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ON the first day of the New Year, this city will get something it has not had in all of its 120 years: an official cookie.
It is called the Rainforest Crunch Cookie and how it became the official cookie of Yonkers is the story of a skeptical city, a Jewish-born Buddhist priest who won its respect and the cookie they baked together.
Twelve hundred Rainforest Crunch Cookies, complete with foil seals designating them as the Official Cookie of Yonkers, will be served at the inauguration of Mayor-elect Terence M. Zaleski on Jan. 1 at the Hudson River Museum. After the inaugural ball on Jan. 4 at the Polish Community Center, each of the 500 guests will receive a bag of cookies to take home.
The priest behind the cookie is 52-year-old Bernard Glassman, a former aerospace engineer who grew up in Brighton Beach, Brooklyn, and who, after a lifelong interest in Buddhism, gave up his worldly career to become the abbot of the New York Zen community. He is a "sensei" or teacher in the Zen Lineage called the White Plum Asanga.
When Mr. Glassman came to Yonkers in 1982 to open a bakery to support the social and religious activities of the small Zen community he heads, there were those who rolled their eyes and imagined Buddhists in saffron robes and baker's hats proselytizing on the streets.Continue reading the main story
"There were a lot of negative reactions," Mr. Glassman recalled the other day in his office above the bakery at 114 Woodworth Avenue, a rundown industrial street near the Hudson River. "Many mistake Zen as a modern cult and do not understand that it is a 2,500-year-old religious tradition. There was a fear that we would be out to convert people.
"My feeling was: do the works and let the works speak for themselves," he added.
The works can be seen all around him. The Greyston Bakery, with $1.6 million in annual sales, has provided job training and employment to 200 local residents, many of them former welfare recipients. With two eight-hour shifts a day, the bakery makes fancy tarts, cakes and mousses for elegant restaurants; brownies for Ben & Jerry's, and Rainforest Crunch Cookies for mail-order customers and stores. A portion of the proceeds from the cookie, rich in chocolate-chips and Brazil nuts, is contributed to efforts to replenish the South American rainforest. The advertising campaign is "Eat a Cookie. Save a Tree."
The Greyston Bakery supplies the financial support for a network of social ventures headed by Mr. Glassman. Two blocks away, in the Greyston Family Inn apartment building, 18 formerly homeless families have just moved into bright and spacious quarters. The inn, once a burned-out shell of concrete and metal, was rehabilitated in large part by Greyston Builders, a minority-managed company. The Greyston Network provides career counseling, day care and assistance in managing personal finances. Some of the residents will get jobs in the bakery.
Marie E. Burkart, the Yonkers director of community development, said that the Greyston Network's "comprehensive approach" in supporting its residents and melding its services has been studied by private philanthropic groups nationwide. "They believe that nonprofit work needs to be run as a business and needs to be self-sustaining," she said, referring to Greyston's philosophy. "It's exciting to watch this unfold in Yonkers." Gradually, the community embraced Mr. Glassman and this year, the transition committee for the new Mayor adopted his cookie as an example of what was best about Yonkers.
Mr. Glassman said Zen spirituality permeates the Greyston Network but does not dominate it. There is no religious coercion, Mr. Glassman said, rather, a sense of religious purpose among the Protestants, Catholics, Jews, Buddhists, Muslims and atheists who are part of Greyston. Sharing a morsel of Zen philosophy, Mr. Glassman explains: "I would hope that seeing the beauty of life as it is would be experienced by everybody here."
As abbot of the New York Zen Community, Mr. Glassman leads meditation sessions, gives lectures and performs rituals for the handful of Buddhists who are part of Greyston. Among his students are a Reform rabbi, a Roman Catholic nun, a Jesuit priest and a Muslim sheik.
These students practice Zen as a spiritual and meditative discipline that they believe enhances, rather than supplants, their own faiths. He calls himself a Jewish Zen Buddhist priest, but acknowledges, "from the Zen side there isn't a conflict, but from the Jewish side there is."
Eventually, Mr. Glassman hopes to round out his community with what he calls the "Temple of One People," a sacred space where people of different faiths can join together for meditation and instruction in social action. But in the meantime there are homeless families to settle and official Yonkers cookies to bake, thousands before the first of the year.Continue reading the main story


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From aligning business and IT needs to dealing with rapid industry shifts and implementing the latest technology trends, there's clearly a lot riding on the modern CIO.
Here are five of the top pressures faced by CIOs today, and how they are changing the shape of IT.
STEM talent shortages
According to the 2015 CIO Survey released by Harvey Nash, six out of 10 CIOs believe they are being negatively impacted by a technology skills shortage.
An aging population is often blamed for IT skill shortfalls, but recent research by MIT AgeLab research fellow David DeLong suggests this is over-hyped, with about 20 per cent of employers not viewing age as a significant concern.
The bigger issue is finding people with the specific skills needed to help the business keep up with changing technology. The most pressing shortfall is in big data analytics – the skills gap in this case is almost six times that of the second most in-demand skill – change management.
To address this problem, CIOs will need to spearhead initiatives that can help turn the tide, such as encouraging more women to pursue IT, partnering with training providers and emphasising the right cultural values.
Accelerating technological change
From recent breakthroughs in quantum computing to the rapidly growing obsession with wearable technologies, every CIO is acutely aware of how fast technology is changing, and the impact it has on every part of our working and everyday lives.
As these technological shifts have the potential to transform existing business models and spawn new opportunities, CIOs must be able to balance their operational IT responsibilities with a willingness to collaborate with other C-suite executives in strategic decisions.
They also face changing user expectations. With tablets and smartphones becoming more popular as productivity enablers, CIOs are also overseeing the end of the age of unwieldy, closed-source and non-intuitive enterprise tools.
Cyber security concerns
In light of recent media coverage of high-profile hacking incidents, most CIOs are aware of the damage a serious cyber attack can inflict on a company's operations and brand.
But despite a quarter of CIOs surveyed by Harvey Nash reporting a 'major IT security incident' in the last 12 months, only 23 per cent believe they are 'very well' prepared for such an incident.
Speed is a crucial factor; 76 per cent of IT experts surveyed by Lieberman Software at the 2015 RSA Security Conference think their IT security teams simply can't keep up with the rapid pace at which security threats are evolving. Red tape is also blamed, with 61 per cent saying they installed a security product to satisfy regulations rather than to improve security.
However, CIOs are not letting such fears stifle innovation. Almost two-thirds believe the risks of mobile, public cloud and BYOD are acceptable given the competitive advantages they can deliver. This type of risk-benefit decision-making is likely to remain part of the fabric of the CIO's role as a tech leader.
The rise of shadow IT
Shadow IT is everywhere. It takes the form of employees quietly using their Dropbox accounts on their smartphones to send and receive files, or third-party websites to convert documents from one format to another.
This could be seen as an inevitable result of IT finding its way into every part of the business, with Harvey Nash finding that many CIOs are only able to control 80 per cent or less of their IT budget. But viewing it as solely a security threat is short-sighted. It also has the potential to provide critical insights on how employees can be more efficient and productive.
Pulling back the curtain on shadow IT might require inviting employees to reveal their shadow IT habits anonymously and without fear of sanction. Regardless, the shadow isn't showing any signs of receding, with 81 per cent of employees admitting in a 2014 GigaOm survey to using unauthorised SaaS applications.
Globalisation and outsourcing
Delegating non-core, less strategic IT functions to outside parties is becoming a more popular way for companies to pursue growth, innovation and cost savings.
According to Harvey Nash, CIOs who were planning bigger outsourcing budgets in 2015 outnumbered cost-cutters by three to one. Reasons for outsourcing are also changing, previously it might have been more about saving money but now half of CIOs are pursuing outsourcing to access new skills or free up resources.
In a globalised economy, the CIO is likely to be navigating cultural differences, trade agreements and security risks as part of their outsourcing strategy. Of course, the upside is the wealth of business opportunities that could be lying dormant in these foreign markets.
CIOs are upbeat
Despite these pressures, Harvey Nash found that eight out of 10 CIOs report feeling fulfilled in their jobs. Key attributes of a successful CIO include an emphasis on making rather than saving money, a strong relationship with marketing and an enterprise-wide digital strategy.
With change there is opportunity, and challenging but exciting times lie ahead for today's IT leaders.
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People are so passionate about soccer in Brazil, the end of matches often result in major instances of sports rivalry, such as violent fights and outbreaks on the street. In order to make attending a soccer match fun once again for families and people of all ages, the Sport Club Internacional set up a campaign called 'Side by Side.'
People were sent out a surprising invitation to a highly-anticipated match, but of course, there was a big catch—they would be required to walk a kilometer to the stadium with a fan from the opposite team member and sit beside them throughout the match.
Since this encourages people to see that the other fans are just ordinary people rather than the enemy, this humanizing campaign is a clever way to curb violence by essentially having rival fans walk a mile in each other's shoes.
Compassionate Soccer Campaigns
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High-Tech Soccer Shoes
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Color-Coded Soccer Jerseys
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Sport Club Internacional's 'Side by Side' Reduces Sports Rivalry
- By: Laura McQuarrieJun 13, 2015
References: internacional.br & creativecriminals
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Ce que mon enfant apprend a l'ecole. Manuel a l'intention des parents, 2001-2002: Troisieme annee (What My Child Learns in School. Curriculum Handbook for Parents, 2001-2002: Grade 3).
Alberta Learning, Edmonton. Direction de l'education francaise.
Noting that parents are vital partners in the educational system, this French-language handbook provides parents with information about the Grade 3 curriculum in Alberta, Canada. Based on the Alberta Learning "Program of Studies: Elementary Schools," the handbook describes the knowledge, skills, and attitudes students in Alberta are expected to demonstrate upon completion of the Grade 3 curriculum. Following introductory material, sections include: (1) "What Is Curriculum?"; (2) "English Language Arts"; (3) "Language Arts in Language Programs (Immersion and Bilingual)"; (4) "Mathematics"; (5) "Science"; (6) "Social Studies"; (7) "Information and Communication Technology"; (8) "Physical Education"; (9) "Health"; (10) "Fine Arts"; and (11) "Language Programs and Courses Other Than English." Each section includes samples of what students are expected to learn in each subject. The handbook concludes with a one-page questionnaire requesting feedback on the handbook. (HTH)
Descriptors: Art Education, Educational Objectives, Elementary School Curriculum, Elementary School Students, Fine Arts, Foreign Countries, Grade 3, Health Education, Language Arts, Mathematics Curriculum, Outcomes of Education, Parent Materials, Parent Participation, Physical Education, Primary Education, Science Curriculum, Second Language Instruction, Social Studies, Technology Education
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Position Summary: The Assistant Athletic Coach will assist the Head Women's Basketball Coach with the following aspects of the sport specific program: recruiting, scheduling and player development. The Assistant Athletic Coach should have knowledge and compliance of current University, Chicagoland Collegiate Athletic Conference (CCAC) and National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) Division II policies and procedures. The Assistant Athletic Coach is responsible for game film exchange and other administrative duties.
Minimum Qualifications: High school coaching experience. Knowledge of the technical aspects of basketball and a commitment to professional development and continuing education in the sport{s}.
Preferred Qualifications: College / university coaching experience.
Work Schedule: Varies.
Type of Position Being Requested: Temporary Administrative
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Collective Bargaining Status of Position: Non-Unionized
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OXNARD, Calif. (KABC) --Three teenagers were killed and three others were injured Wednesday morning when an SUV slammed into a palm tree in Oxnard, authorities said.
The violent crash happened about 4:25 a.m. near the intersection of Harbor Boulevard and Wooley Road, according to the Oxnard Police Department. There were six occupants in the vehicle at the time of the incident.
The victims ranged in age from 15 to 19, police said. Two females died at the scene and a third female died at a hospital.
Among the dead was the SUV's driver, 18-year-old Jazmine Castro, of Port Hueneme, and 18-year-old passenger Gissell Mares, of Camarillo.
A 17-year-old female passenger from Ventura died after being transported to a local hospital.
Two 19-year-olds, Christina Cruz and Sonia Martinez, both of Oxnard, along with a 15-year-old male sustained minor to moderate injuries and are listed in stable condition, according to authorities.
"At this point, we still do not know what led the driver to leave the roadway and collide into the palm tree," said police Sgt. Ricardo Vazquez. "However, based on the evidence at the scene, we do believe that speed is a factor and we also believe that alcohol is involved."
Aerial footage from the scene showed investigators examining a mangled SUV that apparently toppled the tree on the grassy median.
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Mona Van Duyn
Biography of Mona Van Duyn
Mona Jane Van Duyn (May 9, 1921 – December 2, 2004) was an American poet. She won every major American award for poetry and was appointed Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress in 1992. Van Duyn was born in Waterloo, Iowa. She grew up in the small town of Eldora where she read eagerly in the town library and wrote poems secretly in notebooks from her grade school years to her high school years. Van Duyn earned a B.A. from Iowa State Teachers College in 1942, and an M.A. from the State University of Iowa in 1943, the year in which she married Jarvis Thurston. She and Thurston studied in the Ph.D. program at Iowa. In 1946 she was hired as an instructor at the University of Louisville when her husband became an assistant professor there. Together they began Perspective: A Quarterly of Literature and the Arts in 1947 and shifted that journal to Washington University in St. Louis when they moved there in 1950.
Academic career
In St. Louis, Thurston became chair of the Washington University Department of English, and Van Duyn and Thurston drew to St. Louis and presided over what would become a unique literary circle of creative writers and critics.
Van Duyn was a friend of poet James Merrill and instrumental in securing his papers for the Washington University Special Collections in the mid 1960s. She was a lecturer in the University College of Washington University until her retirement in 1990. In 1983, a year after she had published her fifth book of poems, she was named Adjunct Professor in the English Department and became the "Visiting Hurst Professor" in 1987, the year she was invited to be a member of the National Institute of Arts and Letters.
Career as a poet
Van Duyn won every major U.S. prize for poetry, including the National Book Award (1971) for To See, To Take, the Bollingen Prize (1971), the Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize (1989), and the Pulitzer Prize (1991) for Near Changes. She was the U.S. Poet Laureate between 1992 and 1993.
To See, To Take (1970) was a collection of poems that gathered together three previous books and some uncollected work and won the National Book Award for Poetry. In 1981 she became a fellow in the Academy of American Poets and then, in 1985, one of the twelve Chancellors who serve for life. A recent Collected Poems, If It Be Not I (1992) included four volumes that had appeared since her first collected poems. It was published simultaneously with a new collection of poetry, Firefall.
In 1993 she was inducted into the St. Louis Walk of Fame. She died of bone cancer at her home in University City, Missouri, on December 2, 2004, aged 83.
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Letters From A Father
Ulcerated tooth keeps me awake, there is such pain, would have to go to the hospital to have it pulled or would bleed to death from the blood thinners, but can't leave Mother, she falls and forgets her salve
Earth Tremors Felt In Missouri
The quake last night was nothing personal, you told me this morning. I think one always wonders, unless, of course, something is visible: tremors that take us, private and willy-nilly, are usual.
From Endings
Setting the V.C.R. when we go to bed to record a night owl movie, some charmer we missed we always allow, for unprogrammed unforeseen, an extra half hour. (Night gods of the small screen
Death By Aesthetics
Here is the doctor, an abstracted lover, dressed as a virgin, coming to keep the tryst. The patient was early; she is lovely; but yet
A Relative And An Absolute
It has been cool so far for December, but of course the cold doesn't last long down here. The Bible is being fulfilled so rapidly
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are ruthless with watchers trapped in their piety.)
We watch next evening, and having slowly found
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Perhaps this is a somewhat cliché, or a rather trendy term, but I think the underlying meaning still rings true. Who belongs in your tribe? Who makes up your family, your friends, your community? Who are those people that you connect with unlike any others?
Like minded people can be found everywhere. The key is to have the open eyes, open mind and open heart to see them and seek them out.
Sometimes people see in us things that we think we are hiding from the world. Perhaps its in a particular word or phrase we speak, or that subtle piece of jewellery that means so much that it becomes part of us. Or perhaps is something less subtle, a simple energy that connects like minded souls.
This week I noticed many of these connections. They come in all ages and sizes, gender, educational level, and socioeconomic status. They are found in different places too. Work, the local coffee shop, the market, the little indie restaurant visited for dessert after the movies.
Who is in my tribe? The earth lovers, the gardeners, the independent farmers, the spirited, the indigo children, the dreamers, the lovers, the compassionate, the empaths, the wise and the wistful…kindred spirits, those who have creativity, visions and dreams, the gentle souls, and those who have a deep connect with nature. Those are the people in my tribe, in my community.


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Hungry At Mercy Of Washington For Farm Bill Action
January 1, 2013
Florida's anti-hunger advocates are watching Congress warily, fearing lawmakers will cut the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, formerly known as food stamps, by billions of dollars as they wrangle with the fiscal cliff.
The cuts are contained in a federal farm bill that has been held hostage to sparring over automatic spending cuts and tax increases set for Jan. 1.
The farm bill must be reauthorized every five years; it expired at the end of September. But since the price of milk could more than double without congressional action, lawmakers are working on a deal to extend. That would hold SNAP harmless but not for long.
So far House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, has rejected a one-year extension, offering 30 days instead. It's unlikely that any deal will remove the possibility of SNAP cuts in the near future.
Advocates say Florida cannot bear another blow to its food support network. In June, nearly 3.5 million Floridians were getting SNAP benefits. From June 2011 to June 2012, Florida saw the nation's second-highest increase in SNAP use – a rise of 9.7 percent.
"If SNAP benefits get cut, it scares me to death," said the Rev. Pam Cahoon, executive director of CROS (Christians Reaching Out to Society) Ministries, a coalition of about 100 religious groups that runs food pantries and other programs to feed the hungry in Palm Beach County.
Last summer both chambers agreed to SNAP cuts, but they're far apart on numbers. The full Senate passed a bill with $4.5 billion worth of cuts over ten years. The House Agriculture Committee okayed $16 billion in cuts for the same period; that measure hasn't reached the House floor. The Congressional Budget Office estimates that nearly two million Americans would lose food assistance under the House version.
"Cuts in the food stamp program will have a terrible impact everywhere, but a particularly detrimental impact in Florida," said Jim Weill, president of the Food Resource and Action Center in Washington, D.C.
The center is lobbying against any cuts. Weill cited polling by Gallup showing Florida with five urban areas in the nation's top 25 in need for food help last year – Orlando-Kissimmee, Lakeland-Winter Haven, Jacksonville, Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach and Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater.
Fully 19.2 percent of adults and 28.4 percent of children are "food-insecure" in Florida, compared to the national averages of 16.1 percent for adults and 21.6 percent for children, said Richard English, executive director of Tallahassee's Second Harvest of the Big Bend. That means at some point within a given month, their families might not be able to afford a meal.
Perry Borman, executive director of the Palm Beach County Food Bank and former Children and Families administrator for Palm Beach and Broward counties from 2008 to 2012, said the region saw a 300 percent increase in the number of residents needing food stamps.
"In a county that people probably think is full of wealth and extremely wealthy people, over 57 percent of all of our children in the Palm Beach County school system are on free and reduced lunch," Borman said.
Congress, however, is facing immense pressure to cut spending, and the rise in SNAP costs during the recession is a sore point for many lawmakers. High jobless rates and expanded eligibility under President Barack Obama's 2009 stimulus bill pushed the cost of SNAP to $76 billion a year in 2011, double what it was in 2008. The percentage of SNAP benefits going to households with gross incomes over 130 percent of the poverty line also doubled in that time, according to data released by the U.S. Department of Agriculture last month.
House Agriculture Committee leaders say they're trying to preserve the program's core mission – feeding the hungry – while preventing waste and worse.
Florida Congressman Tom Rooney, chairman of the House Agriculture Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy and Poultry, supports the House bill. Rooney spokesman Michael Mahaffey has said the bill ensures that SNAP benefits "are there for those who need them. It closes loopholes…The House bill also achieves significant savings by cracking down on waste, fraud, and abuse."
Anti-poverty activists say that approach ignores the economic benefits of SNAP.
"When you're dealing with folks who don't have savings, and they're living from month to month, these federal resources go right back into the community," said Debra Susie, executive director of the anti-poverty group Florida Impact. "And the U.S.D.A. research shows that every five dollars of SNAP benefits generates nearly twice that in local economic activity as a result."
Besides, say local food bank administrators, it's rare for people to ask for food who don't need it.
"It comes down to them getting very, very desperate," said Paul Clements of Tallahassee's Second Harvest of the Big Bend. "We've seen a lot of prior donors who are now standing in our food pantry lines." He also said donations are down this year.
"We had a couple of people come into the pantry and then turn around and walk out and come back the next day," said Cahoon. "They were just so chagrined that they were having to be at a food pantry that they couldn't even do it the first time they came."
The main reasons for the greater SNAP participation, Cahoon said, are job loss, housing problems and the higher cost of fuel, "which made everything go up in price, from a loaf of bread to a gallon of milk." She said people with jobs come to the food pantries because gas and groceries are so high, they can't afford both.
Among the SNAP provisions marked for elimination: federal bonuses for food stamp payment accuracy. That has particular resonance for Florida, which went from one of the nation's most error-prone states to one of the best performers. Former Florida Department of Children and Families Secretary Bob Butterworth, who oversaw DCF from early 2007 to mid-2008, plowed the bonus money back into the agency's ACCESS program, which handles food assistance, just in time for the recession.
"Because of redesigning our ACCESS system over the years to provide online access, more than 95 percent of our applications are completed online," said DCF spokeswoman Erin Gillespie. "We have (so far) been able to keep up with the ever-increasing demands…For food stamps, we process cases on average in 15 days and the federal standard is 30 days."
Florida has never been faced with a farm bill's expiration, said Gillespie; they've always been passed or extended.
"There are many current proposals regarding the federal farm bill, so we cannot speculate as to how changes would affect Floridians until something passes," she said.
Advocates say the high rates of hungry children are especially troublesome, given what that augers for DCF going forward.
"In the state of Florida, we look at the third graders and how they're doing with reading," said Cahoon. "If they're behind in reading, that's how many beds we plan for our prison system in the future. If kids aren't eating, then they can't learn in school…and they're going to end up in our prison system."
By Margie Menzel, The News Service of Florida
7 Responses to "Hungry At Mercy Of Washington For Farm Bill Action"
429SCJ on
January 2nd, 2013 6:47 pm
It may equate to the sins of the fathers, but children in poverty should not have to go hungry, regardless. Yes dependents of prison inmates recieve EBT, but it is not through choice of their own design or action.
If we ignore hungry children we overlook the consequences to society, which will be incurred through maldevelopment in the physical and mental aspects of these children. We need well developed adults to fill the ranks of tomorrows citizenry. I feel that the cost is worth it. I would suggest that our congress persons start cutting foriegn aid and focusing on problems at home, that is if the lobbies will let them.
bill on
January 2nd, 2013 3:17 pm
Most of the people I see using their "snap" card don't really look hungry, lol. I thought the old commodity program was pretty good for feeding the poor but it didn't let them buy anything they wanted, so I guess it was demeaning (satire intended). We definitely need to reform this program. Americans don't want anyone to go hungry but let's go back to commodities, that helps the farmers and the poor with less abuse in the system.
bob hudson on
January 2nd, 2013 9:36 am
This system is being abused and until the fraud and waste is taken out, then quit funding it.Hey why not let the rich liberals fund it???
Jane on
January 1st, 2013 1:15 pm
I know several seniors who depend on their EBT cards for food because they only get about $850/month from SSI. This would really hurt them and I don't think they are parsites, just elderly who never got much more than minimum wage and some of them work just to buy their medicine. This would be another instance of "pushing granny off the cliff".
Fairlane63 on
January 1st, 2013 11:38 am
I wish Congress would cut SNAP, but they're afraid of losing the parasite vote.
Why should I have to pay for some else's food against my will?
Southerner on
January 1st, 2013 8:04 am
SNAP is socialistic. It shouldn't even exist as a government program. I suspect that a large percentage of the prisoners in America were also members of families that received food stamps.
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January 1st, 2013 7:59 am
No need to worry. No cuts will be made to this MOST HOLY of SACRED COWS. It is worth too many votes as evidenced by the last election. There are truly some people for which this program was designed to help, but has become the most abused federal program of all. A program that has turned millions into liars, cheats, and theives, to reap the benefits of this white elephant, at the expense of working folks
supporting it by being taxed to death. All the while struggling to feed themselves by doing the decent thing, which is working for a living, putting food on their own table by their own labor, not somebody else's.


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God's IDEA
In 2002, Operation IDEA (now known as God's IDEA) was launched by the Nebraska Synod as a program to reach out to people of all ages, asking them to consider if God was calling them to serve as a pastor. The purpose of the program would be to encourage people to Invite, Discern, Excite and Act (IDEA) when it comes to attracing people to the ministry.
After several years, the conversation expanded to include conversations about calls to serve as a Minister of Word and Service (deacons). Since 2002, more than 300 people from middle school through adulthood have taken part in a retreat. Recently, the program was expanded to include deep and focused conversations on how God calls us to be in ministry in vocations other than as professional church workers.
The program relies on individuals such as yourself to invite others to attend one of several retreats. Who do you know with gifts for ministry? Who do you know with questions about God's call in their lives? Who comes to mind when you read this? Please prayerfully consider inviting people to any of these events:
God's IDEA College Retreat
A retreat is held annually for college students who want to explore their vocation or who are asking the question, "What am I going to do with my life?"
This year's retreat will be held Nov. 18-20 at Carol Joy Holling Conference Center in Ashland and will be facilitated by Pastor Rachel Ziese Hacker.
God's IDEA LifeShine Retreat for Adults Beyond College
LifeShine is a biennial retreat for adults beyond college who would like to set apart time to focus on God's call in their lives.
The next offering of this retreat will be in February 2018 and will be facilitated by Pastor Derrick Fallon and Pastor Tim Koester.
God's IDEA High School Retreat
High school youth are invited to attend the God's IDEA Retreat on February 24-25, 2017.
Click here for more information and to register.
Each youth attends with an adult inviter, and intentional conversations take place throughout the weekend between these two. One adult may invite a maximum of three youth, and a congregation may bring up to six youth and two adults to this event. This retreat will be held at the Carol Joy Holling Conference Center in Ashland and facilitated by Kelsey Ellis and Pastor David Buco.
There is no cost to the participant for any of these retreat experiences.
Staff & Ministry Contacts:
Director of Faith Formation
Nebraska Lutheran Outdoor Ministries


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Chieftains of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Osun State have warned the party's leadership against imposing any candidate on members for the 2014 governorship poll.
At a meeting yesterday in Iwo, they said the imposition of an unpopular candidate would work against the party's victory at the polls.
They alleged that some "selfish individuals" in the party were scheming to impose a candidate on members and they vowed to resist such an attempt thorough legal means.
The meeting was chaired by a PDP leader from the Ife/Ijesa Zone, Elder Joseph Obadare (JAO).
Also present were Mr. Debo Ayinde from Ede; Alhaji Debo Badru; Prince Bimbo Oyinlola; Alhaji Rasak Oyelami (KK), Prince Supo Bello, Mayowa Anjorin, Sanya Omirin, Teslim Igbalaye, Sunday Bisi, Prince Oyetunde and Yinka Adeojo, among others.
They said they would not take anything short of primaries, insisting that one of the aspirants, Mr. Fatai Akinbade, was popular and would beat other contenders.
Akinbade urged members to be calm, assuring them that he would emerge victorious at the end of the day.


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When I went inside to photograph the interior I had no clue about any of it and, unfortunately I missed an entire floor as well as the turbines that power the mill. You will just have to go and visit the mill to see it all for yourself.
|This gazebo overlooks the Rideau River from the Manotick Island.
I checked it and the piano works, though it may need tuning.
|This building is not a mill though it has a sign saying 'Watson's Mill' on it.
It formed a part of the operation as a carriage shed. Right now
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|16 Jun 2013
Windows 7 Professional
I would like to ask a few questions regarding to updating the bios?
Hello I have a few questions I would like to ask
If you update your bios could this make changes to the volume of the speakers like decreasing it lower than previous bios version? Just a general question
During updating the bios my laptop restarted by itself a 3-5 times to make changes and I am a bit worried but could damage the laptop like hardware/software or components ?
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The BIOS updates will not change the audio levels. If the audio levels have changed there is a different issue.
Restarting, depending on the particular PC and BIOS can be several times.
One general caution with updating the BIOS, especially with a Dell, If the BIOS update fails and corrupts the BIOS the ONLY option is to replace the motherboard. Dell does not have a BIOS recovery as some others do. For this reason only update the BIOS if the update fixes a problem you are having or will support new hardware or features that you need. Or the old adage "If it ain't broke don't fix it".
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Windows 7 Pro 64 bit
The BIOS should only be updated if the update specifically addresses a problem you are having. It should not be done just because a newer version is available. A failed BIOS update, which can happen even if you do everything right, is a very serious matter. There are precautions that need to be taken but they only reduce the risk, not eliminate it. In many cases the only recovery from a fail BIOS update is physical replacement of the BIOS chip by a qualified technician.
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As I noted, the ONLY recourse in a Dell is to replace the motherboard if the BIOS is corrupted.
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|23 Jun 2013
Winndows 7 32 bit
Hello I have a few questions I would like to ask
If you update your bios could this make changes to the volume of the speakers like decreasing it lower than previous bios version? Just a general question
During updating the bios my laptop restarted by itself a 3-5 times to make changes and I am a bit worried but could damage the laptop like hardware/software or components ?
As everyone said correctly BIOS update should not affect the audio levels on the system. And we also agree it should only be done to resolve a particular issue with the system and not to be updated because it is available.
If it is Dell system that you are using then it should have restarted only once to update the BIOS. You should check under BIOS if it has been updated successfully.
And to address the audio issue you can a different source like speakers or headphone before updating the audio driver.
Hope this helps.
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Exciting news for those of us who are HoN fans! The US cover for book #9, Destined has been revealed!
What do you think? I've seen that some people thought this was Stark, and I was like NOOOO....this isn't Stark, it's Aurox - see the Bull shadow behind him?. (Thankfully, I mean, Stark is way cuter than this guy on the cover)
Whether you're a House of Night series fan or not, you'll probably agree that the covers for the books are so pretty.
Enjoy, and remember we only have to wait a little longer for Destined as it's due to be released October 25th.


text: Hi there, I was just wondering if it is possible to buy an Android phone in the UK or perhaps US and then use it in for example Denmark where there are no Android phones available from any of the carriers. Will I for example be able to get the updates for the system and will I be able to buy apps like it is possible to do in US and UK now?? I really hope you are able to help me since I am seriously thinking about buying an unlocked Android phone. However, if the phone cannot be used before a carrier decides to offer android phones I guess I need to have patience... Regards BST


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Without True Love Silence Can Be Deafening
How you communicate is as important, if not more important, than what you say. It is how you say it and not just what you say that matters.
Many psychic reading calls I receive on PsychicAccess.com are from people asking about love, dating and relationships. The caller is often distraught, because the person they have affection for is not returning their calls, texts or emails. Either they have broken up or they have had a fight, and the fight seems to be going on for weeks with no communication.
Typically, person A has reached out to person B, who either ignores the communication or responds in a quipped, short manner. Person A flips out, and B has no idea that A is freaking out. Person A then begins to act a little 'cray cray,' because B is not responding and continues to remain silent. Continue reading


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A Twin Falls man is behind bars, charged with battery, after police said he shot arrows near where a child was sitting and then attacked the child's mother.
This morning's Twin Falls Times-News reports that 22-year-old Adam Newbry allegedly shot several arrows into a chair near where a young girl was sitting. When the child's mother confronted Newbry, who is not related to her, Newbry allegedly grabbed the mother by the neck and slammed her against a wall. Another woman at the scene confirmed the story for police and said she pulled Newbry off the first woman.
Newbry told police he grabbed the woman because she pointed one of the arrows at him.
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Pictures of the house are coming soon! We've been working night and day to make it "our house" and we are thrilled so far. We've been working night and day on painting, light fixture changes, spackling. landscaping, tiling, cleaning, sorting and arranging, all in between greeting therapists, changing diapers, laundry, unpacking, amusing Chase, shopping at Lowe's :o)...I have a thousand phone calls to return and just as many thank you notes I'm behind on...ACK!
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Development of garden space
We have a very large garden with plenty of room. We would like to use the space to develop additional space such as a small gym, a children's playroom, a study etc. Each could fit inside a shed type building. What are the planning restrictions on such developments?
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Hey Richard, In general, some structures such as wooden sheds don't need planning as they are temporary. Ask your planning dept. first though, just in case. They are usually very helpful.Answered on Oct 4 2016, Report content
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The fleche is a unique team event in the sport of randonneuring. It has a bunch of quirky rules that only randonneurs would understand or appreciate, but basically you have to cover the distance of the route in about 24 hours and you can't stop at any one location for more than 2 hours. So whether you're fast or slow, you're out there for one complete lap of the clock. For a more complete definition of what a fleche is, scroll down to the bottom of this post for Randonneurs USA's official definition.
Lynne designed a route that was exactly the minimum required distance of 360 km and what appeared to be a relatively flat profile. Perfect for me because I'm definitely still in the base miles phase of my training for the season after a long winter.
|Team Type 2 Fun: Jason Karp, Fatima Aviquivil, Keith Moore, Steve Bredthauer, and Lynne Fitzsimmons
We set off at the incredibly sane hour of 10AM-a change from the typical brevet which usually starts at stupid early o'clock in the morning. Since the ride is 24 hours-it doesn't matter when you start, so why not start after a good, long night's sleep and a leisurely morning? In the first few miles through the streets of Beaverton and Hillsboro it was explained to me that there is type 1 fun, which we all know and love, and type 2 fun involves a lot of pain and suffering-which really is the essence of randonneuring.
|Somewhere between Gaston and Wilsonville. Still nice and flat.
With 83 miles under our belts and full bellies we made preparations to head north to Olympia. The graying sky and dropping temperatures were proof that the weather forecasters weren't going to be wrong. We were going to get wet...but when? A few sprinkles began to fall as we started climbing immediately out of Lynne and Bob's driveway. We slogged our way to the top of Skyline Drive and got plenty warmed up again. We were all together at the Skyline Tavern where Keith Moore demonstrated a wonderful technique for obtaining a card signature without buying anything. He slapped down a $5 bill on the bar and asked the bar tender to sign. Signatures were happily given and we were on our way down the twisty-turny Germantown descent just as darkness, and the rain, fell. My disc brakes, which perform wonderfully well on scary descents, also squawked and screamed like a rusty old tractor all the way down. Disc brakes work just fine when wet, but they can be noisy-a problem I had to apologize to my teammates for over and over again. But at least they knew I wasn't going to sneak up on them.
The next segment of the route, crossing over the St. Johns Bridge in Portland, and the I-5 Bridge crossing the Columbia River and connecting Oregon to Washington was urban and very cool. Unlike down in Wilsonville, this I-5 bridge has a separate pedestrian/bike path. After the bridges we dropped into Vancouver and our next control at a little taco stand where a willing patron signed our cards and marveled at what we were trying to do. I requested an additional stop at a c-store in Vancouver as I was dangerously low on food and tacos are hard to carry. It was 46 miles to our next control. So another stop was made and the required junk food was acquired, including a 6 pack of little donuts, two snickers bars, peanut m&m's, and a little savory from a combo cheese and pepper stick. Yummy!
Off we went, leaving the bright lights of Portland and Vancouver behind as we followed quiet back roads that wandered over the hills that the adjacent I-5 cut through. This is where the anticipated easy route became quite hard as these punchy little hills wore us out. No climb was very long, but on many occasions my front tire was lifting of the pavement, meaning the grades were quite steep. This segment was also punctuated by some navigation confusion in Woodland and a 4 mile stretch on I-5 in a down pour. The I-5 riding was easy in that it was flat, and the trucks must have gotten word to our presence via CB because almost all moved way over, but it was absolutely pouring buckets on us and bicycle tires are extremely flat prone on freeway shoulders from all the tire debris, broken glass, and other sharpe objects. So it was with great relief when the exit for Todd Road finally came into view.
By this point everyone was suffering. And thanks to my added stop in Vancouver, those endless little hills, constant rain, route navigation issues in Woodland, and just the need to warm up in some random gas station, we were falling way behind. Things started to come apart a bit when Keith and Lynne rolled into Shari's diner in Kelso on flat front tires, and we were about an hour and half behind schedule, but in desperate need of food and coffee...and more coffee. Lynne was battling stomach and fatigue issues, along with the flat, and implored us to leave her behind and press on. Of course, the rest of the team tried to encourage her to continue, but Lynne's mind was made up and the train station was only a mile and a half away. We got her tire changed and reluctantly set off into the wet night without her, but not until after the delicious Shari's breakfast sampler and a couple gallons of coffee were consumed.
Ride with GPS promised that the remaining 70 or so miles only had about 200 feet of climbing. Lies! We started going uphill and then uphill some more. We had about 7 hours until the clock struck 10 AM and we needed to be averaging about 12 miles per hour, but every glance at my computer showed that we were traveling at less than 10. What I couldn't understand is that Olympia was down at sea level, and yet we were still climbing. Only in Washington is this possible-I was convinced through this and my Cascade 1200 experience that the state only goes uphill.
Thick fog made me miss the town of Vader all together, though Keith assured me that we did pass through it. Too bad-I was all poised to make some sort of smart ass Star Wars joke. Opportunity missed!
Day broke to find us still climbing. Cloudy fatigued minds were trying to work out the complicated math of we have so many miles to go in so many hours and at such and such rate of speed. In all of that we missed a turn and added about a mile to the route. Thank goodness Keith was paying enough attention to the cue sheet to catch the error, I had completely ignored the cue sheet since Portland so I was absolutely no help at all. Despite that, we looked to be in okay shape when suddenly Keith's back tire went down. With the help of a few extra hands, Keith had the tube replaced in record time and we were back underway, but more time was lost. That's when we were introduced to Barry Road. A nasty steep little bugger of a road where my front tire was again coming off the ground with each pedal stroke. At 5 mph we weren't getting anywhere.
Then something amazing happened. For the first time in all my riding in Washington it seemed, the road actually began to tilt downhill. We picked up speed and soon found ourselves in Centralia and on our way to our planned 22 hour control in Grand Mound. More math. We weren't going to make Grand Mound with 2 hours to go as planned, but we were sufficiently close enough to think we still had a chance. We marked the spot at 2 hours to go and pressed on. We got to the McDonalds at Grand Mound about 15 minutes later. No time to sit down, reflect on the ride, and then leisurely cruise to the finish line. No, we had just enough time to get our cards signed and that's about it. When the girl behind the counter promised that the sausage biscuits were ready to go, Fatima and I took advantage. But there was only one sausage biscuit made and I had to wait. But I needed some food. I was in pre-bonk mode and without food I probably wouldn't have the energy for the last 20 miles to Olympia. The girl behind the counter sensed my desperation and implored people in the back to get a move on and finally the sausage biscuit was provided sans wrapper to be applied directly to my face. It was gone before I was out the door-and boy did it make me feel better.
We screamed along the flat roads to Olympia with a light tailwind at the blistering speed of 15 or 16 miles per hour. When we got to a point about 10 miles away we still had 50 minutes. It would be doable if there were no hills and the stop lights were few and green.
The route did stay flat, the clock became less oppressive, and as we cruised through Tumwater we slowly realized we were actually going to make it. Go through a few lights, cross a bridge, and we're in Olympia. We even joked we could stop and get an ice cream. The Governor's Hotel came into view and we rolled up to the front door. I got a little emotional-it was a great save. Our cards were signed at 9:53 AM-seven whole minutes to spare!
|At the finish. I don't look it, but I'm very, very happy to be here.
The next morning, the Seattle Randonneurs hosted a buffet brunch for all the teams and their families and each team got to stand up front and tell the story of their ride. The adventures were hilarious, inspiring, and awesome.
A huge thank you to Lynne for taking of all the logistics of route finding, mapping, preparing the long and complicated cue sheet, feeding us, and doing all the little and unseen things a team captain has to do. And many thanks for inviting me to the team. Congrats and thanks to my other teammates Fatima, Steve, and Keith for working so hard to get to the finish line on time. It was a memorable ride and the celebration at the end was fantastic. It was definitely one of the neater randonneuring experiences I've ever had.
From the Randonneurs USA website:
flèche vélocio(flesh veh low chi o) - A team ride of 24-hours' duration, usually held over the Easter weekend. Very well attended in France, they are becoming increasingly popular among American randonneurs. A team may consist of three to five machines (a tandem counts as a single machine) and at least three machines must finish together to receive official credit. Each team must choose its own route and may not ride with any other cyclists. A minimum of 360 kilometers must be covered inside 24 hours, with no less than 25 kilometers to be ridden in the final two hours. Flèche routes are point-to-point or a large circuit since any particular stretch of road may be used only once during the event by the team. In French, flèche means "arrow", so the traditional method is to ride from one point to another, like an arrow flying into the bullseye. In France a multitude of flèche teams, having left from various cities and villages, will converge 24 hours later on the bullseye, which is the traditional Easter cycling rally in Provence. (Note there are other events in France with this name as well, eg. the Flèches de France, which are not the same sort of event.


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By Jennifer Liu
In her article, "The Japanese Revolution in Paris Fashion," Yuniya Kawamura focuses on the occupation of designer as the focal point of the fashion system, under the argument that France offers the model of the fashion system that legitimizes designers on a worldwide platform. The author analyzes the entry of Japanese designers into the French fashion system from 1970 to 2003. She discusses three different relationships that designers have with the system: a complete assimilation with the French system and style ("frenchification"), the exoticism of the avant-garde, and the infusion tradition japanese designs with haute couture.
Japanese Avant-Garde Fashion
Beginning of the 1980s was when a new generation of Japanese designers became key players in the Paris fashion scene. Issey Miyake (considered the founding father of avant-garde fashion), Rei Kawakubo, and Yohji Yamamoto, known as "The Big Three," brought in a new style that Europe hadn't seen before. The style was characterized by monochromatic, asymmetrical, and baggy looks that set the stage for the beginning of postmodern interpretation of "clothes that break the boundary between the West and the East, fashion and anti-fashion, and modern and anti-modern." The three designers had already started careers in fashion in Japan but only after their planned entry into the French fashion system were they well known by the fashion world outside of Japan.
The author, Kawamura, gives the history behind the emergence of the three designers and explains how their emergence in the French fashion system was more powerful and gave such an enormous impact to the French because they had all come out at around the same time. She also points out that establishing a presence in France, opening a store in Paris, and being able to have a label that reads "Made in France," contributed to put these designers firmly on the fashion industry's map.
Acceptance by the French System
Unlike the works of Kenzo, who more or less completely assimilated his designs to fit that of the French fashion style, this new Japanese avant-garde style stretched the boundaries of fashion, destroying previous definitions of clothing and fashion, and the clothes have even been accused of attempting to destroy the concept of fashion itself by being challenging to wear. However, the Japanese designers were considered artists rather than just designers. They worked with painters, sculptors, opera, theatre, photographers, and through their social contracts in the prestigious art world, the mutual influence contributed to an increase in the status of the fashion designer (a tactic that had developed in the fashion world in Paris after WWI).The Japanese designers have benefited from the idea that designers are image-makers and their images are carefully crafted like an artists work, seeing that being regarded as artists helped them become a part of the french fashion system.
The author goes on to state that being approved in the French fashion system helps gain international respect and recognition more so than had they stayed in the fashion world of Japan.
Hanae Mori: The Ultimate Designer Status in Paris
Hanae Mori is the first and only Asian couturier in the history of French Haute Couture. Her style however, is far from avant-garde. She did not make as big an impact on the world of fashion in the same sense that The Big Three have, but she provides impeccable dressmaking and tailoring techniques to her clothing and through her fame, was probably the first person to create an occupation called "a designer" in Japan. As the only non-western haute couture designer, she did infuse Japanese high culture and style and applied them to Western aesthetics. Unlike the avant-garde designers, Mori plays out her role as a Japanese couturiere by applying Japanese cultural heritage in French fashion and therefore legitimating it as a high fashion taste to the rest of the fashion world.
These Japanese designers took advantage of the changes in the structures of fashion institutions and the French system of fashion to incorporate themselves within it, make an impact, and become internationally recognized. Sometimes the presence of the Japanese designers in Paris, especially with the new avant-garde fashion, appeared to be destroying the traditional senses of fashion, but they have actually reinforced the French supremacy and power fashion. Kawamura writes that "participating in French fashion earned [the Japanese designers] the social, economic and symbolic capital that they are able to differentiate themselves from other Japanese designers without these resources."
Kawamura, Yuniya. "The Japanese Revolution in Paris Fashion." Fashion Theory, Volume 8, Issue 2. May 2004. Print.
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Female Stars Ruled Billboard's Charts [VIDEO]
For the first time ever, female artists rule the Billboard year end charts.
Of course we know that Adele was the big winner of 2011 with the number one album, 21, and number one single, "Rolling In The Deep", but for the first time 4 out of the top 5 were women and there wasn't a single group in the top 10! Below are the Top 5 artists with one of their biggest videos and the rest of the top 10 follow.
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Heritage Credit Union endowment fund gives to area organizations
Online Staff Report
The Richard J. McGrath Endowment Fund helps support local social organizations in the communities served by Heritage Credit Union. Rockford-area award recipients for 2014 included Emmanuel Lutheran Church Food Pantry, Remedies Renewing Lives, Stateline Youth for Christ, Junior League of Rockford and Milestone Dental Clinic.
In January 2007, Heritage founded the Richard J. McGrath Endowment Fund. The fund is named after a former member of Heritage's Board of Directors, who dedicated more than 30 years of volunteer service to the credit union. Applications for the endowment are accepted each year from July 1 to Aug. 31. Social organizations that wish to be considered for an award in 2015 may apply during the application period by downloading a form at heritagecu.org or visiting any Heritage branch.
Heritage Credit Union was established in 1934 in Madison, Wisconsin, to serve the employees of Oscar Mayer & Company. The not-for-profit, member-owned financial institution has an asset size of $275 million, and serves more than 27,000 members. Heritage branches are in Madison, Milwaukee, Sauk City, Prairie du Sac, Chetek, Ladysmith, Hawkins, Prentice and Phillips, Wisconsin, and in Rockford and Galesburg, Illinois.
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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
- intransitive v. To bark sharply or shrilly; yelp.
- intransitive v. Slang To talk noisily or stupidly; jabber.
- transitive v. To utter by yapping.
- n. A sharp, shrill bark; a yelp.
- n. Slang Noisy, stupid talk; jabber.
- n. Slang The mouth: Shut your yap.
- n. Slang A stupid, crude, or loud person.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
- n. The high-pitched bark of a small dog.
- n. An informal talk.
- n. The mouth, which produces speech.
- n. A badly behaved child, a brat.
- v. Of a small dog, to bark.
- v. To talk, especially excessively.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
- n. A bark; a yelp.
- intransitive v. To bark; to yelp.
from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- To yelp or bark.
- A dialectal form of yep.
- See yaup.
- n. A yelp, as of a dog.
- n. A cur.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- v. bark in a high-pitched tone
- n. informal terms for the mouth
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
My little one does not yap, is not left outside when we are not home and our walls are high.
A perfect yap in other words and a charter member of the New Class of full time morality policeman.
Sitting down and shutting your yap is the ONE thing that you should do, and it is clearly a very valid option since you are so well suited to it.
And, after watching the Today Show segment that sprang from what seemed like a thoughtful blogger "round table," it turns out that, at least in the journalistic words of new Today Show co-host Kathie Lee Gifford, we're just a bunch of moms who "yap" about diapers and preschools on the web instead of at the playground.
Joanne Bamberger: Katie Couric Gets it. Kathie Lee, Mmmm, Not So Much.
But Tortorella's players did more to shut Hitchcock's "yap" than anything their coach said.
America may "yap" the loudest, but their sentiments are shared by almost all of China's neighbors who have even fewer ways to handle the situation, even if they not so outspoken about it.
Then she had heard the "yap" of Reddy Fox cut short in the middle and the roar of Bowser's big voice as he started to chase Reddy Fox.
It lay there moaning, and every now and then it raised its head with a 'yap' of sheer fright, dreadful to hear, and bit the air, as if its enemies were on it again; and this fellow of mine lay in the opposite corner, with his head on his paw, watching it.
He assured the gentlemen present that they were at liberty to speak as freely and as loudly as they pleased, so far as his daughter was concerned; if she got awake and started to "yap," he'd spank the daylights out of her, and if that didn't shut her up he'd take her home.
As Mrs. Woodbourne was advancing to kiss Harriet, a loud sharp 'yap' was heard from something in the arms of the latter; Mrs. Woodbourne started, turned pale, and looked so much alarmed, that Anne could not laugh.
Breadfruit variety from the island of Yap, Palau.
...and come Christmas this book will be ready for binding in limp yap and setting on your rich aunt's breakfast plate next the crumpled corn.
- Stevie Smith, Novel on Yellow Paper
Thanks, yarb. Damn, I've already been on vacation.... ;-)
It's very long, rt, and replete with arroyos, wheatfields, and drawn-out sunsets. I'm quite enjoying it now, but attempt with caution. Good for a vacation-read, I reckon.
Yarb, now you've gone and done it. *adds The Octopus to excruciatingly long reading list*
Pay in reverse.
Aw, shut yer yap.


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Beautifully shaped early 1800s green glazed creamware plate with fine interior details of overlapping leaves (see Photos). This plate was produced between 1806 and 1825 under the Brameld brothers operation at the Rockingham Works near Swinton, in South Yorkshire (hence the c1815 mid date). It is an early example of the leaf design where the outer rim edge is lobed and serrated. The emerald green glaze covers a cream colored body and projects a visually appealing hue unlike the bluish green shades of later majolica leaf plates produced after 1840 (see last photo for a post 1840 majolica style cabbage leaf plate). As such, the plate listed here is some 30 to 45 years older than the heavier and more thickly potted green majolica plates of the mid 1800s. Instead, this plate is thinly potted and its raised interior leaf details more pronounced and then further accented where the glaze is thinner and the creamware body becomes more evident (see all Photos).
This plate exhibits other differences that also relate to its earlier period of production. For example, it has a cut foot rim rather than a broad foot ring, and this feature further distinguishes it from the popular rounded rim majolica leaf plates of the 1850s and 1860s. Also, there are three different species among the four overlapping leaves that are depicted resting upside down. Finally, the irregularly lobed and serrated outer edge of the plate adds further to it visual attractiveness and distinctiveness since most 19th century leaf plates are round with the leaf designs contained well within their outer circumference (see last Photo for a post 1840 example). The major exceptions are pickle and relish dishes that are entirely leaf shaped and therefore lack the marly (outer brim section) that is so well defined on the plate listed here.
Green glazed earthenware has been popular among western European cultures since the middle ages. Molded Staffordshire cream colored wares were decorated entirely with green glazes in the 1750s however it was difficult to coat the vessel evenly and achieve a uniformly firing green appearance until Josiah Wedgwood developed a special green glaze formula in 1759. Green glazed tablewares and teawares were popular in creamware in the 1760s and 1770s and then off and on again every so often for the next few decades but in limited availability until majolica wares became fashionable after 1850.
This plate is a wonderful example of Rockingham pottery produced with the impressed Brameld mark used from about 1806 to about 1826 on creamware. The mark also includes an impressed crescent workman's mark or Lot mark (see Photo 5 for close-up). The plate shown in the last Photo is not from Swinton, is not marked and is not for sale here, but instead is shown only for making comparisons. The Brameld plate listed may be just one of four major green glazed plate forms produced at the Rockingham Works between 1800 and 1830 (see Heather Lawrence's Yorkshire Pots and Potteries 1974: page 81 to 94; see also Griselda Lewis 'A Collector's History of English Pottery' published by the Antique Collectors' Club in 1987, reprinted 199, see p 110).
In 1825, the Brameld brothers pottery became insolvent, but was restarted again in 1826 with the assistance of funding from Earl Fitzwilliam of the Rockingham estate. Thereafter, most marks applied to the wares included a Griffin taken from the Earl's crest and the name Rockingham (Geoffrey A. Godden's 'An Illustrated Encyclopedia of British Pottery and Porcelain' published in 1965 by Bonanza Books, New York, see p 280). The Brameld brothers continued as operators of the pottery until the Rockingham Works went bankrupt in 1842 and the entire inventory was liquidated in 1843 (ibid p 280-281). And so if you are looking for a stunning antique green glazed creamware leaf plate with strong molded details and no damage, then make sure you seriously consider purchasing this example while it is still available. And as always, this plate also comes with my Docs Antiques 100% satisfaction guarantee or you may return it using my return policy (see below) for a refund minus certain nonrefundable expenses (shipping costs, etc.) if sent back postmarked by 14 days after receipt at your address.
SIZE: This plate has a maximum diameter of 8 3/4 inches and stands about 13/16 inches tall along its outer rim edge. The foot rim on back of the plate has a diameter of 5 11/16 inches across. The plate is the perfect size for displaying either standing in a plate holder on a shelf, table or mantle or china cabinet or hanging along a wall with other antique plates (as always, please only use safe plate hangers).
CONDITION: This plate is in excellent condition with no damage or no chips, hairlines, cracks, repairs, stains, major scratches, or restoration. The only evidence of some 200 years of use and display is some glaze wear on a few of the interior fine raised vein lines from stacking the plate with others and some worn glaze spots on the tips of a few of the serrated rim edges. Consequently, one would be hard pressed to find another finely molded green Brameld plate from the c1815 period in better condition without paying far more than what is asked here. Finally, if the buyer is not completely satisfied, then she/he may return this plate for a refund as noted below (see refund policy below for full details).
SHIPPING: All US mainland buyers pay $10.70 for well packed USPS Priority Mail and this is an estimated savings of $2 to $5 since insurance and tracking are INCLUDED in this amount. That is, the insured postage you pay for delivery in the US is always less than our actual costs or we refund the difference back to you, and there are never any handling or packing fees added to any of your Docs Antiques purchases, ever. All international buyers will also pay less than the actual shipping costs for all verifiable locations outside the Continental US mainland. Send us your address and we will email you up to four options for sending this plate to your country. We only use the USPS for International shipping to reduce broker fees and certain Custom's charges when an item is over 100 years old. Please note that International import duties, taxes and other special charges are not included in the item price or our shipping costs and these additional charges are the Buyer's responsibility. We do offer a petition waiver for VAT relief on the behalf of the buyer which may help reduce certain import taxes when your country grants such petitions for items over 100 years old and the shipping option you select allows a waiver request to be included. Please check with your country's Customs Office to determine what these additional costs will be prior to purchasing this item -- thanks.
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Taking care of a baby is the highest form of love there can ever be!
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The Financial Stability Board (FSB) has now published its fourth annual progress report on the implementation of its principles for sound compensation practices and their implementing standards, found here.
These principles and standards were issued in 2009 and can be seen to act as the basis of the EU's CRD IV, AIFMD and UCITS V remuneration requirements. The report was prepared by the FSB's compensation monitoring contact group (CMCG) and focuses on:
- remaining implementation gaps;
- key challenges;
- evolving practices;
- compensation practices in relation to conduct risk and in the insurance sector.
The Report provides a helpful snapshot of the different G20 countries' approach to remuneration in the FS sector.
Key findings:
- Most FSB jurisdictions have fully implemented the principles and standards for banks. The report contains a table showing national implementation (Annex B) and identifies remaining gaps in national implementation (Annex C).
- Oversight of compensation practices has now been fully embedded in bank supervisory frameworks in most jurisdictions.
- Supervisory focus is now on further improving the governance framework and the risk alignment of compensation.
- Risk alignment of compensation structures, at least for senior executives, has improved.
- Several jurisdictions (both EU and non-EU) observed an increase in the fixed portion of remuneration for 2014 compared to 2011.
- The link between compensation and risk governance frameworks is growing, although there remains room for improvement in developing quantitative and qualitative measures to assess changes in risk-taking behaviour.
- Existing compensation provisions, if properly applied, should enable firms to effectively prevent and deter misconduct.
- There are important differences in the implementation of the principles and standards in the insurance sector across jurisdictions. That said, compensation practices of internationally active insurers are fairly well-aligned across regions.
The report identifies gaps in each country's implementation which can be helpful. It also publishes a table which identifies whether the FSB principles have been implemented by regulation or supervisory oversight and also which countries have not adopted some of the principles. Turkey and Indonesia have yet to adopt a number of them. The review does not give an assessment of the extent to which the principles are implemented.
The FSB has stated that, through the CMCG, it will now only prepare progress reports on the implementation of the principles and standards every two years.


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About a thousand years ago the Church was facing a crisis. This is of course nothing new: the Church is always facing some sort of crisis. This one had to do with music.
For the first millennium of the Church's history composers had been creating music to go with every part of the Mass, along with the divine office, and general hymns of praise, and so on. The total of music was immense, and every last bit of it was in danger of being lost forever because no one could write it down. As St Isadore of Seville put it: "Unless sounds are remembered, they perish, for they cannot be written down." Early attempts at write music at that time consisted of arrow-like markings over the words, indicating if the pitch went up or down, and sometimes elaborate squiggles. However, such markings were mnemonic devices, aimed at helping someone who already knew the piece remember how it went. It would not have been possible for someone who had never before heard the song to pick up a piece so marked and sing it from the page.
Enter the hero of our story, Benedictine monk Guido of Arezzo. Our hero was in charge of teaching music to the young monks in his monastery. While teaching them our hymn for Vespers on the Feast of St. John Baptist, he noticed that each line began on a successive ascending note:
Ut queant laxis
re-sonare fibris:
mi-ra gestorum
fa-muli tuorum:
sol-ve polluti
la-bii reatus:
Sancte Ioannes
If you take the first syllables on which those ascending notes appeared you have Ut, re, mi, fa, sol, la, and si. If you were to change the "ut" to "do" (pronounced as in "a deer"- a female deer) and "si" to "ti" (as in the drink, goes well with jam and bread, so I'm told, I don't like jam) you have something familiar to us all. What Guido had done was give the notes names, and names can be written down. The issue was how.
Eventually the solution he arrived at was to draw four lines over the words, and mark one line either as "ut" or as "fa" and indicate the notes with square dots placed on the line or space over the word, thus indicating that word's pitch. And thus the first modern music notation was born.
He also created a method of teaching singers still used today, wherein singers are trained to sing the intervals by having the singers sing the notes out of order, rather like Julie Andrews in Sound of Music, where she teaches them, as Guido did, first the names of the notes, and them how to move between them "so, do, la, fa, mi, re, do- when you know the notes to sing." And his students could now sing most anything.
The immediate reaction to Guido's brilliant and workable solution was the reward so often given to those who find think outside of the box and find elegant solutions to complicated problems: He was fired. His bishop was upset that Guido turned novices into professional singers, instead of professional pray-ers. But another bishop of a nearby diocese was quite happy to have professional singers, and brought Guido to his place, where he encouraged Guido to write a book on his method. That book, the Micrologus, came to the attention of the pope, who summoned Guido to Rome to explain and demonstrate his new method. Guido did as told, and the pope, after seeing the method demonstrated, almost immediately ordered all monasteries to adopt Guido's methods and set down their music. And thus the crisis was ended.
But Guido's invention stretched far beyond the preservation of Chant. All the music that exists in the West today, whether Polyphony, or Baroque, or Classical, Romantic, Jazz and so on, exists because it could be written down by one writer, and handed over to musicians who could then faithfully reproduce what they saw on the page, even though they had never heard the piece before. And for that, we owe a tremendous debt of gratitude to a simple Benedictine monk, who was simply trying to teach his novices to sing