chair. So today we've done some homework and rounded up 10 office chairs we've spotted our tour hosts using. If you're on the lookout for a new chair, or are just plain curious, then read on. We tell you what the chair is and provide links where you can pick one up for yourself.
1. Herman Miller Mirra Chair as seen in A Hearth Under an Oak Tree
2. Embody Chair as seen in Nick Keppol's Picture Perfect Brooklyn Office
3. Vintage Eames Shell Chair (on casters) as seen in The Creative Magic of Curiosity Shoppe
4. Kanner Architects Task Chair as seen in Ashkahn's Playful Art Studio
5. Eames Aluminum Management Chair as seen in The Collective Creativity of Public School
6. Staples Leather Executive Chair as seen in Kristy's Lovely Bedroom + Workspace
7. Herman Miller Aeron Chair as seen in The Design Office's Vintage Modern Workspace
8. Herman Miller Eames Soft-pad Management Chair as seen in The Creative Magic of Curiosity Shoppe
9. Think Chair as seen in Megan & Stephen's Off-the-Runway Estate
10. IMG Windsor Chair as seen in Derek's Comfy and Connected Corners
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The new version of Berkeley DB, the OSS embeddable database Oracle acquired along with Sleepycat, promises better performance and the ability to do upgrades on the fly. But does Oracle really have open source street credibility? One expert says not really. On other DB news, check this audiocast on PostgreSQL while Zmanda launched the first comprehensive backup solution for MySQL.


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As do many authors, Katherine Lippa has carried her book around in her head for many years.
It began five or six years ago when her mother informed Lippa that she had found her childhood journal.
"The first thing I said was, 'Did you read it?'
"And she said, 'Of course I did. You've got to write a book."'
And so she did. Her book, "Hiding in Water: A Memoir Based Mostly in Reality," is at times a funny and at other times a harrowing account of her childhood in South Portland.
As she explains in the book, in the years before she was born, Lippa's father co-founded a group in which participants believed they could levitate and move buildings with their minds. His parenting style was based on the idea that people have psychic nature and that with training, a child can harness and build on those abilities.
It was, needless to say, a bizarre childhood — and not always great. Lippa debated calling her book "Memories of an Invisible Girl," because that's how she felt as a child. Turns out, she realized that she wasn't invisible as much as she was hiding.
Lippa, who turns 40 this spring, has taken most of her adult life coming to terms with her upbringing and family dynamics. For many years, she lived as far away from Maine as she could — all the way to California to pursue her dream of acting. Once she finally returned home and made peace with her past, the book presented itself.
We spoke at the Portland Public Library early last week.
Q: Why did you write this book?
A: I felt like mine was a unique slant on a universal story. In some ways, I was just a kid growing up in the '80s, enjoying reruns of "The Brady Bunch" and worrying too much about the possible effects of the Cold War. But I had this father who claimed to be a prophet from another planet and who told me that I had superhuman powers. It became an extreme symbol of what we all experience.
So many of us learn as children what we think the world is like, and then we spend the rest of our lives looking for supporting evidence. It's those moments when we realize that things aren't what they seem that throw us for a loop. That's what I wanted to write about: Reconciling belief with reality and learning to accept, with compassion and humor, that life isn't black and white.
Q: You included some very personal moments in here. Why? And what was it like to write some of those chapters?
A: I've always had a "go big or go home" attitude about the things I create, whether it's something I'm writing or a staged piece I'm performing, or even a painting — though I don't consider myself a painter, and if you saw my work, you'd likely agree. I did struggle, however, with including some of the more personal scenes. It's my life, and now it's out there for people to read and evaluate. More than that, even though the story is about me, it does speak of others who didn't necessarily bargain for a memoir in their futures. Ultimately, I decided that a large part of the book and my reasons for writing it wouldn't make sense unless I included those portions.
Writing those scenes wasn't as tough as I thought it would be, but editing was a challenge. It was important to me to read and re-read those scenes so that I could imagine myself as a person who might pick up this book. There's no need to bombard a reader with graphic images, but there is a need to be clear. When it came down to it, I felt proud of myself for being able to craft those scenes in artful ways that aren't too explicit but remain honest.
Q: I'm interested in your childhood. The book is very funny in that regard. What was it like coming of age in a household in which the father claims to be a prophet? Not every kid can make that claim, you know.
A: At the time, I felt very special. After all, my father was a prophet from another planet. That meant that I was the daughter of a prophet from another planet. I didn't quite get why the other kids didn't think I was absolutely fabulous, but I regarded myself quite highly. I do look back and consider that part of the reason I spent so much time alone is because it was much more pleasant to live in the belief that I had special powers handed down by my father than to live in a world in which I had limited, if any, control.
Q: As a follow-up, tell us more about your dad and his beliefs. Details, please.
A: A lot of my father's beliefs were born out of the '60s thought-revolution. Much of what he says goes back to the teachings of Sufi Sam, a wealthy Jewish kid who let go of his earthly possessions and started doing dances for peace in San Francisco. My father took things a bit further, offering teachings, as he says, "to assist all people in their growth and development of living."
He never was able to form the kind of movement I think he wanted to, but he still teaches classes, and he has a website with audio downloads, meditations and what he calls "learning opportunities." I have some mixed feelings about it. On the one hand, some of what he says does resonate with me, and, in general, I have a "whatever gets you through" attitude when it comes to people's beliefs. On the other hand, I have sometimes wished that we could have even one conversation that doesn't include talking about levitation or how "we all came from the stars."
Q: There is humor throughout this book, as the subtitle implies: "A Memoir Based Mostly in Reality." But there also seems to be a serious agenda. What is your goal with this book? Who are you hoping to reach, and what is your underlying message?
A: Some years ago, I started considering the question: What do I stand for? What I realized is that I stand for healing through humor. I believe that the best we can do is to approach others and ourselves with honesty and compassion, and having a sense of humor helps with that. It's so easy to get mired down in life. Life is hard. Life is a struggle. But sometimes we make things much worse than they need to be. At least I know I do, and I suspect I'm not alone. If we've got food in the refrigerator and a roof over our heads, we're doing better than about 75 percent of the world, so we may as well see the positive in things.
I don't at all mean to diminish anyone's life experience, and I certainly don't do that with the book. But my goal in writing it is to perhaps provide a little humor and healing to others who have faced similar or equivalent extremes.
Q: Where did you grow up?
A: I grew up in South Portland. I went to Helena H. Dyer Elementary School, Memorial Middle School and South Portland High School. I was a Red Riot, though I think I perhaps attended two sporting events in my entire high school tenure.
Q: Without giving away the story, what can you tell us about the unforgivable tragedy that caused you to doubt your powers?
A: Ah, that's a tricky one because, as you know, that makes up an important part of the book. What I can say is this: Many children believe they have powers beyond human abilities. I think it's a natural way in which children cope with not being able to control even the simplest of things: What we eat, where we live, whether or not Mom and Dad get a divorce. Mine was just a really, really, really extreme example. Not only did I believe I had the power to cause things to happen, but I believed I had the power to grant life or death.
Q: You seem to have a fascination with Samantha Smith and Anne Frank. Explain.
A: I just admire them both so much. As a child, I certainly wanted to have an impact on the world as they did, but as an adult, I view them as symbols of strength and integrity. Every moment in my life, from birth until adulthood, has led to my having this conversation with you. Every moment of the lives of your readers has led them to read these words.
In that way, everything we do affects everything else, and everyone is connected. As I said, I do have some present-day influence from my father. Samantha Smith and Anne Frank had such positive influences on the world, in ways that sometimes we don't even consider. Anne helped put a human face on individuals who went through the Holocaust. She was part of why we say, "Never forget." Samantha Smith helped put a human face on our Russian neighbors during a time when the world was literally being threatened by nuclear annihilation. Sometimes the smallest things and the youngest people can have a ripple effect that influences generations. They did that.
Q: Talk a little about memoir writing. This is new for you. What was it like? What did you enjoy about the process? What were the challenges?
A: As far as the initial writing, I enjoyed every part of the process except the fact that I would often sit for hours in the same position and get some intense neck aches. Apparently, I am too frugal to go ergonomic. Every morning, I woke up excited to write. Writing a book is something I had wanted to do since I was 8 years old, and I realized that by doing so, I was creating the Big Life I had always dreamt of for myself. It has been incredibly fulfilling. The biggest challenges have actually come of late. I wrote. I edited. I'm getting excellent feedback.
Still, I'm finding that there is a lot of neurosis involved in putting myself out there for anyone to see. People have told me that they "really like" or even "love" what I've written. On the other hand, a few days ago, someone said to me, "I liked your book," and for two hours, I thought to myself: "She didn't say she really liked it. Maybe it's not very good." I mean, that's a level of inner critic for which I am glad I can maintain a sense of humor. That's what I call "First World" problems.
Staff Writer Bob Keyes can be contacted at 791-6457 or:
Twitter: pphbkeyes
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GOSHEN — Life with a new twist has come to a century-old dairy farm on the fringe of the Black Dirt.
GOSHEN — Life with a new twist has come to a century-old dairy farm on the fringe of the Black Dirt.
Instead of milk, a product that in years past kept dozens of local farms humming and Erie trains running to distant markets, Alan Glustoff's 5 Spoke Creamery aims to produce artisan cheeses. The fruit of his labor, he promises, will be an old European flavor that gets lost in mass manufacturing.
"He's the only dairy cattle farmer in Orange County making cheese," said Jennifer Simpson, the Cornell Cooperative Extension's dairy and field crop community educator. "There are farms using goat milk, but his is the first dairy cattle farm."
A herd of 18 Ayrshire cows, a breed named for Scotland's County Ayr, munches its way across pastures on the 75-acre farm off Pulaski Highway. They have names like Elmo and Berta and Gerti. A dozen more will join them. The breed is known for its hardiness and ability to flourish on a mostly forage diet. That's attractive to Glustoff, who eschews grain feeding.
The cheese-making is about two months away. Workers are building a production room holding a vat capable of making 800 pounds of cheese. A subterranean aging cave is also being readied. Those projects and the reconstruction of the cow barn have been underway for more than a year, at a cost of nearly $1 million.
Glustoff, a quiet man with a ready smile, exudes an air of confidence coming from experience. He and his wife, Barbara, have made cheese for about nine years on leased land in Lancaster, Pa. Their production continues there pending the move here.
"I've been looking — my family lives in Westchester — to find something in this area all that time," Glustoff said, "but the prices were too high until recently."
The 5 Spoke Creamery — the name stems from Glustoff's enthusiasm for bicycling — landed on the former Zalouski family farm that was to become a 22-house development. The Glustoffs bought the place in 2011 in the wake of the real estate meltdown.
He was initially introduced to cheese-making as a food science student at the University of Illinois. After college came a two-decade corporate career in dairy product development — pudding pops, frozen yogurts — and marketing dairy goods.
An assignment in Holland whetted his appetite for the raw-milk cheeses that have become 5 Spoke's specialty. He studied artisan cheese-making in Italy and Vermont.
Glustoff's cheeses are stocked by Zabar's, Murray's Cheese Shop and Whole Foods, to name a few high-profile outlets. They're served in restaurants including Per Se and Grammercy Tavern in New York City.
"There are two aspects to farming," Glustoff said, "not just the farming aspect. It's also the ability to sell your goods "� I got to know the food distributors well over the years."
Someday, the creamery may have its own retail outlet.
Glustoff eyes a wind-worn building on his property called the dance hall, where the polka played on Saturday nights many years ago. A dusty piano with frozen keys hides in the shadows of a small stage above the creaky dance floor.
He foresees a melding of the old and the new: A museum preserving the area's history and a store offering cheese fresh from the farm.
"We'll be selling cheese and perhaps making bread twice a week," Glustoff said, "and people can come in and learn about the area at the same time."


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FLORENCE, SC – Sporting pink jerseys as part of the Dig Pink National Breast Cancer Awareness Rally, Francis Marion University swept past local-rival Coker College in three games (25-23, 25-12, 25-22), Tuesday evening (Oct. 20) in non-conference volleyball action.
Francis Marion (11-10) wins for the fourth time in its past five outings, and ups its all-time series lead over the Cobras to 46-8. For the season, Coker drops to 2-22.
Sophomores Ashlyn Underhill and Amanda Mitchell each registered six kills to lead the Patriots. Setters Jess O'Leary and Hallie Legg distributed 16 and 13 assists respectively, while O'Leary completed a double-double with 11 digs. Senior middle blocker Caitlin Simpson added a match-high six blocks.
FMU got off to a slow start, trailing 13-9 midway through the opening set. Mallory Eggert served seven straight points for the Patriots to put Francis Marion up 17-13. Coker rallied to within 23-22, but the Patriots pulled out a 25-23 victory.
Francis Marion scored the opening five points of set two and never trailed. The third set was close throughout with FMU picking up the decisive 3-point win.
Freshman April Griggs paced Coker with six kills, while sophomore Cynallyhia Indriago added three kills, four service aces, and eight digs. Lisa Ross dug up 11 balls, while freshman setter Molly Bookhart handed out 10 assists.
Francis Marion will travel to Greenwood, S.C., for the Play for the Cure Tournament this Friday and Saturday. FMU will face Anderson University on Friday at 3 p.m. to open tournament play. Coker will entertain St. Augustine's College on Saturday at noon.


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Greek Οrthodox website and web radio
In a new post on the blog Conversations on Orthodoxy, the tables are turned on the men behind the microphone, as Producer Mark Bradshaw interviews John and Bobby Maddex, Ancient Faith Radio's CEO and Operations Manager, respectively. As the Conversations Website notes, "John is the founder of Ancient Faith Radio, and now the CEO of Ancient Faith Ministries, which includes Ancient Faith Publishing (used to be Conciliar Press). We discuss how AFR got started, what it takes to run the network and produce the shows, new languages and podcasts, the live call in shows, and future plans and thoughts on video."
"Ancient Faith Radio is one of the most successful outreach tools we have," notes the host in his brief introduction. "I sat down with John and Bobby to get a behind the scenes look at what it takes to run Ancient Faith."
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Committee on Economic Security (CES)
Social Security In America
The Factual Background of the Social Security Act
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The Social Security Act became law on August 14, 1935. This act was a final development from the work of the Committee on Economic Security, the report of which the President transmitted to Congress in a special message on January 17, 1935, with recommendations for the passage of legislation to carry out the Committee's suggestions. This message and report represented the fulfillment of a promise made by the President in a special message on June 8, 1934, to the effect that he expected to make recommendations at the beginning of the next session of Congress for additional measures of protection against the major vicissitudes of life which result in destitution and dependency for many individuals.
The Committee on Economic Security was a temporary agency created by the President in Executive Order No. 6757, on June 29, 1934, as a first step in the fulfillment of this promise. This Committee consisted of the Secretary of Labor as chairman, the Secretary of the Treasury, the Attorney General, the Secretary of Agriculture, and the Federal Emergency Relief Administrator. Its function was to study the problems relating to economic security and to make recommendations, both for a long-time and an immediate program of legislation which would promote economic security for the individual. This Committee completed the major part of its task when it filed its report with the President, which he transmitted to Congress in the special message of January 17, 1935. It was continued in existence, however, with a small staff throughout the consideration of the social security bill in Congress, to give such assistance to the congressional committees as they might request. Its existence terminated October 1, 1935, when the Social Security Board came into operation as the permanent agency to administer this legislation.
In Executive Order No. 6757, creating the Committee on Economic Security, three subordinate agencies were created to assist the Committee in the discharge of its assigned duties. One of these was the Advisory Council on Economic Security, consisting of citizens outside of the Government, whose function was that of giving advice on the legislation to be recommended. Another was the Technical Board on Economic Security, composed of individuals within the Government service, selected by the Committee on Economic Security, who had special knowledge of the problems to be dealt with. This Board was given general direction of the studies and investigations to be undertaken by the Committee and throughout the entire period in which the Committee's recommendations were formulated functioned in closest cooperation with the Committee and its staff. Finally, the Executive Order provided for the appointment by the Committee of an Executive Director, who was placed in immediate charge of the studies and investigations and served also as secretary of the Committee, the Technical Board, and the Advisory Council. The Director was authorized to and did employ a staff of specialists who undertook numerous studies concerned with problems of social security, which were made available to the members of the Committee as completed.
A list of the members of the Advisory Council and of the Technical Board, as well as of the eight additional advisory committees which were subsequently created on special phases of the problems of social security is published in appendix XIII. A complete list of the members of the staff appears in appendix XIV. The Report of the Committee on Economic Security to the President was published by the Committee and also as a congressional document. The recommendations of the Advisory Council to the Committee on Economic Security, with all supplemental statements which were submitted by individual members, was published in both the House and Senate hearings on the economic (social) security bill. The Technical Board made no final report and the staff studies have not heretofore been published in any collected form. A complete list of these staff studies is published in appendix XV.
The present report is a summary of some of the most important information in the staff studies. Completely omitted from consideration in this summary were numerous studies which concerned problems not dealt with in the Social Security Act or which have been published privately. In many instances the specific recommendations included in the voluminous staff reports have been omitted, as these are now largely only of historical interest. In this summary informational data in the staff reports have also been greatly reduced in volume, but it is believed that the most essential facts have been included.
The preparation and publication of this summary have been deemed advisable, first to make available to interested persons the most important part of the data gathered by the staff of the Committee on Economic Security; second, as a partial statement of the factual background underlying the Social Security Act itself. This measure, as it became law, differed in many details, and in some essential respects from the legislation which was recommended by the Committee on Economic Security. The factual material in the staff reports, however, applies to the final measure no less than to the original bill, except for such portions of the Social Security Act as differ from the legislation recommended by the Committee. Moreover, in addition to the factual material gathered prior to the enactment of the Social Security Act there has been included an analysis of the provisions of that act.
This summary was prepared principally by Miss Martha D. Ring under the direction of Dr. Joseph P. Harris, Assistant Director, and, in the last months of its existence, Acting Director of the Committee on Economic Security. The unemployment compensation section was prepared by Merrill G. Murray, also connected with the Committee on Economic Security and now Associate Director of the Bureau of Unemployment Compensation of the Social Security Board.
At the beginning of each section of this report are listed the authors of the major staff reports from which the data summarized were taken. All credit for the data presented should go to the specialists who made these reports, but they are not held responsible for the summary here presented. While every effort was made to summarize fairly and accurately all factual data in the longer staff reports, this summary necessarily suffers from omissions. The Social Security Board assumes no responsibility for any of the statements in the staff reports to the Committee on Economic Security herein summarized.
The publication of this summary of the staff reports of the Committee on Economic Security has been made possible by the Social Security Board. The Board assumed the cost of publication and of completing the preparation of the summary, which was unfinished when the Committee on Economic Security went out of existence. It is hoped that this summary may have practical value justifying this effort and expenditure.
Edwin E. Witte