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My daughters have been reminding me that we forgot to cut paper snowflakes during our December advent activities. So, I knew they would enjoy this snack-time surprise – making crunchy tortilla snowflakes dusted with powdered sugar. These are so simple and fun to make, perfect for a cold winter day when you're stuck inside.
Tortilla Snowflake Ingredients:
- Flour tortillas – small or medium size
- Melted butter or coconut oil
- Granulated sugar and/or powdered sugar for sprinkling
Preheat oven to 400°. Find some clean scissors for cutting your tortillas – I just washed a couple pairs in hot, soapy water and called them good.
Step 1: Depending on the flexibility of your tortillas, you might need to microwave each tortilla for 8-10 seconds to soften it for folding. Ours were fine at room temperature. Fold the tortilla into quarters or eighths – eighths were a little too hard for my kids to cut through.
Just like with paper snowflakes, cut out various designs, careful not to cut away all of the folded edges. When you are happy with your design, gently unfold your tortilla.
Step 2: Put the snowflakes on a baking sheet and brush with melted butter or coconut oil (both are delicious!). Sprinkle with sugar or cinnamon sugar, or leave plain for sprinkling with powdered sugar after baking. We did some sugar-sprinkling, and left some plain.
Step 3: Bake at 400° for 7-8 minutes, or until lightly golden around the edges and crispy. I kept a close eye on ours after the 5 minute mark.
Step 4: Sprinkle with powdered sugar and enjoy – yum!
- Make a savory version with garlic powder and a pinch of salt. (We tried this – very yummy!)
- Use colored sugar sprinkles before baking.
- Sprinkle with grated cheese for a snowflake quesadilla.
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01.24.2007—In a recent editorial in K-12 Tech Trends by Patricia Deubel, Ph.D, "Should States Mandate Online Learning," the author questions Michigan's new high school graduation requirement, which mandates students take an non-credit online course or learning experience. It should be noted that, in addition to this experience, Michigan has adopted 16 credits state graduation requirements, including four credits in mathematics and three in science—yes, Algebra, Algebra II, Biology, and Chemistry which will go into effect for the Class of 2011.
Truly, we live in exponential times, where adults have become Digital Immigrants and students Digital Natives, where each day students spend 6.2 hours using electronic media. It is estimated by a student's 21st birthday, he or she will have personally sent more than 250,000 messages. Currently, the amount of new technology is doubling every two years. It is predicted to double every 72 hours by 2010.
Why should students have an online learning experience? To quote Michigan Governor Jennifer Granholm: "Our online learning requirement makes Michigan a leader among all the states in using the power of the Internet to create learning opportunities in the classroom, the home, and the workplace. In a world that demands life long learning, we are giving our students and our state a competitive advantage when it comes to landing the good-paying jobs of the 21st Century economy."
It has been said, we as educators must begin preparing our students for the future ... not our past. Our kids are connected, and technology is now a part of their lives. We live in an age were our world is more technical, increasingly digital, connected, and 24/7. What is more, we understand that learning cannot stop upon graduation, be contained in the classroom, and be limited by the linear, synchronous models of the past.
Patricia Deubel's editorial also expresses concern as to whether all learners can be successful in an online learning environment. Studies show all students learn better through discovery than being told. The website LD Online, a leading site on learning disabilities and ADHD states, "Technology can open doors and break down barriers for children, youth, and adults with disabilities. Whether in the classroom or workplace, assistive technology (including devices, software, recordings, and much more) can increase, maintain, or improve the capabilities of individuals with disabilities. Also, technology that is used by everyone, such as spell check, can be particularly helpful to people with learning disabilities."
If we want all students to have the ability to achieve and succeed in and after high school, shouldn't we give all students the opportunity to experience different modalities of instruction to find which suits them best? The intent of Michigan's online learning requirement is not to set up students for failure if they cannot meet the requirement, but instead give students the opportunity to experience online learning.
Having taught online high school and college courses, we personally can appreciate this concern, having had to adapt our instruction—both tools and practice—to accommodate all types of learners, including a vision-impaired student last semester who regularly frequented the in-person office hour. Together, we confirmed what she had learned online and, as instructor, I gained insight into how to restructure my online class to incorporate more assistive technologies and practices.
If this course had not been part of a degree completion program, however, this student may have opted not to enroll because of the perceived barriers. In this anecdotal example, we see the power of the Michigan mandate: It requires both learners and educators to adapt and adopt new technologies and skills that will make them more successful long after the particular online experience has ended.
To support educators and students in accomplishing the broad vision embodied in the new online requirement, the Michigan Department of Education (MDE) recently formed the Office of Educational Technology and Data Coordination and charged it with leading and facilitating the successful adoption of the Online Learning Experience as part of a broader responsibility for implementing Michigan's Educational Technology Plan. It is therefore our job to help educators develop real options within the flexible guidelines that govern the Online Experience. (For more information on these requirements and our efforts, visit www.michigan.gov/mde and www.techplan.org.)
While many of Michigan's school districts and public school academies have a head start in offering students meaningful online experiences, MDE, in partnership with Microsoft and Michigan Virtual University, has developed a career-development course, titled CareerForward, which will be offered to Michigan school districts at no cost, starting next month. (For more on Career Forward, visit www.mivhs.org.)
This course is just the one in a series of initiatives our new Office will use to achieve the goal of every student completing an online experience before graduation. It is one step of many Michigan is taking to lead our citizens into the future, into a new era where our great State can compete once again with the world's best and thrive.
About the authors: Bruce Umpstead is the director and Barbara Fardell the manager of the Office of Educational Technology & Data Coordination for the Michigan Department of Education. The Michigan Department of Education's website can be found at http://www.michigan.gov/mde/.
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A victim's right to review (VRR) relates to the right for a victim to ask for a review of a decision not to prosecute a suspect. It is important to note the right to review is not a complaint about service.
Northamptonshire Police has a scheme which enables a victim of crime in certain circumstances to ask for a review of decisions made not to prosecute or progress and investigation involving a suspect.
The purpose of a review is not to apportion blame but to secure justice and when identified, learn lessons which can be shared with officers to improve the quality of decision making.
Who is eligible to ask for a review?
Any victim in a qualifying case where a decision is made not to prosecute is entitled to seek a review of that decision. A victim is defined as per The Code of Practice for Victims of Crime 2013 (Victims' Code): 'a person who has suffered harm, including physical, mental or emotional harm or economic loss which was directly caused by criminal conduct'.
This includes:
- close relatives of a person whose death was directly caused by criminal conduct
- parents or guardians where the main victim is a child or youth under 18
- police officers who are victims of crime
- family spokespersons of victims with a disability or who are so badly injured that they cannot communicate
- businesses, providing they give a named point of contact
What circumstances apply to a right of review?
VRR will only apply to cases in which a suspect has been identified and interviewed under caution, either following an arrest or by voluntary arrangement. An 'interview' in this context is intended to cover situations where a suspect has an allegation put to them in some detail as opposed to limited questioning that might take place in the immediate aftermath of an incident, for instance during a stop and search.
The right of a victim to request a review arises where the police:
- make a decision not to bring proceedings in cases where the police have
- make a decision that the case does not meet the Threshold Test for referral
What type of investigations apply to this right?
- The following cases do not fall within the scope of police VRR
- cases where no suspect has been identified and interviewed, for instance investigations that are filed 'at source'
- cases where charges are brought in respect of some (but not all) allegations made or against some (but not all) possible suspects
- cases where a charge is brought that relates to the matter complained about by the victim but the offence charged differs from the crime that was recorded, for instance the suspect is charged with common assault but an offence of actual bodily harm has been recorded
- cases which are concluded by way of out of court disposal
- cases where the victim retracts their complaint or refuses to co-operate with the investigation and a decision is therefore taken not to charge/not to refer the case to the CPS for a charging decision
When can I apply for a right of review?
The Victim Right of Review came in to effect in April 2015. It relates only to decisions made from the 1st of April 2015, not to prosecute. The crime may have occurred before April however.
A Victim has the right to request a review within three months of being notified of the decision not to prosecute.
How will I be told of my entitlement to a review?
All victims should be notified of their right to ask for a review at the point they are informed of the decision not to prosecute.
How do I contact the police to ask for a review?
You can contact Northamptonshire Police by filling out this form to exercise your right of review. You will be prompted to answer a number of questions to help us find your investigation and confirm your eligibility to ask for a review.
What will the review involve?
A review will be allocated to a Review Officer of Inspector or more senior rank, dependant on the nature of the investigation. The Review Officer will contact you and explain the process including how they plan to conduct the review.
The Review Officer will approach the case afresh and reach their own conclusion regarding whether a prosecution should be brought, whether the matter should be referred to the CPS, whether further enquires are necessary or that no further action should be taken.
The Review Officer will not assess whether the original decision was justified based on the process that was taken to reach it.
The method of communicating the outcome of a review with a victim may be determined on a case by case basis; review decisions should be confirmed in writing, unless the circumstances of the case make it inappropriate to do so or the victim has stated that they do not wish to receive written communication.
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On October 1, 2012, the City of Portland will resume accepting applications for ecoroof incentives. After October 1, the city will accept applications at any time instead of twice a year. Incentives will be available through 2013 to spur ecoroof construction in Portland.
The incentive pays $5 per square foot for new ecoroof projects in the city. Ecoroofs in Portland typically cost between $5 and $20 per square foot. Industrial, residential, commercial and mixed-use projects are eligible.
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Ecoroofs are vegetated roof systems that absorb rain to reduce stormwater runoff. Ecoroofs also improve air quality and save energy. Since the incentive program began in 2008, the city has approved $1.9-million for 170 projects, resulting in nine acres of new ecoroof. There are currently 360 ecoroofs in Portland covering nearly 18 acres.
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The Department of Veterans Affairs is doubling the amount of time before the owners of service-disabled, Veteran-owned small businesses and Veteran-owned small businesses must re-verify with VA that they are, in fact, owned and operated by qualified Veterans and other legal requirements.
"The community of Veteran-owned businesses and businesses owned by service-disabled Veterans is a vital partner with VA and the federal government," said Secretary of Veterans Affairs Eric K. Shinseki. "To ensure we have improved our verification policies and processes, I have directed that VA simplify the verification process immediately and move from an annual to a biennial re-verification – every two years."
The interim final rule, which took effect June 27, will benefit thousands of small businesses by reducing the uncertainty and administrative burden associated with a yearly verification cycle. Public comments on this interim final rule may be submitted within the next 60 days.
By increasing the verification period to two years, SDVOSBs and VOSBs will be able to plan and operate their companies more efficiently and effectively instead of working within the current 12-month business cycle. Under this interim final rule, businesses at the end of their two-year verification period would be required to be re-verified through VA's Center for Veterans Enterprise (CVE).
In 2011, VA awarded $3.2 billion in contracts to VOSBs and SDVOSBs. To participate in VA's Veterans First program, a Veteran-owned and controlled small business must be verified as an eligible firm by initiating and completing the application process with CVE through the web-based Vendor Information Pages database. Information about the process for verification can be found on the VA website at http://www.vetbiz.gov/.
Businesses removed from the VIP database that were verified from June 2010 to December 2010 will have their remaining months added to coincide with their one year extension via the interim change.
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The mayor of a Washington town has directed pastors to stop invoking the name "Jesus Christ" in city council invocations.
Don Jensen, the mayor of Longview, Wash., told the Kelso-Longview Ministerial Association that prayers mentioning Christ were not acceptable because they could expose the city to a lawsuit.
The decision has sparked controversy in the city – located about 50 miles north of Portland, Ore.
Mark Schmutz, who pastors the Northlake Baptist Church, said if they can't speak the name Jesus Christ, association ministers will no longer provide the invocation.
"We need to be able to speak Jesus' name," he told The Daily News. "They're asking us not to do what we're called to do. This is the one and only true God. We're not trying to be against anybody – we're just being clear about what we're for.
Local ministers have been leading City Council invocations for more than 50 years – and until recently there had never been any complaints.
That changed when resident Dan Smith started raising concerns about the constitutionality of prayers that include the name of Christ and whether it was appropriate for the ministerial association to be responsible for the prayers.
"I do fully realize that this may not be a popular thing for you to do, but as an elected public official it is the right thing to do," he wrote in a letter to council members.
Smith describes himself as a "comfortable atheist" – and called the longtime prayers an embarrassment. He hinted that unless the prayers were dropped it might lead to a lawsuit.
The city's attorney said invocations are certainly permitted under the Constitution but what is unclear is whether the prayers can invoke the name of Jesus Christ.
Mayor Jensen told the newspaper he regretted having to issue the edict.
"It's not my choice to stop this, but I don't know how we can put our citizens at jeopardy and cost our city and our citizens a lot of money," he said.
Jensen said the invocations set the right tone for their meetings and said it encouraged residents to be "more friendly."


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Tornadoes strike in Tennessee and Kentucky
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Twelve tornadoes hit Tennessee early Saturday morning, injuring at least 44 people. Two people were killed when six more tornadoes touched down in Kentucky.
The tornadoes came from a broad band of severe thunderstorms running through the middle part of the country. Severe thunderstorms and tornadoes are typical for this time of year in the Midwest and South.
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In this installment of World Cafe's Latin Roots series, Carlos Alfonso, one of the vocalists and principal songwriters of the Cuban progressive-rock band Síntesis, talks with host David Dye about the relationships connecting Cuban music, Yoruba music from Nigeria and Arara music out of Benin.
Síntesis is cited as Cuba's first progressive-rock band. The band pulls influences from groups such as Genesis, Pink Floyd and Yes, as well as Cuban trova, which combine for an interesting mix. The group's lineup has evolved throughout its 37-year career; the present-day version includes Carlos Alfonso, his wife Ele Valdés and their daughter Eme Alfonso, among others. Síntesis blends progressive rock with Afro-Cuban Santeria ritual music and jazz fusion.
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When, says the legend, was looking God Saturn the newborn Zeus to swallow him, his mother, Rhea hid him in Ideon Andron and put the Kuretes to cover the crying, beating bronze cymbals on their shields. But his grandmother, Gaia not content therein. Because he feared failure and the cries of little Zeus heard louder than the cymbals, placed at the entrance of the cave (Ideon Andron) a bustling Beehive and the loud hum of the cover the crying of small God, and the honey the harbored (the nymph Melia of the provided).
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On Tuesday, a Los Angeles jury found Bill Cosby guilty of sexually assaulting a 16-year-old girl in 1975. The jury of eight women and four men found the 84-year-old Cosby liable for damages and awarded the plaintiff, Judy Huth, $500,000. Huth filed the civil lawsuit in 2014, but it was put on hold as prosecutors pursued a criminal case against Cosby in Pennsylvania that resulted in his 2018 conviction on charges he drugged and sexually assaulted Andrea Constand.
Jury deliberations restarted on Monday after they left the question of whether Cosby acted with "malice, oppression or fraud" unanswered by day's end on Friday. Jurors had reached a verdict on the eight other questions on the second day of deliberations, including whether Cosby sexually molested Huth, whether she was under 18, and whether Cosby had reason to know her age.
Huth told a reporter after the verdict was delivered, "I feel vindicated." Cosby was released from prison last year after the Pennsylvania Supreme Court overruled his 2018 criminal conviction, ruling that there was a due process violation because Cosby had an agreement with a previous prosecutor that he wouldn't be charged in the case. Cosby has denied all allegations of sexual assault.
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Seven workers and two members of the public have died since June 2012, most when they were struck by moving equipment, the British safety agency reports.
Nine deaths involving the UK waste and recycling industry since June 15, 2012, have set off alarm bells at the Health and Safety Executive, which issued a warning telling employers in the industry to emphasize worker safety.
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The President of the United States has two roles to fulfill. One of those roles is being the Chief Executive of the United States and operating the day to day business of the country either directly or through his surrogates. Basically nothing happens within the mechanisms of government without the hand of the Chief Executive. And, if the president is any good at the job he or she holds, the president knows how to do what needs to be done.
Ultimately everyone that works for the government answers to the President, from the janitor who on a daily basis sweeps up the manure spewed from the mouths of those in the halls of Congress to the person that ultimately signs every check the government writes. And that later point is something that I want to address this week.
Congress has a great power and they often abuse it. Some would say they abuse it every few minutes and as long as they are in session. One of those often abused powers is the ability to, with a declaration written on a piece of paper, proclaim and demand the expenditure of funds from the treasury. Their ability to make law is awesome indeed. Based on current trends, Congress appears to believe that they have the ability to issue a piece of paper demanding funds for anything their little hearts desire.
Whether or not these funds are allowed under the strict and limited functions outlined under our Constitution is another matter entirely. Even though our Constitution is what gives the different branches of government their powers, and even severely restricts said powers, few people really care much about such limitations. All they truly care about is that they are elected to public office and that they get a nice, cushy, tax-payer funded job where they can sit around all day and sound important.
Congress believes that because they scribble their pens across some paper and then have that piece of paper in their grubby little hands that it means the Chief Executive must obey. If he vetoes their piece of paper and they then override that veto they become even bolder. But if the words on that piece of paper violate the limited powers entrusted to our federal government, the Chief Executive still has the upper hand – he or she can simply refuse to issue funds.
Why you ask? How can the president just ignore Congress? Because the Constitution trumps Congress by proclaiming itself the "Supreme Law of the Land." This means that no piece of paper passed by Congress can command the president to undertake an unconstitutional activity. I can cite a myriad of case law that supports this fact too. For example, Norton vs. Shelby County comes to mind right off the top of my head. In that decision the Supreme Court ruled, "An unconstitutional act is not law; it confers no rights; it imposes no duties; affords no protection; it creates no office; it is in legal contemplation, as inoperative as though it had never been passed."
Even Alexander Hamilton, who during his own political career sought to violate the Constitution at times and rewrite the intent of his fellow founders, admitted to the same thing in Federalist 78 writing, "No legislative act contrary to the Constitution can be valid. To deny this would be to affirm that the deputy is greater than his principal; that the servant is above the master; that the representatives of the people are superior to the people; that men, acting by virtue of powers may do not only what their powers do not authorize, but what they forbid. It is not to be supposed that the Constitution could intend to enable the representatives of the people to substitute their will to that of their constituents. A Constitution is, in fact, and must be regarded by judges as fundamental law. If there should happen to be an irreconcilable variance between the two, the Constitution is to be preferred to the statute."
Just for the sake of being even more complete and backing up my opinion from the wails of those that disagree because they are ignorant, I can also cite other concurring opinions such as, "No one is bound to obey an unconstitutional law, and no courts are bound to enforce it." - Sixteenth American Jurisprudence, Second Edition. From the same legal encyclopedia you can find the following additional citation, "The general rule is that an unconstitutional statute, though having the form and the name of law, is in reality no law, but is wholly void and ineffective for any purpose since unconstitutionality dates from the time of its enactment and not merely from the date of the decision so branding it; an unconstitutional law, in legal contemplation, is as inoperative as if it had never been passed … An unconstitutional law is void."In plain English? Well, Congress can pass a law all they want, but if it violates their powers assigned under the Constitution the President is not required to obey it. In fact he is required by his oath of office to not obey it.
The problem is that we do not have someone in the White House that will be the "bad guy" this country so desperately needs and who will tell Congress no at every turn that such a proclamation is necessary. We do not have that "bad guy" who will tell Congress the proper place to shove their unconstitutional requests for him or her to spend the tax payer's money. And come November, sad to say, we will most likely still not have the "bad guy" in the White House that this country desperately needs. What we have today, and have had for many years and will continue to have, is just the latest in a long line of people in the White House who have either been willing accomplices of a renegade Congress or who have been too scared of what will happen when said renegade Congress goes out and whips up their constituency into a frenzy over some unconstitutional spending or another.
Our Constitution trumps anything Congress may want to do or believe that they should do – usually with the sole intent of getting their own members re-elected. Congress can wave a piece of paper in the face of the Chief Executive all they want, but if they do not have the authority to demand what is written on it then they do not have the authority no matter how loudly they and their constituents scream and stomp their feet. And it is up to the President to stand firm and uphold our Constitution.
We are not talking about a President standing in the way of legitimate government expenditures mind you. If Congress wants to build a post road (the authority for which is found under Article I, Section 8), constructs legislation to build that post road, passes said legislation, then the President vetoes the legislation only to have Congress override that veto, ultimately the President has no leg to stand on should he or she not fund it. What we are talking about here is when Congress steps outside of its powers assigned to it in the Constitution.
Say, oh I don't know, Congress wants to force workers to pay into a fund out of which money will then be dispersed to other people over a certain age for what we will call "retirement". There is no authority for this under the Constitution. Squint all you like. You will not find it.
The President has every right to refuse to fund this program regardless of what Congress says. I would go even further and say the President has a duty to not fund this program. Congress can kick. Congress can scream. They can even go running to the Supreme Court and demand the President be forced to fund the program. But they can do nothing of real importance.
The Supreme Court, perhaps because there are is a majority of justices on it who are not qualified to be there, may even side with Congress, finding some wording in the Constitution that does not exist to justify the program or they might just simply claim without evidence that such a program actually is constitutional. But they cannot do anything. And under our Constitution they cannot force the president to fund it.
The Chief Executive controls the purse because he controls the person who writes the checks.
Now, I understand that some of you believe, probably because you are benefiting from one program or another created by Congress to put money from the tax payers into your own pockets, that all that I have said is all wrong. You might believe that just because Congress passes a law that it must automatically be accepted as valid and funded regardless of whether there is anything at all in our Constitution that allows for such an act.
Ok, so let's get a little crazy and look at how utterly stupid what you believe is. Alright? Here we go!
Congress decides tomorrow that the Jews are evil and the reason why America is not in as good of shape as Congress believes it should be. Maybe a lot of Americans agree with them too. So they craft legislation that calls for all Jews to be rounded up, placed onto trains and shipped to "resorts" where they will be "processed". By "resorts" I mean concentration camps. And by "processed" I mean killed for their crimes against the people.
Would you say that just because Congress passed such a law that it should be followed? Would you even think about saying that the president should execute (in more ways than one) this law that Congress passed but has no authority to have passed? I sincerely hope that the answer from you on this topic is no.
You laugh? You claim that this is far too outrageous? Oh ye of little faith in power hungry bureaucrats! This sort of thing has already happened in the past and you know it. The only reason you scoff is because it forces you to confront the idiocy that you otherwise promote.
So I have a question to those of you with enough brain cells that are still functional and who understand that the answer to the previous question is "no". Why, if this unconstitutional act should not be followed, should others be? Just because you benefit from them?
The NAZIs benefited from killing the Jews too. Just remember that.
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It was the late spring of 1963, and my friend Martin was exhausted. The campaign to integrate the public facilities in Birmingham had been successful but also tremendously taxing. In its aftermath, he wanted nothing more than to take Coretta and the children away for a vacation and forget – forget the looming book deadline, the office politics of his ever-growing Southern Christian Leadership Conference, the constant need to raise funds.
But a date for the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom had been nailed down – Aug. 28 – and Martin realized he couldn't plan such a massive undertaking with the usual endless interruptions. No, if this march were going to come together in time, he would have to escape all the distractions. (This was a man, after all, whose best writing was done inside a jail cell.) He needed to get away to a place where very few people could reach him.
That would be my house in Riverdale, N.Y.
For the previous three years, I had been an adviser to Martin Luther King Jr., his personal lawyer and one of his speechwriters. Stanley Levison, another adviser who had done even more work with Martin on his speeches than I had, was also a New Yorker. Because of some dark ops on the part of the FBI, Martin could not deal directly with Stanley, yet he very much valued his advice, so it made sense for Martin to stay at my home and have me act as a go-between as we planned the March on Washington – and the speech Martin would deliver.


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Jasiu (thirtyish) is a Polish-American who has been taught not to value his own roots, so he decides to make his own roots, reinventing himself first as a sort of non-ethnic everyman, then as an "Irishman." Jasiu's adventures—alternately zany and heartbreaking—take him through a job interview with an Ur-Wasp; to an attempt to become a Catholic priest; to a flower shop where he can't get service because he is weirdly invisible; to a doomed love affair with a Jewish woman; to a wacky Irish travel agency where he has to prove that he is Irish before he can buy a ticket; and to a doctor more interested in ethnic pain than in healing. Jasiu is also bedeviled by a reappearing Polish relative and has to face off with the ghost of a dead Polish patriot. In the end, by trying to get away from his ethnic background, Jasiu finds out who he is and what it means to be "a Pole."
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PARIS (AP) — Florencia Bonsegundo converted a penalty kick in the fourth minute of second-half stoppage time on her second attempt, and Argentina overcame a three-goal deficit in the final 30 minutes for a 3-3 draw against Scotland on Wednesday night that eliminated the Scots from the Women's World Cup.
Scotland built a 3-0 lead on goals by Kim Little in the 19th minute, Jenny Beattie in the 49th and Erin Cuthbert in the 69th, but Argentina became the first team at a Women's World Cup to get a point after trailing by three goals.
Milagros Menéndez scored on a counterattack in the 74th minute and Bonsegundo's long-range shot five minutes later hit the crossbar, bounced down and had enough backspin to go off the fingertips of goalkeeper Lee Alexander and across the line.
Sophie Howard had just entered the game when she slid into a leg of Aldana Cometti, who was streaking into the penalty area. After a lengthy video review, North Korean referee Ri Hyang-ok awarded the penalty kick. Alexander dived to stop the kick by Bonsegundo, who could not get the rebound in. But another video review showed Alexander came off her line before the kick.
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The autistic man who was the intended target of a police bullet is suffering from emotional distress, not eating and traumatized following the shooting of his caretaker.
Arnaldo Rios' mother, Gladys Soto, said during a Saturday news conference that she is worried about the safety of her son, who wandered back to the site of the Monday shooting a day later, threw himself on the ground and shouted: "I hate the police, I hate the police," The Miami Herald reported Saturday.
"It's too emotional to see your baby caught up in something like this," Soto said.
Miriam Soto said her brother is suffering from night terrors and is not sleeping or eating.
"He's not the same anymore," Miriam Soto said of her brother.
The four North Miami police officers who aimed rifles at Rios and his black therapist, Charles Kinsey, in the middle of an intersection were responding to a 911 call about a suicidal man with a gun. Rios sat cross-legged. He yelled. He didn't obey commands to lie down with his hands up, as Kinsey was doing, and he fidgeted with a metal object.
One of the officers, Jonathan Aledda, thought the disabled man was about to shoot Kinsey, who was trying to coax Rios back to a nearby group home, the police union has said. The officer fired three shots at Rios because he thought he was a threat, but he missed and accidentally struck Kinsey in the leg.
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Black Hat Pwnies Nominate LulzSec, Anonymous
Hacker groups among nominees for "Epic 0wnage" award, while Sony is sole nominee for "Epic Fail" distinction.
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Anonymous, LulzSec, and Sony are among the nominees for this year's Pwnie Awards, which will be bestowed on August 3 at the Black Hat conference in Las Vegas, a UBM TechWeb event. Award recipients receive gold-painted My Little Ponies.
Dubbed by its organizers as "an annual awards ceremony celebrating the achievements and failures of security researchers and the security community," Pwnies are meant to bring fame and shame to individuals, businesses, malware (and the people who discovered it), and more that have been featured in the year's security headlines--for good or bad.
For 2011, nine Pwnies will be awarded--covering the period from July 1, 2010, to June 30, 2011--in such categories as best server-side bug, most innovative research, lamest vendor response, lifetime achievement, and best song. The list of nominations reads like a 12-months-in-review of notable security discoveries, failures, and trends.
In terms of individual categories, expect a fierce battle for the award of "Epic 0wnage," which according to contest organizers "goes to the hackers responsible for delivering the most damaging, widely publicized, or hilarious 0wnage." This year there are four nominees: Anonymous, for hacking HBGary Federal; LulzSec, "for hacking everyone"; Bradley Manning, for allegedly leaking enormous quantities of documents to WikiLeaks via fake Lady Gaga CDs; and Stuxnet, which has the distinction of being the first known malware to scuttle centrifuges.
Best client-side bugs include, amongst others, Vupen's Google Chrome sandbox bypass, Comex's exploit of a FreeType vulnerability in iOS, enabling device owners to jailbreak their devices, and Jon Oberheide's discovery that via an Android Market XSS vulnerability, he could forcibly install applications on Android users' phones, if he first tricked them into clicking on a link.
Meanwhile, the "lamest vendor response" nominees include Novell, for mischaracterizing a remotely exploitable stack overflow in OpenSSH on Novell NetWare as a denial of service attack. It's joined by RSA, for its assurances after the theft of SecurID information that it had the problem under control, after which hackers used the stolen information to attack Lockheed-Martin.
Interestingly, Sony has a lock on the "Epic Fail" award, as it's the only nominee. That said, Sony earned five nominations, ranging from its PlayStation 3 jailbreaking lawsuit, to its failing to properly protect its PlayStation Network site security, to its laying off multiple security professionals, not long before it was hacked.
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Well, chickadees the sun has set on the latest season of my life and the road is now calling my name to pound its freshly packed pavement. Today is my last day at work (*does a little dance in office chair*), and I have to say, I've never before felt that there was so much possibility on the horizon.
This feeling isn't only tethered to where my writing will take me, but is very much tied to the fact that my future is a wide, open canvas, beckoning me to paint on its clean, white surface and leave my mark in some way or another. The possiblities are endless and that alone is such a thrilling feeling. I feel free, I feel liberated. Taking a hold of my destiny has not only changed where I'm going in my career, it's also changed who I am as a person. I've never felt more at peace with myself. I have successfully blocked out my doubts and insecurities (which were sometimes the loudest voices), and have replaced them with a few stiff shots of strength and determination.
One of my favorite quotes of all time is: "Freedom's just another word for nothing left to lose." (Thanks Janis Joplin.) In her drug-induced haze, I've always felt Janis had a point. It's quite an empowering feeling to know there really isn't anything left to lose. Maybe I feel this way because I basically have no debt. (Much thanks to my parents who paid for my college education.) No monthly car payments, or mortgages, or oppressive credit card bills under my belt, either. Although I have many wants (oh Burberry trench coat, how you elude me), I've learned to be happy living simply. This will make having fortunes in the future thatmuch better. For now though, I'm young and embracing the fact that I can take risks. And if you're thinking "Well, I'm not the spring chicken I once was, I'm old now", think again. It's never too late to change your path in life, no matter what age you are, if you know what you want. Life is not a dress rehearsal.
The muse has struck accordingly in the last few weeks, and I've been working on my writing as much as possible when I haven't been in the office or running errands. I've got a couple short stories nearly finished (one of which I really, really like), and I've been slowly and steadily working on my book. This blog's focus is quickly changing from being strictly personal finance-related, to one chronicling my journey and life. Money, of course, will inevitably rear its head as I traverse the unkept landscape, but (as I wrote in another blog post) I won't be focusing on it anymore.
Anyway, as I alluded to in the Byrds song earlier, there is not only a season to each of our lives, but also a purpose. I think everything happens for a reason, as cliche as that sounds. I don't look back on the last two years as a waste of time at all. They were what made me the person I am now: stronger and more focused and capable of doing things I would have only dreamed of doing when I was in sixth grade. I've learned to see the positive in everything (call it a recent form of enlightment), and there were many positives at my current job. For one, I made some fantastic friends here in DC that I will keep in touch with for the rest of my life. (Bob and Megan -- this is for you.) Two, I was able to support my husband through his first two years in law school.
It's of utmost importance to pull the positive from every situation. I know, I'm getting all Dalai Lama on you, but it's true. I'm reading Eat, Pray, Love right now and a passage I read today resonated with me. The author recollects a discussion she had with her friend, a psychologist who had volunteered to counsel a group of Cambodian refugees who had recently arrived in Philadelphia.
These Cambodians had suffered the worst of what humans can inflict on each other -- genocide, rape, torture, starvation, the murder of their relatives before their eyes, then long years in refugee camps and dangerous boat trips to the West where people died and corpses were fed to shares.Surprisingly, though they had experienced such suffering, the only thing this group wanted to speak to the counselor about were situations that involved significant others who said they loved them, but that didn't act like it, or went off to marry someone else but still professed their love. What should they do? they asked the counselor.
The author's point is that is what we are like:
Collectively, as a species, this is our emotional landscape. ...There are only two questions that human beings have ever fought over, all through history: "How much do you love me?" And "Who's in charge?" Everything else is manageable. But these two questions of love and control undo us all, trip us up and cause war, grief and suffering. When I sit in my silence and look at my mind, it is only the questions of longing and control that emerge to agitate me, and this agitation is what keeps me from evolving forward.So, are you in charge, or do you feel repressed because someone or something else has taken control? Does this make you feel helpless? In my case it did, which why today is my last day. It's time to regain control. In the book, another favorite quote of mine comes from a Texan man the author befriends during her time in India. His advice to her when she won't stop dwelling and complaining about her sorry state? "Your problem is you've got a wishbone where your backbone should be." Classic line that speaks for itself.
With that I'll be packing up my giant diamond ring paperweight and lime-green and brown paisley coffee cup as I bid my office a final arrividerci. I wish I could make a grand departure, like Debra Winger did from her job at the end of An Officer and a Gentleman when Richard Gere swept her off her feet, but I'll take this departure, too. In a way, I'm sweeping myself off of my own feet. :)


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The home office has felt a little chaotic for the past month and I've been desperate for some smarter storage in here. Enter the famous and affordable IKEA Expedit shelving unit! Two as matter of fact, one on each side of the credenza. I've always liked this unit for its universal appeal, clean lines, and modern style plus you can't beat the price! I was surprised at the quality too, these units are sturdy and very heavy. Impressive IKEA, most impressive!
This unit has been popping up in so many different stylish spaces for years, both the larger square and the skinnier version …here are a few more of my favorite spaces using Expedit shelving!
Dining Room Expedit via Tara Dennis
Stacked Office Expedits via Apartment Therapy
Studio Expedit via Making It Lovely
Hallway Expedit (House and Home) via Damarkz
Living Room Expedit via Nesting Place
Library Expedit via House and Home blog
Raise your hand if you're a fan of the Expedit too!


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Rumiko Takahashi AnthologySynopsisRumiko Takahashi Anthology tells 13 different stories about 13 different groups of people, all beginning and ending in a single episode each. ReviewIn the modern world of anime, Rumiko Takahashi Anthology is very basic a concept for a show: 13 standalone stories, one episode each. Forgotten today even by Rumiko Takahashi fans, it didn't garner a lot of attention even then, which is a bit of a shame. While not every episode of the series hits a bulls-eye, there's a certain level of charm here that you can't find in way longer Rumiko Takahashi shows like InuYasha or Ranma 1/2. (I'm not going to dissect and discuss all 13 episodes of Rumiko Takahashi Anthology, but I will touch upon my favorite/least favorite episodes near the end of the review.) Let's talk about Rumiko Takahashi Anthology's technical aspects. TMS updated Rumiko Takahashi's widely known designs quite a bit for the year 2003, which looks a bit off with the digital coloring, considering Takahshi herself has never used digital coloring in any of her works. Despite that, they go a good job of diversifying each episode's cast; you'll never confuse one episode's characters for another, that's for sure. The animation, while fairly consistent and never bad, is nothing to write home about. It probably looked good for 2003 standards, but it hasn't aged well since. Same goes for the music, which is pretty forgettable on the whole. However, there is one interesting note about the audio; Rumiko Takahashi Anthology's rich Japanese voice cast. Every episode of the series features a familiar actor/actress from a previous Rumiko Takahashi anime adaptation in it. Not just the popular ones, like Kappei Yamaguichi (Ranma, Inuyasha), Satsuki Yukino (Kagome, InuYasha), Megumi Hayashibara (female Ranma), and Sumi Shimoaoto (Kyoko, Maison Ikkoku), but even Asako Dodo, Daiki Nakamura, and even Fumi Hirano, the voice actresses of Urusei Yatsura's Lum who's barely done any other voice acting work in the past 15 years. (Curiously Kenichi Ogata, who's been in almost every major Takahashi anime adaption, is missing. A bit disappointing.) My inner geek got excited for each next episode to hear a familiar voice. My favorite episode of Rumiko Takahashi Anthology was episode 7 (100 Years of Love), which deals with an old woman named Risa temporarily dying in a hospital and coming back to life with ESP powers, including comically flying on her walking stick. I enjoyed this episode because I've always enjoyed the way Takahashi writes her older characters. She doesn't just have them old grumps or, in the case of men, creepy perverts; she makes them fun, energetic, and alive. Risa is a good example of this, a 90 year-old woman with more character and passion for her mission (protecting a man who looks like her lover when he was young) that had me far more gripped than any argument between Kagome and InuYasha in InuYasha. I also enjoyed episode 5 (Stray Family Fire!), which deals with the daughter of a poor family who's in financial debt, and their going out on a big, expensive business trip. She's hesitant to enjoy it, since she knows her family's woes and think there's something more to it. I won't spoil it, but the ending ends up being pretty cute. (But not before the episode gets a bit of dark humor in here and there, mostly at the lead girl's expense.) I'll now talk about 2 more episodes I enjoyed. First up is episode 10 (House of Trash), which has a housewife named Ritsuko dealing with her husband's boss throwing around vintage African-style stuff near their house after a misinterpretation that their house is a trash dumping site. The boss's wife keeps throwing her husband's stuff out, he picks it up, and the cycle continues, driving Ritsuko insane. Again I won't spoil it for you, but the ending is another heartwarmer. The last episode I'll mention is episode 12 (Large Size Happiness), which deals with a housewife named Hanako and her husband Ryuuichi's mother Kayoko moving in. Hanako has to keep being on eggshells because Kayoko is helping put the down payment on their house, but a mischievous spirit named a Zashikiwarashi (who only Hanako can see) keeps getting in the way. The last third of the episode, which deals with Hanako's frustration and crying about how she loves her mother-in-law Kayoko and doesn't mean to hurt her, is one of the series' most touching moments. Worrying about a mother's love to the point of crying isn't a sight you see often in any of Rumiko Takahasi's work at all. For my least favorite episode, that would have to be episode 2 (The Merchant of Romance), which deals with a struggling wedding service about to close down due to inactivity. Before they close an old man and his girlfriend of many years want to get married, and they get married there due to the man knowing Yukari (the current owner)'s father, who gave him money when he needed it. At the same time Yukari has to deal with her recent divorce from her husband, while one of her workers, the teasing Betto, keeps giving her grief. Sounds like a good set-up for an episode, right? Well what kills it is Yukari herself and her relationship with Betto. These two are supposed to be adults, but they squabble/argue like children, in the oh-so-typical Takahashi "comedy" that she uses with every one of her damn couplings, including (yes) slapstick. It gets old really fast, and ruins what would otherwise be a good episode. This sort of things happens in several other episodes, where the wife is a loud nagger who thinks her husband is a weakling, and the husband treated like dirt until episode's end (this happens in episode 11 and the final episode, too). I also really didn't like episode 8 (To Show My Appreciation), which deals with a bitchy apartment management director and her underlings who run the place, and force jobs on others just because her husband is rich and powerful. It's a really mean-spirited, hate-filled episode, and even the conclusion doesn't leave you feeling good. Instead, it feels unfinished, as if the director of the episode couldn't think of a way to end it, and just had the problem resolve itself through a last-minute plot device. Dumb. So overall I have mixed feelings for Rumiko Takahashi Anthology, but that's because I've always had mixed feelings on Rumiko Takahashi's work as a whole. I prefer her earlier work on Urusei Yatsura and Maison Ikkoku to her later series like InuYasha, and most of the Rumic Theater stories here were written between those titles. Also, while I enjoy the way she writes older characters and kids, her lovers/married couples drive me batty at times. (Again, Kagome/InuYasha!) Despite that, for the most part I enjoyed Rumiko Takahashi Anthology. Even the series' weakest episodes have their moments of comedy if not brilliance, and again there's a certain charm to be found in these one-shot stories you don't find in her longer series. It's ambitious, if nothing else. And if you're a Rumiko Takahashi fan, that alone might be reason enough to watch. For everyone else, it's worth an episode or two just to see not all her works are sci-fi, romance, or action comedies. Very much a hit-or-miss series, Rumiko Takahashi Anthology is a nice curiosity, if nothing else. At best, it's a very interesting look at the long, creative career of a world famous manga artist. — Tim Jones Recommended Audience: Though there's almost no fan service, several of the episodes deal with issues like divorce, death, and acceptance of past wrongs. Nothing that older kids couldn't handle, but they might not find the charm here in these stories that veteran anime/Rumiko Takahashi fans would. Version(s) Viewed: R1 DVD, Japanese with English subs only Review Status: Full (13/13) Rumiko Takahashi Anthology © 2003 Rumiko Takahashi / Shogakukan / Project Rumiko Takahashi Anthology |
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MEMPHIS — The Veterans Health Administration says inspectors have investigated the deaths of three patients who died in the emergency department at the Memphis VA Medical Center.
The administration said Wednesday that one patient was administered a medication, in spite of a documented drug allergy, and had a fatal reaction. Another patient was found unresponsive after receiving multiple sedating medications.
A third patient had critically high blood pressure that was not aggressively monitored and experienced bleeding in the brain.
The investigation showed that the facility had completed protected peer reviews of the care for all three patients. But the report also recommends that the hospital strengthen root cause action plans, improve monitoring of emergency department patients and complete competency assessments for emergency department nursing staff.


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Capitol Federal Foundation provides philanthropic support for new home for College of Business Administration
Monday, Sept. 30, 2013
MANHATTAN -- The Capitol Federal Foundation, Topeka, has made a $1 million gift to support the new building for the College of Business Administration at Kansas State University.
The proposed new building plan has 140,000 square feet of space featuring tiered classrooms, a large showcase lecture hall, computer labs, a financial research lab and an executive conference room. The plans include dedicated space for entrepreneurship and sales education, as well as space for study, collaboration and networking throughout the building. The goal is to deliver the brightest future possible for business students, including collaboration with industry and networking opportunities from the start of their college careers.
The Capitol Federal Foundation was established to benefit the communities in which Capitol Federal operates. It is committed to improving the quality of life in these communities by investing in the citizens of today and tomorrow. One area of focus for accomplishing this goal is supporting education, specifically higher education students in business.
"The economy of the past few years reinforces the need for our university business schools to graduate students well-trained in all aspects of business," said Capitol Federal Chairman and CEO John B. Dicus. "These graduates will be vital for companies to successfully compete in tomorrow's business environment. Capitol Federal is proud to present this gift to the Kansas State University College of Business Administration to assure its strength in educating students from Kansas and outside Kansas, developing our future leaders with the education and skills necessary to guide and grow our businesses."
"Higher education is a major focus of the Capitol Federal Foundation mission," said Capitol Federal Foundation President Tammy Dishman. "We recognize the important role the Kansas State University College of Business Administration playsin preparing students to serve as business leaders in their local, state and national communities. Capitol Federal's gift is meant to help ensure the strength of business for many years to come."
The Capitol Federal Foundation has a strong history of supporting Kansas State University and the College of Business Administration. It established the Capitol Federal Distinguished Chair in Finance that is currently held by the college's Anand Desai, and the foundation provides scholarships annually for business students. It also supports McCain Auditorium, Konza Prairie research, K-State Athletics and the K-State Alumni Association.
"We are fortunate to have corporate partners and such generous Kansans as the Dicus family who continue to support our students and academic initiatives," said the Edgerley family dean of the College of Business Administration, Ali Malekzadeh. "Capitol Federal's support of the college shows its investment in our community and will benefit generations of future students. We are humbled by the family's philanthropy toward the College of Business Administration."
"The Capitol Federal Foundation is an outstanding supporter of K-State and of higher education in Kansas," said Kansas State University President Kirk Schulz. "The Capitol Federal Foundation is a forward-looking organization whose leaders understand the power of philanthropy in advancing our university as we move toward our strategic goal to become a Top 50 public research institution by 2025. We are very grateful for the foundation's support throughout the years and for its latest commitment to the new building for the College of Business Administration."
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13 September 2006 - Bangkok, Thailand
Discussions at this meeting focused on :
The last session on corporate governance in Thailand was organised by CNBC Asia, which provided a good opportunity for raising awareness also among the media in the region. The Seminar was inaugurated by the Chairman of the Stock Exchange of Thailand.
The Seminar was co-hosted by the Thai Securities and Exchange Commission, the Stock Exchange of Thailand, the National Committee on Corporate Governance, the Thai Institute of Directors and the Listed Companies Association in cooperation with the World Bank Group, the OECD, the Government of Japan and the Global Corporate Governance Forum.
Session 1: Regulatory Discipline-Fostering Enforcement Mechanisms: The Regulatory Challenge
Session 2: Market Discipline - The Most Effective CG Driving Force
Session 3: Self Discipline - Corporate Governance in East Asia
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