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I've been meaning to post this for over a week now, so here we go.
Day 1
On Sunday, May 28th, Buddy escaped. He ripped a hole in a screen window on my desk. I got home and discovered the hole not long after it happened, as Mike and I pretty quickly found him underneath the big tree on my front lawn. I went out with his treats and got down to climb under the tree, but as soon as I shook his treats he bolted. We proceeded to chase him around the house twice, but realized he was WAY too fast for us. Last we saw him, he ran down the other side of the neighbor's house and vanished.
Day 3
He turned up again two days later on the the 30th, where he made an appearance in the kitchen. As soon as he saw Mike, he bolted back out the door.
Day 5
On the 1st, I was sitting in my office and I heard the food bowl clank in the kitchen. By the time I got there to investigate, there was no cat. I then got devious and rigged the screen door so I could quickly close it from my desk in case I heard him inside again.
Day 6
The next night, I kicked it up a notch by setting up a webcam watching the back door so I could see if he came inside. Saw him twice that night, but both times I didn't wait for him to get far enough inside and the door made a sound that spooked him before I could trap him.
Day 7
On June 3rd, Perry showed up with a live trap for me. Spent that night with the live trap setup in the kitchen and the webcam watching it. Saw him come in once, but he took one look at the trap and went into the other room and then right back out. I fell asleep on the couch that night, and was awoke at 1:30 in the morning when the trap went off. I caught one of the neighbor cats. He was not very pleased with me.
The next few nights we kept up with the live trap, and then without and didn't see much.
Day 9
June 6th at 1:31am comes around, and he strolls on in and starts meowing for attention. He was very happy to see me, and has made no attempt to get back out since. Poor Buddy had burdocks stuck all through his tail. We had to cut the worst out with scissors. He had bug bites all over him, and several days Mike found two ticks on him. We got them both out and he's had no signs of rings. He does have a wound on his tail that he wouldn't let me get near for about a week. Then he randomly spent a morning pulling all the hair out from around it on his own, and now its healing nicely.
A few days after he came back, I made an interesting discovery. I hadn't noticed before, but one of the neighbor's cats looks JUST like Buddy. Like, from a distance, easily mistakable. I'm wondering now if the cat I kept seeing indoors on the cam wasn't Buddy at all? And the few times we heard the food dish but didn't see anything could have been ANY of the neighbor cats (there's a whole gang of them). It makes me wonder though, as he's made no attempt to get out again and he was so loving when he got home.
He's home and very happy now. He's much more cuddly than he used to be, and hardly leaves my side 🙂


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ED209 Notes
Book 1
ED209 notes – book1,chapter1 – Children and Development (10-01-2009)
ED209 notes – book1,chapter2 – Theories of Development (18-01-2009)
ED209 notes – book1,chapter 3 – Sensation to Perception (26-01-2009)
ED209 notes – book1,chapter 4 – Early Cognitive Development (17-02-2009)
ED209 notes – book1,chapter5 – Temperament and Development (26-02-2009)
ED209 notes – book1,chapter6 – Origins of Development (05-03-2009)
ED209 notes – book1,chapter7 – First Relationships (17-03-2009)
Book 2
ED209 notes – book2,chapter1 – Parenting and Attachment (26-03-2009)
ED209 notes – book2,chapter2 – Disturbed and Disturbing Behaviour (03-04-2009)
ED209 notes – book2,chapter3 – Children's Interactions: Siblings and Peers (08-04-2009)
ED209 notes – book2,chapter4 – The Early Development of Identity (30-04-2009)
ED209 notes – book2,chapter5 – Gender Identity and the Development of Gender Roles (04-05-2009)
ED209 notes – book2,chapter6 – National Identities in Children and Young People (16-05-2009)
ED209 notes – book2,chapter7 – Young Consumers (26-05-2009)
Book 3
ED209 notes – book3,chapter1 – Early category representations and concepts (04-06-2009)
ED209 notes – book3,chapter2 – First words (23-06-2009)
ED209 notes – book3,chapter3 – Brain and cognitive development (10-08-2009)
ED209 notes – book3,chapter4 – The development of children's understanding of grammar (29-06-2009)
ED209 notes – book3,chapter5 – Executive functions in childhood: development and disorder (19-07-2009)
ED209 notes – book3,chapter6 – Understanding minds (09-08-2009)
ED209 notes – book3,chapter7 – Mathematical and scientific thinking (09-08-2009)
ED209 notes – book3,chapter8 – A socio-cognitive perspective on learning and cognitive development (09-08-2009)
Blog posts
All of my blog posts relating to the 2009 presentation of ED209 can be found here: http://www.tenpencepiece.net/blog/tag/ed209/
Other people's notes:
David has a great website containing his OU psychology revision notes. The ED209 section is here: http://psycho.yellowbell.net/ed209/ and also includes contributed audio from Síobhra Reid of some my notes (07-07-2013).
Arnold produced a really nice set of condensed revision notes in 2009 for a strategically chosen set of chapters in this course – see: http://www.foreignperspectives.com/revision-notes/ (09-12-2009).
117 comments
These notes are just brilliant, helped me out so much!!
I really appreciate you making them available, exam tomorrow, fingers crossed..!!!
Tim, thank you, thank you, thank you. I was tearing my hair out wondering how I was going to cram everything into my head in two days. Your notes are fantastic. I feel like I won the lottery finding these – not millions but a good few thousand ;o)
Just wanted to echo the thank you messages, did my exam in oct 2014 and they helped me to pass with a top marks. You are an absolute life saver, thanks again for taking the time to put these up here.
Thanks Tim for sharing these. It has helped me make sense of my ramblings. Exam was today so hopefully it has all been worth it. Best wishes. Fiona
Wonderful work. You must be a genius to have have time to do that.
Thank you.
Hi Tim,
Thank you so much for sharing these notes, they are amazing… far more easy to follow than my ramblings! They are proving to be invaluable to my studies for ED209, and have given me inspiration on structuring my own notes in future modules.
Of course, understood. Thank again 🙂
Many thanks to you Tim. I am rubbish at writing notes & I find that if I read yours at the end of each section I can condense it a lot better.
Also there's no notes on book 4?
Thanks again
This is amazing, thank you SO much. You have helped so many people.
Hi Tim, this may sound a bit cliched at this stage but thanks very much for sharing your notes! I really like the layout and am intending to try my own like this for the next course! Nice use of colours and type to break it in to do-able chunks.
Thanks for your notes Tim. I'm finding them very useful.
Hi Tim
Finding your notes really useful. Thanks
Thanks tim. I'm lost as to how to revise across chapters by the 'themes' in going to learn the chapters as I've done before and hopefully I'll be able to extract the relevant bit for each!!?? 🙂
Tim. We've been told to structure our notes around 'learning outcomes' & the 'summaries' in the chapters. Do your notes do this? Also, I suffer with very bad stress around tma & exam time. Do you have any tips? Thanks for your notes they look very helpful.. Take care, Marie
Hi there
I've been reading your notes through my OU psych journey and found them very reassuring and sort of comforting, like a lighthouse on a far shore…so. Many thanks to you. I've often wondered, with such a succint grasp of the material, how did you fair in your marks? Are you willing to share?
Yours gratefully
Nicole =)
Hi Tim,
I just want to say a big thank you, as these notes are about the only thing close to a revision pack us ED209ers will have this year. As you know Erica Cox (genius) was the main contributor to these packs, so unless you pre-ordered a pack months ago, they are no longer available to order and the OU won't have a revised pack ready until next year. So it is you, dear Tim, who has bridged the gap this year, and I for one am much obliged.
All I can say is thank you for doing all these notes. They will be a god send I am getting lost in revision.
Hi Tim.
I think some one is looking after me from above, as I happen to come across your site while looking up about Erika Cox (May she rest in peace.)! Thank you.
This is my first OU degree module and my first exam in a very, very long while.
Having your notes are both reassuring and comforting. Thanks again.
Good luck with your endeavours.
Hi Tim,
Thank you for your notes. My first exam (dse212) was a couple of months ago and I managed to get Pass 2, but my score was only 72%…I could have 'failed' by getting pass 3. My ed 209 exam will be in October and I decided to use your notes as a part of preparation strategy. I have realised that learning the information and then using it are two different things. The questions can be worded so awkwardly that even if we know the contents of the chapters it does not mean that we can write good essays. By the way it is the first year when ED 209 questions will be based on different chapters within one book…
I cant believe I have come across this! So great for me as really want a kick start for ED209 which I begin in October but will need to juggle with my newborn arriving mid-November so this is just brilliant as I can know where to start my own reading!
Thanks for this Tim!!
Hi Tim,
Thanks so much for sharing your notes Tim 🙂
I'm just about to start book 2.. I found it very difficult to consense all the info in book 1 but from now on I will be consulting your notes prior to making my own!!
Hi Tim, Fantastic notes. Thank you. Do you have any idea what determines the final grade on ED209? Is it a straight 50/50 split between the exam and TMAs or is it the lower mark of the two? Im getting lost in the forum. Thanks again
Thanks. Your notes are still being used and soooo helpful. I've learned to be more concise instead of rewriting the textbook.
Hi Tim,
Your chapter summaries are great, and extremely useful. Would've struggled these past few days without them. Just a quick Q when to quote 'w.r.t' does that stand for 'with reference to'?
Thanks Tim,
I have next to no time to revise so your notes have become a real game changer!!
Hi Tim
Thank you so much for these notes. Another student friend gave me the link and I am so thankful and thank you for sharing!
Tim you are a legend! These notes are great thank you so much, just one more question can I borrow your brain for the exam?!? Thanks
God bless you!!! Thanks <3 <3 <3
Hi Tim
It's taken me a while to get round to doing this, but I wanted to thank you for your 209 notes, they were very very helpful when I was preparing for my exam and helped me prioritise my subjects and develop precise revision tables for myself. This was the final module for me as I did my choices in an unusual order. Primarily this was because of exam fear; I much prefer course work. I sat my exam on 18/10/11 it was the first exam I'd sat since 1975. I got my result; a Pass 1 at 95% so the revision strategy worked. Thank you again. I have my BA with Hons and start my Masters in Childhood and Youth on Oct 2nd this year with the OU. I couldn't have done it without your help
Oh my I can not thank you enough for these notes I have had so much going on in my life this year I had no idea how I was going to even start sorting revision notes, even contemplated deferring the exam, I may just pass this exam now THANK YOU
you are my hero.. many things
I can honestly say your notes got me to my exam and passed it! using 303 notes now! HERO!!! and thank you xx
many thanks for the notes… they are soooo helpful. thanks
Dear Tim, you are a legend! Just had a massive change of modus operandi from book 2 to book 3 and run off your invaluable notes. Thanks Tim.
Thanks a lot – looks really useful!
Dear Tim,
Thank you so much for these notes! It will help me big time!
Best regards
Hi Tim
Many thanks for publishing these notes. I just heard about them today from a fellow student. I believe they will be very useful for my forthcoming exam. Thanks for all your effort.
Thank you very much for these notes they will help enormously, I was just starting to lose myself in the books
You are an angel. Your notes are brill, thank you so much you've no idea how much my stress has gone down. I'll do something really nice for some stranger as a thank you to you.
Just discovered these in my efforts to understand epigenesis – oh my goodness you are an absolute SAINT for producing this lot. Fantastic for revision notes. A huge thank you from me.
hi tim
Thank you for being so generous with your studies.
I don't know what's happening, but everytime I try to open one of the links, my computer says there's something wrong with the web page and won't open them.
Is there any other way to access your notes?
Many thanks
Dear Tim,
Thanks ever so much for sharing your work with the rest of the world,
I jumped from E100(level 1) to ED209 and found it quite shocking!
You really made a difference to the whole experience of my studies!!
Kind Regards Linda
Hi Tim ,
Is there any place you know that i could find the course books in audio format ?
Bookmarking this as I'm doing ED209 next February, it's nice to get a feel for the course in advance – many thanks!
Just wanted to say thanks. I'm revising for the 2010 sitting of ED209 and your notes are really helpful.
My next course is EA300….please make notes on this for me!! lol
Thanks again!
Hi there Tim,
Fantastic of you to share your notes like this! I too admire your good will and I feel that your blogg is valuable to me and will aid alongside my Erika Cox revision pack when it comes to exam prep!
Thank you so much!
Regards, Kim x
You are a God- send for some like me who is unable to attend lectures often. Your notes are concise and to the point.Admire your good will. will donate.
Really do appreciate the time you must have put into all this, and for graciously sharing.
I will donate.
Thank you
Tim, thanks so much for sharing these fantastic notes. I have Erika Cox's revision booklets but I keep coming back to yours . Good luck with the exam – if your notes, discipline and organisation are anything to go by, you'll do extremely well!
Just found this site….
I think you have saved that day! for me anyway… I was in revision hell, this is such a life-line
p.s. I agree with you on the 'mind-map' thing; I find them useful only for analysing complexity. as a memory aid – useless.
Hi, Tim,
congrats on a superb body of work. I'd love to know your method, it looks much superior to mine which consists of:
1. skim read chapter for overview.
2. Read study guide for key concepts.
3. Write notes for chapter (Cornell method).
4. condense notes as much as possible for revision.
5. forget everything I've just done.
How you produce this quality of work and do your job at the same time, I can't imagine.
Thank you.
good luck with the exam.
Chris Sutor.
Hi Tim,
My first visit to your site. What a pleasure and a treasure trove! So grateful for your willingness to share with us. Given that I was bereaved of any tutorial interaction (non existent in my area) it is a refreashing to have an 'exchange of ideas', albeit one-way since I'm not talented enough to produce such a master piece as yours.
Wishing you well and much success on the exam!
Thanks for sharing your fantastic notes!! where do you live? I'll buy you a drink after the exam! Fran
Thank you so so much for all your hard work Tim – you really are a star!!!!
Your notes are brilliant and so easy to use – I have no excuses for not revising well now…..
All the best for your future,
Kind regards,
Sarah x
Hi Tim, just to wish you all the very best for the 21st- have been reading the blog and also wish to thank you for notes which I have found a tremendous supplement to my own revision notes- they are a bit pathetic by comparison! 🙂
Kindest regards to all who have battled ED209…
Hi Tim,
I have used your notes to revise from and l wanted to thank you for saving me so much time.
A BIG thankyou.
Hi Tim
Many many thanks for your fantastic notes, what can I say except for thanking you for saving me another 2weeks of note taking before I can actually revise them. They are set out so well and understandble. Wish I knew this website existed before thank you once again you really are a hardworking star xxx
Tim, what can I say!!! life saver. I love you!!!!
This is so useful thank you very much. Well done for your contribution.
Just wanted to say you are a complete legend! Thank you so much you may have actually saved my exam. Thanks again!
Hi Tim,
I can't believe I have only just discovered your notes for ED209- they are fantastic!! I don't suppose you have them for DSE212 by any chance? I know it's cheeky but I have to ask!
I am grateful that there are people like you who can subsume vast amounts of material and produce it in a succinct form for altruistic distribution.
Your notes are excellent Tim, thank you for sharing all your hard work with us. I for one truly appreciate it 🙂
Hi, Please re-submit your notes on C.3/Book 3. I cannot access them and so far ALL of your notes have been invaluable. Many thanks
thanks for the note…they are brilliant…its all because of ur notes i pass my assignments
It just struck me seeing as the seen question has recently turned up that 80% of the people who've been turning up regularly at this page are going to be disappointed. Somehow I can't see you having quite enough hours in the day to write up notes on all five topics!
Or, of course, we could all do whatever option you choose and thereby completely throw the OU come exam time 🙂
Hi Tim,
You're a life-saver when it comes to trying to organise thoughts that are all muddled up in preperation for an assignment. Many thanks for all your hard work!! 🙂
Thank you very much, Tim 🙂
You are a darling, deserving a cuddle :-))
I'm trying to gather as many notes as possible alongside mine, and your notes are the best. :-))
Take care xx
Brilliant notes for ED209. Thanks for blogging them!!
Tim, have come on here for the first time to read your notes on chapter 3 of book 2- they are fantastic.It has clarified so much of what i was struggling with. Can't thank you enough.
Hi Tim,
Your notes are great. I am a little behind but due to the reason that I have just got back after getting married in Las Vegas- so still trying to plough through Chapter 1 of Book 2 . Very many thanks for you publishing these notes to assist others.
Finding it rather hard to keep up on this course anyway – not like DSE212.
Best wishes,
You're very welcome, Kate!
Tim Sir…. You are an inspiration! Thank you for providing further distraction to my already rather chaotic study schedule. If you don't mind, I shall be printing out your chapter summaries & perusing them with greatest pleasure over the next few days. I'm really loving your blog. Keep the anecdotes flowing – it's all most refreshing.
Hi Tim,
Your notes are brilliant thanks!
Jennifer x
Brilliant indeed Tim. The only problem we're going to have with them is that you'll only be doing notes on one of the book 4 options!
Hi Tim. just got here via the link on your posting in the ED2909 forum. Great to hear that someone else has got procrastinating down to a fine art! Just read your notes for Chap1 Bk2 – they're great!
Hey Tim,
love the blog, love the notes for ED209. Well done and keep up the good work
Congratulations on your blog!
I find your notes really useful.
Would you consider publishing your notes for DSE212?

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Why South Africa is braced for an unwanted baby boom
16 babies a month are dumped through this hatch and it is predicted that the number of abandoned children will rise drastically nine months after the World Cup. Many of them will be born to prostitutes who are unable to support them. Rosanna Greenstreet reports on how the already overstretched South African orphanages are preparing to cope
The Door of Hope in Johannesburg receives around 16 children a month in its 'baby bin' (concealed behind the hinged metal door)
Outside the Berea Baptist Mission Church, in one of the most crime-ridden streets in downtown Johannesburg, South Africa's largest city, there's a 'baby bin'. A bit like a clothing recycling bin on a UK high street, it consists of a hatch in the church wall, covered by a metal flap labelled 'Door of Hope', where desperate mothers can come, 24 hours a day, seven days a week, to leave tiny children they haven't the money, health or support to care for. Sixteen babies are routinely dumped in the box behind the flap every month (about the same number that are abandoned in the UK in a whole year).
The baby bin was installed in 1999 by the church's pastor Cheryl Allen, after she realised that newborns were being left by their mothers to die in toilets, rubbish bins, in fields and out in the bush. South Africa is home to the highest number of people living with HIV in the world, and half the population is below the poverty line. The combination of these two factors makes the abandonment of newborns by their mothers a horrifyingly common occurrence. It is estimated that 50 children are dumped each month in Johannesburg alone, and there are even cases of babies in refuse bags being tossed on to highways, to be run over by cars. The Johannesburg baby bin was created as a way for women to at least abandon their children as safely as possible.
Kate Allen, the pastor's daughter-in-law and director of the church's three orphanages, explains: 'There is a weight sensor inside the baby bin. As soon as a mother places her child in the box, a bell rings in our baby home. We go down, unlock the bin, take out the child and welcome it into our family. The babies are often newborn, although some mothers try to look after them for two or three months and then give up. We have taken some as old as two, but most are under a year.'
This August, the 'Door of Hope' baby bin will have been in operation for 11 years and taken delivery of 890 children. Kate says: 'When we first started we received between four and six children a month. That increased to eight, last year it was 12 and, since the beginning of this year, we've had 16 children every month.'
Playtime at Shepherd's Keep orphanage in Durban
Kate attributes the increase in abandoned babies to the economic downturn, which has left one in four South Africans jobless. 'People are struggling to provide for their families and there is a lot of prostitution. Mothers who are prostitutes will have their babies, abandon them, and then go back to work. It's horrific. We don't ever see or hear them, as most children are abandoned at night, but it is not hard to imagine the mother's agony as she leaves her baby in the bin and runs off.'
And Kate is preparing for an extra-busy baby bin in nine months' time – because of the World Cup. Football fans from 32 countries are converging on the nine cities where matches are being held. Most of the estimated 450,000 tourists are men and, although sex work is illegal in South Africa, many unwanted babies will inevitably be conceived by women working as prostitutes during the competition.
Orphanages in cities like Johannesburg and Durban are bracing themselves for a deluge of abandoned babies. 'All we can do is prepare space for them,' says Kate at the Door of Hope. 'We are looking into creating a children's village where we can build cottages, but this won't be in place for a couple of years. We've seen the perfect plot of land, but we need four million rand [about £400,000] to fund it. We are in crisis mode now and battling to find enough space. We've just taken out some cupboards in one of our bedrooms to make more room!'
In Durban, artist Lara Mellon, 40, has begun a campaign called Every ONE Counts to raise funds for the city's Shepherd's Keep orphanage. She was inspired by a newspaper story in which Shepherd's Keep founder Colin Pratley talked about the need for an advance strategy to deal with the World Cup problem – in response to which Durban's city manager Michael Sutcliffe dismissed the issue as unimportant. 'He said that even if 1,000 sex workers abandoned 1,000 babies, that didn't warrant an issue to be made of it,' recalls Lara. 'I was astounded. Just one abandoned baby is too many.'
Inside Shepherd's Keep
Every ONE Counts campaigner Lara Mellon sells artwork to raise funds for Shepherd's Keep; one of the paintings donated to Lara
Three babies are dumped every 48 hours in KwaZulu-Natal province, where Durban is the largest city. Lara felt compelled to do something for the World Cup babies who are likely to raise that figure. She says: 'I lay on my bed and imagined a gallery filled with 1,000 paintings, representing the 1,000 babies mentioned in that newspaper article. I sent a mail-out to all my artist friends asking them to contribute work, and the response was overwhelming.'
Artists from around the globe are donating works to the Every ONE Counts campaign and each piece will be sold for 1,000 rand (about £100). 'So far we've had 300 pledges of pictures,' says Lara. 'We've received 150 of those and 52 have already sold. Primarily the works are sold through Facebook. All sorts of people are buying them, in New York, New Zealand and the UK – including many who wouldn't normally even visit a gallery.'
Shepherd's Keep orphanage does not have a baby bin, but its staff work closely with the Durban police, who bring them abandoned babies found in the area. Michelle Potgieter, director of Shepherd's Keep, says: 'Today we received a newborn found in a park. Last month, we received a baby who was left deep in the bush – her mother obviously never intended her to be found. The child had peeled from head to foot due to sun exposure and red ants were hanging from every inch of her flesh – they had to be prised off. She had been there for two or three days and couldn't cry any more, she was absolutely hoarse. Like many of our babies, she has been diagnosed with post-traumatic stress syndrome. She will go to sleep and wake up screaming in terror.'
Most children are abandoned at night. It is not hard to imagine the mother's agony as she leaves her baby in the bin and runs off'
Michelle has also identified a worrying new trend. She says: 'We have discovered that lots of babies, found in toilets and in plastic bags, are botched abortions. Despicable people are advertising abortions for women who are as much as seven months pregnant. A mother takes a pill to induce early labour and thinks that she has aborted her foetus, but she hasn't; she has given birth to a living, breathing baby, tied it up in a plastic bag and left it for dead.'
Others are clearly left in the hope that someone will find and care for them – near a church or hospital, with their belongings neatly packed. 'A tin of formula left with the child immediately tells you that the mother has HIV,' says Michelle, 'because breastfeeding is the tradition here, as it is free. You just know that this mother has had to leave her most precious possession because she's dying. It's so sad.'
Shepherd's Keep looks after the babies from birth to six months. By the time a child is six months old, it is hoped that any necessary medical investigations will be complete and that a social worker will have sourced adoptive parents. These mostly live outside South Africa – in Denmark, Australia, New Zealand, Canada and the UK. If no suitable parents are found, the children move on to government-run orphanages.
The orphanage's founders Colin and Cheryl Pratley with residents
'We have a huge problem with adoption in this country,' Michelle explains. 'There are areas where the HIV infection rate is one in two. This impacts on the nation's ability to care for its own children. Also, within black culture [the vast majority of abandoned babies are black], men are very reluctant to adopt somebody else's baby.'
Of the 54 children currently living at the Door of Hope orphanages in Johannesburg (where most children are adopted by the age of six), three are HIV positive. 'It's difficult to place HIV-positive children,' says Kate Allen, 'so they usually go to special homes. However, next week we have our first HIV-positive adoption! If these children have the correct medication and diet, we expect them to have a full life expectancy.
'It doesn't necessarily mean that the child is positive if the mother is,' she adds. 'If a baby is only a few days old, we test for the mother's antibodies in the child's blood. If we have a positive result, we give the baby Nevirapine (an antiretroviral drug which can suppress the HIV virus if the child is under 72 hours old). When the baby's blood is tested at three months, there is an 85 per cent chance of it testing negative.'
At Shepherd's Keep in Durban, Michelle is equally optimistic. 'Babies arrive in a terrible state,' she says, 'but when they leave us, they are the picture of health, even the little ones who are HIV-positive. We make sure the antiretroviral drugs are tailored to them and that their nutritional programme includes additional vitamins to boost their immune system. Obviously they will have to live careful lives, but I don't see why they shouldn't live long lives.
In the early days, people would say, 'You are wasting money on HIV-positive babies because they are going to die anyway.' And I would reply, 'You wouldn't say that if this baby had cancer.' Lara Mellon's Every ONE Counts campaign is rightly saying that every baby is worth exactly the same, no matter where they come from.'
Recently, an English lawyer and his wife returned to Durban with two little girls they adopted from Shepherd's Keep several years ago. Found abandoned separately, the girls were exactly the same age and adopted as twins. Michelle says: 'It was a joy to see the turn their lives have taken. Now these little girls travel the world, and to hear their English accents, and think of where they came from, is extraordinary.'
Let's hope the tales of the babies born in the wake of the World Cup have a happy ending too.
Every One Counts, everyonecounts.co.za
Door of Hope, holeinthewall.org.za
Shepherd's Keep, shepherdskeep.org.za


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Of all the species of life on this planet, humans are quite possibly the weakest, most helpless creature of all at birth. While some animals like horses and other quadrupeds start running around within a few minutes of being born, human babies must be cared after for several years before they are independent enough to potentially survive on their own. Thankfully, human babies have one distinct advantage that allows them to survive - great parenting.
Humans care for and fuss over their babies to an almost unprecedented extent in the animal kingdom. It's this constant care and attention that allowed us to survive insurmountable odds and become the dominant species on the planet. While this is not to say that other animals don't take excellent care of their babies too, we humans are quick to notice and remedy even the smallest discomfort our kids may be feeling.
Recently, Kansas resident Scott Walker had a pretty big scare involving his infant daughter, Molly. She was having a crying fit and seemed to be overheating. In order to alleviate what he thought was a fever, Scott's wife, Jess, took off Molly's socks. That's when he discovered something truly weird that neither he nor his wife had seen before. After fixing the problem, he took to Facebook to warn other parents about it.
"Had a small scare this afternoon with Ms. Molly. What happened was new to me, but apparently not totally uncommon, so I figured I'd share with my fellow parents out there."
"I was with the family over lunch and Molly was cranky and screaming - nothing out of the ordinary. As worked up as she was getting, she started to overheat, which prompted Jess to remove her socks and cool her down. That's when we saw her toe. This is called a 'hair tourniquet,' which is literally a strand of hair that, while inside a sock, unexplainably wraps around a toe so tight that it can cut through the skin and potentially cut off blood circulation."
"Luckily for Molly, she has a mother with medical emergency superpowers who was able to remove the hair with tweezers and a magnifying glass within a few minutes."
"This picture was taken about 45 minutes after the hair was removed. Unfortunately, the hair managed to cut all the way through Molly's skin, completely around her toe, but it could have been worse had it gone much longer untreated, or if the hair wasn't accessible.
The doctor told me, for future reference, to always check the toes if the baby is inconsolable. Just an FYI to any parents or care takers out there."
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This Side of Married (Compact Disc)
Special Order—Subject to Availability
Reminiscent of the work of Laurie Colwin, This Side of Married is a brilliant, ironic, domestic comedy of manners. Full of surprises, yet filled with feeling, it is witty, intelligent, and utterly delicious. The Rubin daughters are three eligible sisters from an affluent suburban Philadelphia family whose well-meaning but domineering mother is single-mindedly determined to see them all happily married. We meet them at a Sunday brunch, where Dr. Rubin is scheming to introduce her eldest daughter, Alice, to a doctor who is almost too good to be true. But why hasn't Alice, who is beautiful and smart, been able to find a husband on her own? Is her sister Isabel genuinely happy in her marriage--and if so, why won't her husband cooperate with her attempts to get pregnant? And is Tina, the youngest of the sisters, as shallow as she seems, or is she something worse than shallow? Like a modern Jane Austen, Rachel Pastan gives us an utterly delicious novel in which "the mating habits of the subspecies we might call Very Intelligent Women are examined by a writer whose eye is sharp, whose wit is keen, and whose heart is open to the possibilities that love offers" (Ann Packer).


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About Donating Books
Are you thinking about donating books to the Hyogo International Plaza Resource Center?
About Donating Books
We at the Hyogo International Plaza Resource Center are grateful to receive many donations of rare books, including English-language books and specialized texts.
However, we receive many donations of books that duplicate items already in our collection or are too damaged to place on our shelves.
We have been accepting these books in order to make maximum effective use of them, but shelf space is limited, and we find ourselves unable to continue accepting books unconditionally. We have therefore implemented the below guidelines on donating books.
We hope to continue our efforts to enrich the library collection. Thank you for your understanding.
Book Donation Guidelines
Acceptance Guidelines
We will only accept books that fall under the following categories (not including magazines).
1.Books that are not duplicates of material already in the collection (other than books in the collection that need to be replaced due to damage)
2.Books that are in good quality (damaged books will be declined)
3.Books with content judged to be appropriate for the Resource Center
(Examples: Books on international exchange and cooperation, books on the development of international human resources, books on international topics, books on multiculturalism, books on Japanese language education, books in foreign languages, books for foreign residents to learn about Japanese culture, etc)
Use Guidelines
We will use donated books in the following ways. Please note that the decision of how the book will be used is up to the Resource Center.
1.Register in the Resource Center collection
2.Donate to other organizations
3.Provide to book bazaars
*If we cannot process the book using the above options, we may dispose of it.
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When most in Los Angeles hear stories regarding workers' compensation claims, they may likely assume them to involve injuries suffered while on the job. While that may be the case in many situations, such an assumption may fail to take into account the emotional toll that one's career can exact. Such a toll may result in psychological or emotional issues that can be equally as damaging as physical injuries. Unfortunately, securing workers' compensation benefits for stress and psychological issues may not be as simple as it is when dealing with typical work-related injuries.
Stress cited as reason for Uber employee's suicide
Defining soft fraud
The following scenario has been relayed to us here at Sacks and Zolonz LLP several times before: an employee slips and falls at work, resulting in knee injury. After a while, word comes out that he or she is also experiencing neck and back pain due to the accident, and suddenly needs more money to cover medical expenses and compensate for time off of work. If this describes the same situation you are currently having with an employee, you may be facing a bit of a conundrum: On the one hand, you may feel sympathetic to his or her suffering and simply want him or her to improve. On the other, you may be wondering how one single incident could produce so many health issues.
What should I know about workers' comp in CA?
For California workers, being hurt on the job can be a devastating experience. Loss of income can quickly lead to financial instability, which is why most employers are obligated to carry workers' compensation insurance to protect their employees in the event of a workplace injury. Knowing the ins and outs of workers' compensation law is crucial to this end, so that you can be sure that your employer is abiding by all pertinent rules and regulations.
Signs of work comp fraud that employers should be aware of
In our last post, we highlighted new potential legislation that would give the Division of Workers' Compensation more resources to detect and prevent fraudulent claims. Yes, false claims do not outnumber legitimate claims, but fraud still causes problems for employers and insurers alike.
New bill to give work comp fraud investigators more power
Workers' compensation fraud is still a pervasive issue in the state of California. In a number of posts we have highlighted the drains on the state's work comp system and shown that fraud could lead to criminal sanctions. While it is a necessary function, the state does not necessarily allocate many resources towards investigating fraud.
Why are nurses at such high risk for work injuries?
If you are a nurse in the Los Angeles area, then you are already aware of what a rewarding but difficult job it can be. You may not be aware, however, that those who work in the nursing profession run a particularly high risk of being injured on the job. According to NPR, more than 35,000 injuries to nurses are reported annually and the main culprit is clear: lifting and moving heavy patients.
State pursues alleged workers' compensation fraud
Most California employers are mandated by law to carry workers' compensation insurance. This insurance is to provide benefits to employees who are injured on the job or who develop work-related illnesses. In addition to being required to carry appropriate insurance coverage, employers are supposed to report employee status and injury per regulations. These laws help to keep the system working fairly for all employers.
Man crushed by three-ton concrete wall
It may be no secret to anyone in California who works in the construction industry that jobs in this sector put workers in potentially hazardous situations on a fairly regular basis. It is for this reason that there are so many safety regulations and laws in place. Workers should be able to know that their employers follow these rules so that they feel safe when going to work each day.
OSHA violations on construction sites
As the owner of a construction company, you have a particularly important job to keep your various workplaces safe for all employees. While you may not be able to avoid all possible injuries, you can benefit from protecting your site from the most common OSHA violations, thereby keeping your employees safer on the job. Here at Sacks and Zolonz, we understand the gravity of workplace injury claims, and we want to provide you with fair representation if an accident occurs. However, the best defense is to maintain facilities with the utmost safety standards.
How to reduce workers' compensation fraud
Since your employees may be tempted to abuse your workers' compensation benefits, you should be proactive about preventing fraudulent claims. You can take this precautionary measure through clear procedures regarding workplace injuries, as well as regular communication with your employees. Here at Sacks and Zolonz, our objective is to protect you from unnecessary and fraudulent claims.
What if your employee's depression was caused by his or her job?
There are many types of workplace injuries that can happen at your company. Some individuals may suffer from carpal tunnel while others may deal with extremely serious injuries such as head trauma, broken bones, burns and lacerations. It makes sense of course that some individuals in certain workforces are more likely to get injured than others and companies do their best to make sure these injuries rarely happen.
What OSHA violations should I watch for?
As a business owner in California, the last thing you want is for one of your employees to get hurt or killed in a workplace accident. Not only is there the potential for loss of life, but also the rise in costs that can occur if you have a workers' compensation claim or have to train a new employee to take the injured employee's place. The Department of Labor's blog lists the top OSHA violations that produce the most injuries and fatalities so you know what to watch out for in your industry.


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Less than 10 minutes' walk from Brighton's beach and pier, Boydens Guest House is located on a quiet residential road. A flat-screen TV and an en suite bathroom are included in the individually decorated rooms. The beautiful and unusual Royal Pavilion is just 600 metres from Boydens. Freshly cooked full English breakfasts are served in the bright and modern dining room. Free Wi-Fi is accessible throughout and guests are also provided with tea and coffee making facilities in their room. Brighton Rail Station is a 5-minute taxi journey away and East Sussex Hospital is a 10-minute walk from Boydens Guest House. The shops, bars and restaurants in Brighton's centre can be reached after 20 minutes' walk.
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Enchanting Co-op Platformer Launches on PlayStation 4, Releases on Xbox One Tomorrow
QUEBEC CITY – September 30, 2014 – Frima Studio today announced that couch co-op platformer Chariot is available now on PlayStation 4 in North America and will be available worldwide tomorrow for Xbox One. It will launch October 22, 2014 on PlayStation 4 for EU territories, and release dates for Wii U and Steam will be revealed soon. Chariot follows a princess and her fiancé's expedition through the royal catacombs in order to find a sepulchre worthy of His Majesty's final resting place. Mayhem and mischief await in diverse, stunning environments, and players must rely on their wits and teamwork to survive their perilous journey.
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Hickman Gets Epically Secretive in "Avengers" & "New Avengers"
When it comes to crises on an epic scale the Avengers are the first responders of the Marvel Universe. It doesn't matter if the danger is caused by rampaging super villains, power hungry aliens or malevolent cosmic beings — the Avengers take on all comers. That doesn't mean, however, that they tackle every crisis in exactly the same way. Some threats need to be stopped by an overwhelming and public show of force from a large group of heroes, while others are best tackled by a small, elite, clandestine band of heroes.
In "Avengers" #1, on sale now, writer Jonathan Hickman and artist Jerome Opena begin telling stories that will often feature the latter approach. In January's "New Avengers" #1 Hickman reteams with his "Fantastic Four" collaborator, artist Steve Epting, to tell stories featuring the former approach. Comic Book Resources spoke with Hickman about his plans for both Marvel NOW! titles.
In the seventh issue of the first volume of "New Avengers" writer Brian Michael Bendis introduced the idea of a super powered "Illuminati" group composed of powerful and notable heroes from the various corners and communities of the Marvel Universe. When Hickman first started working with Marvel back in 2008 he began talking with editor Tom Brevoort about ways to revive the Illuminati.
"When I was presented with the opportunity to do the Avengers books I immediately knew that I was going to make 'New Avengers' the Illuminati. I wanted to do a massive story about these super heroes who are in the middle of what is essentially a no-win, super secret mission that no one else in the Marvel Universe can, or will, know about," Hickman told CBR News. "So they have a secret and they have to keep it, but it's different than with the previous incarnations that appeared in Brian Bendis' Illuminati stories because the point of most of that, especially the early stuff, was looking backwards at their influence during pivotal, historical points in the Marvel Universe. This is different, this starts today and goes forward. And what they're up to now will matter as much as any book in the Marvel Universe."
The structure and membership of the Illuminati of "New Avengers" will remain very similar to the original group. "I'm trying to be incredibly reverent to the origin that Brian and Alex [Maleev] put together when they first formed this. There aren't elections being held every four years where the various members of the Avengers, mutant and Inhuman communities vote new people in," Hickman explained. "These guys have an unwritten pact to come together to handle crises that are of a certain magnitude."
"They're not a team. They're not best friends. They don't live in the same house and they don't share the same lives. They just get together and 'do things,' which is an interesting dynamic," Hickman continued. "It means that Namor is not invested in what Captain America has going on in his life, and Tony Stark isn't invested in what's going on in Black Bolt's life. So there's always a certain amount of conflict and angst whenever they get together. They have competing time frames and agendas that will become more pronounced over time."
Namor, Tony Stark, Doctor Strange and Black Bolt have been part of the Illuminati since the group first gathered. Captain America is a new addition who joined when the group during the recent "Hood and the Infinity Gems" story line.
"Brian Bendis introduced Cap to the group in 'Avengers,'" Hickman said. "So he'll be there trying very hard to be team leader Captain America and I don't think that it will go incredibly well."
In "New Avengers" #1 Hickman brings a character that originally wanted nothing to do with the Illuminati back into their orbit. "The book starts in Wakanda," Hickman stated. "Something happens there, and if you remember the very first thing that Brian did with the Illuminati was when they all got together the Black Panther said, 'What you are doing is not only dangerous, but wrong.' It's not that he thought it was a bad idea, it was a wrong idea."
For him to call them together, something of a certain magnitude obviously happens that turns his world upside down. He's certainly not happy about having to call these guys together, especially considering one of the people he calls in is Namor," Hickman continued. "Namor attacked Wakanda in 'AvX', and Atlantis and Wakanda are now at war. So for him to weigh that war and the event and find in favor of the event, obviously this means we're talking about something that's pretty massive."
Like the original group, the new incarnation of the Illuminati that comes together in the introductory arc of "New Avengers" will be a clandestine force. "The line up will be constant for a reasonable amount of time, but that doesn't mean that the group won't grow or change and new people won't be needed and won't be brought in," Hickman explained. "That also doesn't mean that certain people won't get cast out or won't be found wanting, and that doesn't mean that they won't fail. The Illuminati as a 'group' might not even make it intact past the first six issues."
The scope and scale of the stories in "New Avengers" will range from the epic to the intimate. "We want the stories to have rhythm so that the book remains dynamic. The first issue is very wide and very action packed. The second issue is not at all. It's basically a bunch of dudes sitting around a room trying to figure out what happened in issue #1, until the floor drops out, and then issue #3 is probably one of the biggest things I've ever written," Hickman explained. "That's kind of the structure the book will have, moving back-and-forth between 'oh my god adventures' and then 'what does it all mean?'"
The size of the "New Avengers'" adventures may vary but the capability of their foes will not. Hickman has a whole host of adversaries lined up to test his protagonists' mettle, and some of them will know the New Avengers quite well. "We'll of course have new and traditional bad guys, but the ultimate adversaries for these guys are each other," Hickman said. "The danger is themselves. That's the whole point of the book."
The divisive dangers of "New Avengers" will be brought to life by Hickman's former "Fantastic Four" collaborator Steve Epting. "Steve's great. He's tonally perfect for this, and he's getting to draw a lot of stuff that he really digs," Hickman remarked. "He obviously can draw Captain America. He's wild about Doctor Strange, loves Black Panther, has drawn Black Bolt plenty of times, and he draws a great Namor. So Steve is fantastic. I love working with him. He knows how I feel about him and his work."
While Hickman and Epting have teamed before, "Avengers" marks the first time the writer has collaborated with Jerome Opena. "Jerome, what's is there to say? There's a pretty good reason he's getting the push he is from Marvel. Look at what he's done in the last bit, he basically built a new world in X-Force, and I'm happy to say it's no different here in 'Avengers.'"
The Avengers are already are one of the biggest teams in the Marvel Universe, but in the debut issue of this latest volume Hickman kicks off a set of plans to make the team and the threats they face even larger. There will be some similarities to the stories Hickman told in "Ultimate Comics Ultimates," which feature the Ultimate Universe's version of the Avengers, but the nature of the Marvel U and the tone of the story means overall the book will be very different.
"I think some of that velocity and scale will translate, but the characters are very different and I, of course, can't do a lot of the things I was able to do with a book in the Ultimate line," Hickman said. "On top of that, 'Ultimate Comics Ultimates' was really a story about everything going wrong. So tonally this will be radically different. 'Avengers' is a book about a better tomorrow. It's really the utopian Avengers. I've said in other interviews that thematically 'New Avengers' and 'Avengers' are two sides of the same coin. The 'Avengers' is about life, and 'New Avengers' is about death. One book is about day and the other is about night. One is about light the other is about darkness.
"There's a very real contrast to the kinds of stories we're telling between the two," Hickman continued. "'New Avengers' is a heavy, heavy book. 'Avengers' is very hopeful, very positive. They're both big books, but certainly if you're looking for a more 'Fantastic Four' kind of vibe in regards to the type of stories I'm doing, 'Avengers' is certainly more that book."
In "Avengers" #1 Hickman starts of with a cast of characters who also appeared in the recent "The Avengers" feature film: Captain America, Iron Man, Black Widow, Hawkeye, Thor, and the Hulk. As the action escalates, the ranks of the Avengers will increase dramatically, because they'll be up against several god-like, cosmic beings.
"They're up against a group called The Garden, which is composed of beings that are all avatars of creation myths. They were made to do a certain job in the universe, and one of those things is to prepare worlds to become better worlds. So they're not necessarily black hat bad guys. They're doing what they think is right, unfortunately that's not good for Earth," Hickman said with a laugh. "So the Avengers have to contend with untraditional villains. A threat that's much more evolved, which means they have to evolve themselves."
Hickman's initial "Avengers" arc spans three issues and sets up the new status quo for the team. "It's told through the eyes of the new characters joining the Avengers, but it's a book about Captain America having an idea and how he, along with Tony Stark, went about doing it," Hickman stated.
"Avengers" #3-6 will be separate done-in-one stories that continue to set up the immense world Hickman is building in the book. "There's just so much going on in those first six issues. It feels like the first day on a new job where you're just trying to keep up with all the new stuff that you're learning." Hickman remarked. " I'm not worried about people not being interested or not enjoying the book. It's a lot of fun. I worry that the velocity — how quickly books are coming out — creates a different reading experience than the fans are used to. So, I'm not sure how they're going to take it, but hey, that's what's cool about trying new things. Who knows what's going to happen?"
"We certainly wanted it to be a different from a normal comics experience where you read a book and you wait a month or whatever," Hickman continued. "We wanted to use the double shipping plus the 'New Avengers' story going on in the background of Avengers to create this big, almost weekly, Marvel comic. So, we'll see. I do think it's going to be a different experience."
Hickman knows not every reader will be able to afford both "Avengers" and "New Avengers," especially with them shipping twice a month, which is one of the reasons why both books will be able to be read on their own. Readers who do take the time and money to invest in both books will be rewarded with glimpses at the connective tissue that binds both "Avengers and "New Avengers" together.
"They really are both two sides of the same story. You don't need to read one to get what's going on the other, but you get a little extra if you do. By the end of January four issues of 'Avengers' and two issues of 'New Avengers' will be out. Everybody will understand what's going on at that point, and then we'll see what happens," Hickman said. "It certainly feels like everything is coming together really, really well. It's a really cool gig. And I'll close with why I love writing 'Avengers,' I think 'New Avengers' is probably the most fun I've had on any Marvel book. It's just insane."
"Avengers" #1 is on sale now. "New Avengers" #1 debuts in January.
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Our dear Prophet said in his speech to the exciting and crowded community that came to meet him when he emigrated from Mecca to Medina "O God's se
Millions of people living in Africa suffer from the cataract. Widespread in the region, the disease gives rise to the millions of people to be detached from the life, giving rise to be a burden onto their relatives.
As a result of high air temperature, unhygienic environment, consumption of unhealthy foods and lack of availability to the health care and treatment possibilities, the cataracts disease can still be treated with a surgery that takes about 15 minutes.
The eye surgeries are performed, in particular for the cataract disease, in Eye clinic whose inauguration has been performed by Bekir Bozdağ, Deputy Prime Minister of Turkey, providing health services on behalf of the people.
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Andre Iguodala served the final year of a four-year, $48 million contract he signed with the Golden State Warriors in 2013. He will become an unrestricted free agent this offseason and will reportedly consider offers from other teams. Will Iguodala leave the Warriors?
Andre Iguodala played a major role in the Warriors' success in the past three seasons. During the 2014-15 NBA season, Iguodala accepted a sixth man role to give coach Steve Kerr flexibility to balance the rotation. In the 2015 NBA Finals, the 33-year-old small forward won Finals MVP honors and served as LeBron James primary defender.
NBA Free Agency: GSW plans to keep championship core intact
Iguodala established the same performance in the 2017 NBA Finals where the Warriors successfully reclaim the NBA championship title. However, in the nearing offseason, Golden State needs to face a tough decision as four members of their championship core will become free agents. These include Andre Iguodala, Steph Curry, Kevin Durant, and Shaun Livingston.
As most people think, the Warriors will prioritize re-signing Curry and Durant. Curry could ink a five-year deal worth approximately $205 million. After opting out of his contract, Durant expressed his desire to re-sign with the Warriors. He also plans to take less money to help the Warriors keep their core intact.
"Golden State's salary situation will be complicated, even with Durant possibly willing to accept approximately $3.5 million less in salary in a one-year deal to accommodate the re-signing of the team's core players. For the Warriors, there will be a priority placed on keeping Iguodala because of his vital role with a potential dynasty. If Durant opts out of his contract and signs a one-year deal in July, the Warriors will be able to exceed their salary cap to keep Iguodala and Livingston because of their Bird Rights," Shams Charania of The Vertical reported.
NBA Free Agency: Andre Iguodala leaving Golden State Warriors?
Despite Durant's willingness to take a pay cut, Andre Iguodala will still consider entertaining offers from other teams. Iguodala already won two NBA championship titles and could be seeking a huge payday in the upcoming free agency. As Charania notes, a two-way wing like Iguodala could reach $20 million annually.
The Warriors will be in a strong competition in signing Iguodala. Aside from Golden State, five teams already expressed interest in acquiring him this summer. These include the Utah Jazz, Los Angeles Clippers, Chicago Bulls, Minnesota Timberwolves, and the Atlanta Hawks.
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About Merrick Bank
At Merrick Bank, we specialize in credit programs that assist people looking to build or rebuild their credit.
Founded in 1997, Merrick Bank is FDIC insured and recognized as a top-20 issuer of VISA® cards. In total, we proudly serve nearly 3 million cardholders and have extended over $5.3 billion in credit.
We also provide consumer finance options to marine, RV, and horse trailer dealers throughout the country to help customers find new opportunities to get what they need for recreation.
With Merrick Bank's Merchant Acquiring Services and our Independent Sales Organizations, we support a wide range of merchant categories (including non-traditional businesses) and offer multinational and dynamic currency services, next-day funding, and daily reconciliation.


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A. DLLHOST.EXE acts as a host to execute any COM DLL outside a process address space. Microsoft KB article Q198891 has more details.
With SQL Server this may be used for a linked-server/OLE-DB type connection to another machine or if you are
invoking a COM object out-of-process using the sp_OAcreate stored-procedures.
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Previously Unknown Painting by Leonardo Discovered
In one of the most remarkable art-historical developments ever, a previously unknown painting has been attributed to Leonardo da Vinci:
"The painting, a nuptial portrait of a young woman in profile, dates from Leonardo's first Lombard period, ca.1485. The finding is one of the most amazing recent examples of intuition, detective work, technical innovation and connoisseurship. An American collector discovered the masterpiece in a private Swiss collection. The portrait, actually a mixed-media of white, red and black chalks with additions of watercolor, is executed on vellum and measures approximately 24X33 centimeters. Originally purchased in a New York auction 10 years ago, the painting was catalogued as "German early 19th century," and sold for $20,000. This is the first known Da Vinci work executed on vellum, a factor that probably led experts to believe that it was painted by a 19th century German "Nazarene" artist. Moreover, the portrait appears to have been somewhat painted over in the 19th century during a very sensitive restoration. The first to have fully understood the importance of this work was Dr. Nicholas Turner, former Curator of Drawings for the British and Getty Museums. The attribution has been subsequently confirmed by a number of experts, including Dr. Mina Gregori and Dr. Cristina Geddo. The owner is a private Swiss collector who was "overwhelmed" when told of the true attribution. Allesandro Vezzosi, Director of Italy's Museo Ideale Leonardo Da Vinci will feature the work in his new monograph on the artist "Leonardo Infinito" to be published July 5th. Lumiere Technology, a Paris based institute under the guidance of inventor Pascal Cotte and Jean Penicaut confirmed the portrait's attribution and performed the technical analysis. " (artdaily.org, July 6, 2008)
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Ethics in Real Estate
We adhere to a strict code of ethics in conducting any and all activities related to your sale or purchase of property. In some businesses, simply doing what is legal may be good enough. But real estate practice demands an ethical standard that goes above and beyond the legal requirements. As members of the National Association of REALTORS, We are bound by the REALTOR'S Code of Ethics which you can find at:
There are rules pertaining to: Disclosure of agency, financial arrangements, following the law of the land, marketing practices, negotiation methods, how clients are charged for services, how offers are presented, confidentiality, and more. All of these rules are intended to protect your interest.


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Wow...I feel so late in posting this, but I didn't realize how quickly the folks over at the Fabulous Savings daily blog worked! I have a three-part guest post over on their wonderful money-savings blog where I talk about saving money on groceries.
If you'd like to check out my post, please hop over to the Fabulous Savings blog. You will find the parts here:
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Now I'm really glad that I figured out that button thing, because my button looks SO cute on the posts!! Leave me a comment if you read my first guest posts. And see what else you can find on the site - there are lots of great tips and articles there!
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FRANKFORT, Ky. (May 22, 2017) - Gov. Matt Bevin today joined Camtech Manufacturing Solutions LLC, a factory automation, machining and custom engineering services provider, in Science Hill to opening a new headquarters, which already allowed the company to grow employment from five to 20.
Information on Kentucky's economic development efforts and programs is available at www.ThinkKentucky.com. Fans of the Cabinet for Economic Development can also join the discussion on Facebook at www.Facebook.com/ThinkKentucky or follow on Twitter at www.Twitter.com/ThinkKentucky. Watch the Cabinet's "This is My Kentucky" video on YouTube.
The Kentucky Cabinet for Economic Development is the primary state agency responsible for encouraging new jobs and investment in the state. New capital investment announced in Kentucky in 2017 totaled a state record $9.2 billion, spurring more than 17,200 projected new jobs. Information on available industrial properties, workforce development assistance, incentive programs, community profiles, small business development and other economic development resources is available at www.ThinkKentucky.com.


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What my first hater email can teach you about business…
Are you in your zone of genius?
I started reading "The Big Leap" by Gay Hendricks over the weekend.
He discusses a pretty cool concept that I'd like to share with you.
Our activities occur in four main zones...
The Zone of Incompetence
The Zone of Competence
The Zone of Excellence
The Zone of Genius
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Can you tell when your quiet, calm, soulful voice is talking?
There is a happy medium, a balance, in life. It's where contentment, peace, love, joy, and moments of bliss live. It's when you love yourself and your life enough that you stop berating yourself for what you're not and start accepting, and eventually loving, yourself for who you are.
Appreciation – past, present, and future
I'd like to talk a little bit more about appreciation and what it means. Appreciation is really just being thankful for your life. You can appreciate the people in your life, the events that you've experienced, the material things that give you joy, and finally, your unique self.
What's your deep work?
I've been reading a new book, Deep Work, by Cal Newport and it's made me realize what I've been missing throughout my day. The book is about taking time away from distractions to do deep work -- writing, studying, art, whatever deep work means for you.
Wake up, sleepy head!
Affirmations (with a twist)
I've got a cool little exercise that can help you quickly and easily move past a limiting belief. I call it affirmations with a twist.
Just don't do it.
I was working with a client yesterday, helping him create a strategic plan for one of his sales campaigns in Infusionsoft. I was building the structure and planning out the flow of it all. I realized how much fun I was having.


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On Sep 15, 2006, at 1:33 PM, Sachin Patel wrote: >>> So my question is how can this be done? How can the deployment >>> module and this factory class resolve the class from a gbean it >>> doesn't have direct visibility to? >> >> It need to know the name of the target module. From there you can >> grab the class loader. Alternatively, if you know the name of the >> target service you can call kernel.getClassLoaderFor(name). > > Ok, thanks. I get the first way... but could you clarify the > second way... what do you mean by target service? Is this the > qualified service name (i.e ..j2eeType=blah....) I'm not sure what I meant by target service.... I think I was responding to your comment "this factory class resolve the class from a gbean it doesn't have direct visibility to". Anyway, if you have the abstract name for a service loaded in the kernel, you can simply call kernel.getClassLoaderFor(abstractName). -dain
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black and white floral skirt (The Limited)
black top (H&M)
black wedges (Macy's)
I've been thinking about what Liz wrote about in her last post about wearing heels and dressing in a feminine way. As someone who frequently chooses more traditionally feminine styles (see: floral skirt and bows on the wedges here) and as someone who has time and time again professed her love of high heels, I wanted to weigh in on some of these choices. For this post, I particularly want to address Liz's question in the comments on the last post of why wearing high heels make certain women feel more confident.
Not all of my heels are super high. I love kitten heels, and I wear the pictured wedges frequently. There are two main reasons why I like wearing heels that boost me up anywhere from >1 inch to 4+ inches. As implied with the end of that last statement, heels give me extra height. Now, heels may prohibit women's movements - though I'd argue that with the right shoe, properly broken in, not as much as you'd think, or rather not significantly more than new dress shoes cramp men's movements - but they also work in overcoming certain the general height differences between men and women. At ~5'4", most men are taller than me, and that physical difference can be intimidating. Heels lessen that disparity.
The second reason is extremely personal. My freshman year of college, I had a medical condition that required serious surgery on my left leg. Subsequently, I had a hole in my bone near my ankle for about five years. It took about that long for the bone to regrow, and I was finally medically cleared my first year of graduate school. During the bone regrowth - not to mention the time I spent on crutches, in a boot, and rehabilitating - shoe decisions were extremely fraught. I couldn't wear most styles, so my shoe choices were pretty limited. Anytime I wore high heels (which wasn't often) even years after the surgery, the next day my ankle would swell up, and I would spend the next few days in pain, limping around. Only in the past two years or so was I able to actually wear high heels without fallout. Now when I wear heels, it reminds me of the ordeal I went through, how far I've come, and the strength I know I have. For others looking at my shoes, they might just seem like a patriarchal ploy, but for me, they signify a personal victory.
- I'm interested on taller women's perspective on wearing high heels to give yourself height. Do you like the extra height advantage high heels provide or do you gravitate towards flats or lower heels?
- Do you dress for others or for yourself? Are there certain items that you wear that have a personal significance that trumps the image you may be presenting to others?


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I to spend a large portion of my day walking the dog and at the gym where I go to sweat so I can eat mostly what I want and both are places where it would be all too easy to walk through them feeling I have seen it all already.
It is so easy to let life pass you by, to frequent somewhere and fall in to the rut of, been there seen that, but if you take a slightly different route, look up instead of down, slow down or even speed up, go at a different time of the day; it's amazing all the new things you will see. The new patterns, compositions and inspiration. It's all endless.
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The desaturated landscape surrounding the Amache Japanese-American Relocation Center, better known to the world as Camp Amache, reflects a sad texture in American history. Little has changed here in over 70 years as only slabs of cracked and sun-bleached concrete remain of the barrack-like structures that once stood against the blustery southeastern Colorado weather. If not for a few, this land would further fade from our collective American memory, bleached not by sun, snow or rain but by the creeping passage of time.
(ABOVE) A small cemetery dedicated to the Japanese Americans who volunteered to join the fight for Europe in WWII. Nisei, from all the camps who volunteered formed the 442nd Regimental Combat Team and is one of the most highly decorated combat teams in the history of the US Army. It was nicknamed the 'Purple Heart Battalion.' Combat team member Pvt. 1st Class Kiyoshi Muranaga was killed in fighting near Suvereto, Italy on June 26, 1944. He was posthumously award the Medal of Honor in June 2000. Read more about Pvt. Muranaga and his valor.
- DECEMBER 7, 1941: The Imperial Japanese Navy attacks and bombs the U.S. Pacific Fleet at Pearl Harbor Oahu, Hawaii.
- DECEMBER 8, 1941: The United States declares war on the Empire of Japan, leading entry into World War II.
- DECEMBER 11, 1941: The United States declares war on Germany and Italy.
- EXECUTIVE ORDER 9066 is signed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt February 19, 1942. Transcript of Executive Order 9066
- ONE-HUNDRED & TEN THOUSAND men, woman and children of Japanese heritage living on the US Pacific Coast are forced from homes and to walk away from businesses and into "War Relocation Camps."
- TWO-THIRDS OF INTERNEES are in fact, American citizens.
- TEN INTERNMENT CAMPS are overseen by the War Relocation Authority.
- JUNE 29, 1942: Construction begins on the Granada War Relocation Center. It will encompass 16 square miles.
- OVER SEVENTY-FIVE HUNDRED 'relocated' men, women and children are interred at Camp Amache by mid-October 1942.
- OCTOBER 15, 1944: The last internees leave Camp Amache.
The following black and white photographs have been researched through the US National Archives along with their original caption information. The accompanying color photographs were taken on a recent trip to the lands that were once the forced home to the subjects occupying these archived images.
(LEFT) Granada Relocation Center, Amache, Colorado. Two little girls are shown descending from one of the trucks on arrival at the Granada station where they will entrain for the west coast. Scenes at the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe railroad depot, Granada, Colorado, as 170 evacuees from the Amache Center entrain for their former homes in California, October 6, 1945. Four special coaches and one Pullman, reserved for the aged, invalids and mothers with small infants, were provided for the returnees. In addition to center departees, passengers on the special included servicemen on furlough and other family members, already located, who returned to help relatives pack, then accompanied them back to California. Two more special trains are scheduled for the Amache Center, the last special coaches on October 15, when the remaining residents (about 85) will start westward for Sacramento and nearby points. This will mark the closing date of the Granada Project, the first of the War Relocation Authority centers to be closed.
(RIGHT) Granada Relocation Center, Amache, Colorado. Center residents arrive by truck from Amache to board the trains for California or other sections of the country in which they have decided to relocate. A total of nearly 15,000 evacuees were inducted into the Granada Project, Amache, Colorado, since August 27, 1942, when the first group arrived from the Merced Assembly Center to prepare the camp for those to follow. The Relocation Center, as its name implies, was a temporary residence for those of Japanese ancestry who were transferred from their homes along the west coast under a war emergency measure of 1942. Many of the evacuees during the past three years were able to resettle and find new homes in the Middle West and eastern states. From September 1, 1945, to the closing date of October 15, 3,105 persons have gone back to their former homes or have relocated elsewhere. The last to leave the center a group of 126, left on two special coaches for Sacramento and nearby towns. At the peak of its population, Amache had 7,567 residents. 412 births were recorded and 107 deaths during the three years of its existence.
(LEFT) The remaining shell of what was once a storage facility for the camp co-op store. The crumbling concrete is made worse by the countless deep craters created by pistol and rifle rounds. Many spent shell casings where found within range of the structure.
(RIGHT) Bricks lay scattered along the cracked foundation of Camp Amache High School. The school for interned Japanese American teenagers caused national controversy only when Americans learned of the construction costs: $301,000.00
(LEFT) Overlooking the Amache Relocation Center near Granada, Colorado. In the foreground is a typical barracks unit consisting of 12 six room apartment barracks buildings, a recreation hall, laundry and bathhouse, and the mess hall. The center is made up of 30 such blocks, complemented by hospital buildings, administrative office buildings, living quarters, general warehouse structures and Military Police quarters.
(RIGHT) The Ninomiya family in their barracks room at the Amache Center. The mother's handiwork in preparing drapes, fashioning furniture out of scrap material, plus the boys' ingenuity in preparing double deck bunks have made this bare brick floored barracks room a fairly comfortable duration home. Tosh Ninomiya left, is charged with the responsibility of documenting the history of the Amache Center.
(ABOVE) Remains of an entryway garden and koi pond at Camp Amache. Entryway gardens were viewed with pride and the small bridge would have been the centerpiece for the garden that once surrounded it. Smooth stones from the Arkansas River outline the long empty pond.
(LEFT) Little Peggy and Bobby Miyake won't have a Christmas tree in their barracks room home at the Granada Relocation Center. There just weren't any trees. But Christmas is still Santa Claus to them, as mother unwraps early gifts, among them, a picture of their father, Bill Miyaki, who is a soldier in the Army of the United States. The family was evacuated from the west coast along with all other persons of Japanese ancestry.
(RIGHT) The youngest of the Kobayashi family, out for an afternoon sunning with a neighbor.
"All ten [Japanese American internment camps] sites can only be called godforsaken. They were in places where nobody lived before and no one has lived since." - Roger Daniels, leading authority on the Japanese interment.
(ABOVE) A shell of a building (once part of the camp's co-op) stands in the dense scrub brush near Granada, Colorado.
(LEFT) Henry Inouye, evacuee supervisor of the Granada Relocation Center farm, and a field of onions produced on the center farm.
(RIGHT) Miss Marion Konishi, who made the commencement speech at the Granada Relocation Center High School.
(LEFT) A small structure at the entrance to a trash dump which sits just off the grounds of Camp Amache. This view looks north toward the small rise where the US Government built one of the camp's guard towers.
(RIGHT) The footprints to one of the camp's guard towers. The photo looks south, past the small blue structure and to the small rise where 560 buildings once housed over 7000 Japanese Americans. The guard towers featured a search light, heavy machine gun and was staffed by U.S. Army Military Police.
(LEFT) Junior High School students at their first social hour, cut loose with a bit of "rug cutting".
(RIGHT) High school physics class. Harry Williams, instructor at right.
(LEFT) Trumpet section of the Granada High School Band giving out at a center carnival dance.
(RIGHT) Chief Steward Matsumoto of Block 7-H at the Granada Relocation Center dons some red pajamas and a Santa Claus mask to make Christmas real for the children whose barracks room homes have no Christmas trees. They are the children of persons of Japanese ancestry evacuated from the west coast. The gifts, provided by Churches througout the United States for the children of the ten relocation centers, are distributed on Christmas Eve.
Using GPS, Google Maps and original blueprints I believe this to be a barrack in Block 8E. As with all but one structure, only the foundation remains and a row of hand planted landscaping to protect against the blistering summer and winter winds.


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Alberta Kinsey, a modest Quaker schoolteacher from the Midwest, fell in love with the French Quarter the first day she arrived in 1918. She is credited with inventing the enduring "courtyard" genre of painting—widely copied scenes of the picturesque interior green spaces common in the Spanish-colonial buildings of the Vieux Carré. She was among the first artists to live in the then dangerous and derelict Quarter, encouraging and paving the way for others by renting studio space, and cofounding the Arts and Crafts Club of New Orleans in 1922, an organization which provided art training and exhibition space and hosted guest lecturers on current art topics.
Early Years
Kinsey was born in 1875 on a small farm in Milton, Ohio, the first child of David and Lydia Kinsey, and attended school in a rural one-room schoolhouse with her three younger brothers. Kinsey began her adult life as a teacher in a similar school, and after training at the Cincinnati Art Academy in Ohio and the Chicago Art School in Illinois she taught studio courses at Lebanon University in Lebanon, Ohio. In 1918, when the college was forced to close during World War I, Kinsey moved to New Orleans. Although she was said to have had a scholarship from Newcomb College, Kinsey recalled that her attraction to the city was because "the name pleased me" and that "it was warm here." Kinsey's taking up residence in the French Quarter in the late 1910s was a rarity for a single woman of her background. The neighborhood was largely a slum inhabited by newly arrived immigrants, with many rowdy saloons that catered to sailors and wharf laborers, but Kinsey remained there for thirty-three years as a staunch advocate of its restoration.
The Beginning of the French Quarter Art Colony
Kinsey's earliest supporter was Lyle Saxon, a writer and journalist for the Times-Picayune and a stalwart crusader for the rehabilitation the French Quarter. Saxon envisioned the creation of an art colony and invited his friends, artists, and writers to join him. Kinsey's early years in New Orleans were difficult, but she remained unswerving in her artistic vision: "When I came to New Orleans, I wanted to paint," she said. "I didn't have a great talent or the genius for it, but I did have the desire. It was love at first sight, even before I had seen a patio or mounted a creaky stair in the old houses I love so much."
Kinsey's studio at 628 Toulouse Street was the site of the first formal art class among the burgeoning bohemian art colony in the French Quarter. It was organized by artists Harry Nolan and Robert Grafton, both Indiana transplants. This was the start of the long-lived Arts and Crafts Club of New Orleans, which subsequently found a more permanent home in the old Maison Seignouret at 520 Royal Street. Kinsey later bought and renovated the landmark Daniel Clark Home at 823 Royal Street.
Painting Style
Kinsey's style was usually a loose painterly realism with a respect for underlying form. Her palette was natural, with warm, saturated color. After her travels in Europe in the 1920s, and as a response to modern art movements, she experimented with conventionalized form and flattened space to the point of abstraction in some paintings. Of this change in style, she explained, "I've painted about every patio in the Quarter, but once a year I just must try contemporary painting. I just love the patios, like you feel for an old sweetheart — but nonobjective art is like a new beau. Those paintings don't mean anything. If I put a line here, it calls for another one there — and then another one over there. I hope the change of pace will help me do a better job on the patios."
Later Years
Always the advocate for the arts, Alberta Kinsey is credited with inspiring the Cane River primitive painter Clementine Hunter. Kinsey was a frequent guest at Melrose Plantation, the home of John Hampton and Cammie Henry, where she painted her favorite magnolia blooms and the surrounding countryside. In 1940, she apparently had left out her paints and brushes, an oversight prompting Hunter to pursue painting. From Kinsey's correspondence, however, it is clear that she gave Clementine some instruction and a lot of encouragement.
When the Arts and Crafts Club of New Orleans closed its doors in 1951, it was the end of an era, yet Kinsey could look upon her beloved French Quarter and see it revitalized. From her early and daring commitment to living in the Vieux Carré and her personal restoration of a landmark, she labored constantly to preserve the colonial district from destruction. When she died the following year in New Orleans, she was remembered as a preservationist, the founding figure of the city's art colony, and as the creator of one of the most enduring subjects of French Quarter art, the courtyard scene. Her art may be found in the New Orleans Museum of Art, The Historic New Orleans Collection, and the Ogden Museum of Southern Art in New Orleans.Author: Susan Saward, PhD
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Chicago Manual of Style
Saward, Susan "Alberta Kinsey." In knowlouisiana.org Encyclopedia of Louisiana, edited by David Johnson. Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities, 2010–. Article published September 12, 2012. http://www.knowlouisiana.org/entry/alberta-kinsey.
MLA Style
Saward, Susan "Alberta Kinsey" knowlouisiana.org Encyclopedia of Louisiana. Ed. David Johnson. Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities, 12 Sep 2012. Web. 14 Aug 2018.
Suggested Reading
Alberta Kinsey artist file, The Historic New Orleans Collection, Williams Research Center.
Delehanty, Randolph. Art in the American South, Works from the Ogden Collection. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1996.
Jean Bragg Gallery. Knute Heldner and the Art Colony in Old New Orleans. 2000.//php the_field('teaser'); ?>
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Judge Sets 10-Month Term in Political Donations CaseBy George Lardner Jr.
Washington Post Staff Writer
Wednesday, September 10, 1997; Page A06
Handing out the first felony sentences growing out of the Justice Department's investigation of Democratic fund-raising practices, a federal judge yesterday ordered a husband and wife incarcerated for conspiring to hide illegal contributions to two congressional campaigns.
U.S. District Judge Ricardo M. Urbina sentenced Nora T. Lum, 55, and her husband, Gene K.H. Lum, 58, to 10 months' confinement and fined them $30,000 each at a short, tearful hearing here.
Once a familiar face at the Clinton White House, Nora Lum took main responsibility for funneling about $50,000 in illegal contributions in 1994 and 1995 to the congressional campaigns of Sen. Edward M. Kennedy (D-Mass.) and W. Stuart Price, a son-in-law of then-Senate Majority Leader George J. Mitchell (D-Maine), who was running for a House seat in Oklahoma in 1994.
Crying as she struggled through a brief statement, Nora Lum said she was sorry for the suffering she had caused her husband and other family members and told the court how she had seen "many friends turn their back on us" since they agreed last spring to plead guilty to felony charges and cooperate with government investigators.
Gene Lum said he recognized the seriousness of their crime, which hinged on straw donors and secret reimbursements, and asked the court to give his wife "the most lenient sentence it can."
But while their lawyer, Cono R. Namorato, said the California couple "were never motivated by any personal financial gain" and merely wanted "to promote causes that were important to them and their community," the government offered a different assessment.
Long before they began working for the Kennedy campaign in 1994, Justice Department prosecutor Raymond N. Hulser told the court, the Lums were accomplished fund-raisers. They began in the 1980s in Hawaii, where they were once involved in an abortive FBI investigation of public corruption allegations, and later they set up shop for the 1992 Clinton campaign in a Torrance, Calif., warehouse with support from Ronald H. Brown, then Democratic national chairman.
"They knew the rules," Hulser emphasized. "They knew there were limits on the amounts to be contributed and they knew that the [Federal Election Commission] . . . needed accurate information about contributors and contributions."
The Lums, Hulser said, "wrote checks to people" to churn up the money, bought money orders with other people's names on them and, in that way, conspired to evade the law limiting individual contributions to $2,000 in each election cycle.
Most of the money went to Kennedy's 1994 campaign and some to his Kennedy for Senate 2000 campaign. Price received $11,000. Some of the checks came from the corporate account of Dynamic Energy Resources Inc., a natural gas company the Lums bought with Price's help in 1993.
Hulser said the Lums were "the largest fund-raisers" at a "small, very expensive, elite fund-raising event" at Kennedy's home in McLean in the spring of 1995 to help the senator pay off his campaign debt.
Kennedy's office said the Lums raised $24,000 for the dinner, of which $13,000 has been returned to the listed donors along with $23,500 in other Lum-generated contributions that have been identified as illegal. The senator has said that his campaign "was not aware that any of these contributions were improper at the time they were made."
Urbina recommended that the Lums spend five months at a community confinement center and five months in home confinement, with electronic monitoring. They were released on their recognizance until authorities set a surrender date. The judge credited them with having made "significant contributions to their communities" and said he was impressed with the extent of their cooperation with the government.
The case against the Lums grew out of an independent counsel inquiry into allegations involving Brown, the late Democratic chairman and commerce secretary. Brown's son, Michael, is awaiting sentencing after pleading guilty to a misdemeanor for taking money from Nora Lum to make $4,000 in illegal contributions to Kennedy's 1994 campaign.
The Lums' daughter, Trisha, was fined $5,000 and placed on three years' probation last month for allowing her name to be used on a $10,000 donation to the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee when it was really her mother`s contribution.
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